Sentence examples for while we stand here from inspiring English sources

"Species are dying," he said, "while we stand here nattering".

While we stand here smiling nicely for the cameras, Inuit communities in the Arctic are planning survival strategies for their families as the deep seas gradually engulf them.

While we stand here drinking champagne and eating canapés, communities in Tuvalu are desperately building sandbanks to stop their island, their families, their lives and ultimately, their dignity, from going underwater.

"How will history remember this moment 20 years from now if – God forbid – there are hundreds or even thousands of children who were born with microcephaly while we stood here, playing politics, and did nothing?" he said.

"Here's what I don't support: I don't support tuition aid grants in addition to in-state tuition rates; never said that I did, and don't as we stand here today". While 16 states provide in-state tuition for young illegal immigrants, only three go a step further and provide financial aid, according to the National Conference of State Legislatures.

"We're imbalanced as we stand here".

We are imbalanced as we stand here".

We stand here in the snow".

We were once Mexico, where we stand here, right now.

"They'll stand there as long as we stand here," the colonel said.

And now we stand here home and free".