Sentence examples for were made to stand from inspiring English sources

There were no seats for us, or no seats large enough, and so we were made to stand.

It has certain weird features, as Poe explained, including that "Arbitrary characters were made to stand for whole words".

"We were made to stand with our arms raised from 3 p.m. to 1 a.m. the next day".

He gave inflexible orders whereby whole armies were made to stand their ground in tactically hopeless positions and were forbidden to surrender under any circumstances.

He described how Allawi had been taken to seven suspects, who were made to stand against a wall in a courtyard of the police station, their faces covered.

He said prisoners were made to stand naked and spread-eagle in frigid temperatures for about 40 minutes as many as six times a day.

They are made to stand out".

Buildings and monuments are made to stand for periods that are, ideally, measured in centuries.

He was made to stand for hours while he was interrogated.

It's time that people are made to stand up and face the harsh reality.

Our class was made to stand where the Jacobites assembled for battle.