Stood-up Sentence Examples

Jackson stood up to pour another drink.

Connie stood up from a chair by the wall.

Fred stood up and stretched.

She stood up in shock.

Of course, she had stood up for Allen.

Dean stood up and held her close so she couldn't see his cheering smile.

I stood up but she did as well and grabbed me in a tight hug.

She stood up and stretched.

She stood up and bowed when she discovered eight different digits appeared, the numbers two through nine.

After a while he placed it on the floor and stood up.

Fred stood up suddenly, much to Mrs. Lincoln's disgust.

Winston stood up and began to pace the room.

Unless she stood up to him, she would never learn to run the business.

Quinn looked first at his wife and then stood up.

And Sofia, I don't appreciate being stood up.

Disoriented, she stood up again and stumbled to the door.

The hair on her arms and neck stood up.

Dean stood up and Fitzgerald noticed him for the first time.

Dean stood up and turned around.

She stood up and kissed Fred on the forehead.

Jackson stood up and took her hand.

There was a pause after she stood up and handed him the paper.

Jim and the buggy followed, the old cab-horse being driven by Zeb while the Wizard stood up on the seat and bowed his bald head right and left in answer to the cheers of the people, who crowded thick about him.

Andrew's gray eyes blazed as he stood up straight and proud before the haughty captain.

Everyone stood up respectfully when the Military Governor, having stayed about half an hour alone with the dying man, passed out, slightly acknowledging their bows and trying to escape as quickly as possible from the glances fixed on him by the doctors, clergy, and relatives of the family.

He stood up and coughed.

One fair-haired young soldier of the third company, whom Prince Andrew knew and who had a strap round the calf of one leg, crossed himself, stepped back to get a good run, and plunged into the water; another, a dark noncommissioned officer who was always shaggy, stood up to his waist in the water joyfully wriggling his muscular figure and snorted with satisfaction as he poured the water over his head with hands blackened to the wrists.

Its furry tail stood up firm and round as a plume, its bandy legs served it so well that it would often gracefully lift a hind leg and run very easily and quickly on three legs, as if disdaining to use all four.

He laid the sleeping squirrel on the bench, listened, then instinctively stood up and walked to the thicket 's edge.

In response they stood up to a man and nearly raised the roof thumping the tables and walls in support as they did so.

He stood up for the first time in his life on wobbly little legs to watch us pass.

I stood up for me and the guy I like, and well...he got mad.

When we finished the song, I stood up and saluted him!

As the 1850s progressed, shirts came with collars that either stood up or were meant to be turned down over the tie.

An herb known as St. John's wort (Hypericum perforatum) has stood up to scientific trials as an effective antidepressant.

As the bus approached the campground, the Troop Leader stood up and turned around to face the fifteen boys.

She stood up and said to no one in particular, "Prove it."

When she won in 1999, the entire theater stood up to give the actress a lengthy and well-deserved standing ovation as much for her work as for finally having that work rewarded with an Emmy.

Because some bikes have a weight limit, getting a rating from a user who's in the upper range of that limit to report on how well the bike stood up to their weight is a good way to check the durability.

However, it wasn't until they released the single "People Are People" (1984) that America stood up to notice.

Label execs stood up and took notice of the young performer drawing all of the radio attention.

His red shock of hair stood up like a flame as he glared down at her.

Before she could say a word, Lydia too stood up and looked down on Cynthia, who was ten inches shorter.

After a while she stood up again, licked Jackson's face, tickling him with her rough tongue, and hopped off the sofa.

But, outspoken as he was in his criticism of the popular religions, he had no wish to give them up. He stood up for a pure worship of the many gods, and maintained the cause of every old national religion and the ceremonial duties of its adherents.

He was an admirer of Marx's learning and analytical power, but he would never submit to the tyrannical pedantry of Marx's school and stood up for an elemental awaking of revolutionary instincts.

He stood up and listened, but the wind, growing boisterous, shook the door and rattled the windows to distract his attention.

He was just about to ask a share of the luncheon when the girl stood up and brushed the crumbs from her lap.

The worried merchant stood up and bowed low before the bailiff.

She stood up on tip-toe and peered through the glass porthole window in the door.

There was no music as Desiree walked down the aisle, but the guests happily obliged by humming "Here Comes the Bride" as she made her grand entrance and everyone stood up to greet her.

In Bavaria a chamber elected about the same time as that of Prussia was rather less docile; but the government shared to the full the absolutist tendencies of the day, and energetically combated the party which stood up for law and the constitution.