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be a substitute
The skim milk substitutes for cream--we are on a strict diet
The young teacher had to substitute for the sick colleague
How To Use stand in In A Sentence
- The practices of the unscrupulous money changers stand indicted in the court of public opinion rejected by the minds and hearts of men.
- Tuesday at 3 p.m. place-holders started showing up outside the restaurant Galatoire's to stand in line so their well-heeled patrons can enjoy trout amandine and souffle potatoes Friday during the celebrated pre-Fat Tuesday fest. Archive 2005-02-01
- Old deliberate contemplations, perceptions after long regard ingathered from abundant nature, theories leisurely compacted in sunshine or storm, to stand in the fields of memory, crowned with beauty by the indulgent years. Apologia Diffidentis
- The slums and shanty towns stand in stark contrast to the multi-storey towers and the glamour of Bollywood.
- The car lights are extinguished and we stand in the blue shadows and cooling dust. Times, Sunday Times
- Some of you may be surprised to see Mr. Jerrold here in person-in as much as our notice card intimated that he had been "liquidated" - which process we have come to understand in recent years is somewhat of an ordeal. The Present Condition of England
- Are we willing to be the alpha and the omega rather than stand in the middle all the time?
- To "ascend the hill of the Lord" and to "stand in his holy place "means to enter into his house and find acceptance. Christianity Today
- Our notions of order and disorder stand in stark contrast to the dynamic artistry of the integral beauty of things as they are in nature.
- On the downside, this dependency on biography and history means that sometimes the tales do not stand in their own right.