Sentence examples for while we stood from inspiring English sources

For a long while, we stood at the kitchen counter, dipping chips and savoring the wine, and then she went to the refrigerator, extracted a slab of meat, and began patting it down with paper towels.

While we stood on the summit, the rain intensified.

George Osborne sat and listened, while we stood and watched.

He waded ahead, while we stood in the middle of the stream, trying not to move.

Thomson and the man talked animatedly while we stood there looking, well, vulnerable.

One of the lab workers used a remote control to fire the Shooter, while we stood back.

For a while we stand there just hearing the noise of battle, the yells, the beaten shields.

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

I refuse to accept that while we stand shoulder to shoulder on the war, we should stand toe to toe on the economy.

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.

Djokovic gobbles them up and lifts his head for more, while we stand and watch him just a few feet away.