Sentence examples for ways of standing from inspiring English sources

Metaphor, simile, analogy, allegory, metonymy — these are all ways of standing for something else.

Sending in a short film about yourself or engaging with potential employers on social media are good ways of standing out.

Since starting the Everyday Sexism Project two years ago, I've heard from many men about their own unique, personal ways of standing up to sexism.

Flint, through emergency management, might have been suffering a deficit of democracy, but its people found other ways of standing up for their community.

He suggests that synthetic fabrics like Quiana ("a kind of nylon made by DuPont that was marketed as an affordable and convenient substitute for silk") and Ultrasuede (a synthetic used most famously by Halston) became popular in the '70s because "new ways of standing, lounging, dancing and living seemed to call for new fabrics," and people were "looking for visual appeal, novelty and ease of care".

There are many ways of standing to these challenges.

She eschewed the wig previously worn by Speakers and had a way of standing up wordlessly (when the Speaker stands, everyone else sits), clenching her hands, and calmly saying, "Order-order," with a force that shut the whole place up.

Everyone expresses their gratitude by way of standing ovation.

It was his way of standing up and being counted.

For Mr. Tice, time has a way of standing still.

We always called that way of standing "the bridge position".