How To Use Stand up In A Sentence

I often position an athlete in front of a mirror that has grid lines on it, ask them to close their eyes and stand up straight. Muscle Management
Alex's is predestined, of course, and lucky for him he's able to stand up to it. THE AMBASSADOR'S WOMEN
The man who backbites an absent friend, nay, who does not stand up for him when another blames him, the man who angles for bursts of laughter and for the repute of a wit, who can invent what he never saw, who cannot keep a secret - that man is black at heart: mark and avoid him. Northern Rock - Pay staff a bonus with public cash.
S2 Surely if gloves will not stand up to basic detergent, what use are they? The Sun
Having to stand upright, dip to serve drinks and perch on the edge of chairs all night is clearly a workout in itself. The Sun

Why don't you ask me to stand up with you?
Maybe then the Supreme Court would stand up for equality of opportunity, and Gandhi's vision of a casteless society could be realized. Caste Out
Well, errm, not precisely, but we need to stand up to it and create a multipolar world, not to be confused with multilateralism, which is a way of using up large amounts of money to bleat with great self-satisfaction, achieving little. There is never any point to appeasement
Please note you cannot stand upright in the room. The Sun
Her argument doesn't really stand up to scrutiny.
But Eddie's audacious comments about penalty do not stand up to scrutiny.
Since infancy, his father scolded him when he didn't stand up for himself and encouraged him to fight back if he was pushed around. Times, Sunday Times
His first album made the music world stand up and take note .
Scottish lovers of the beefburger and the chip butty are being encouraged to stand up for their rights to eat fattening, unhealthy food.
Disappointment means that things haven't worked out the way you wanted! And now what to do? Very simple: Stand up and walk! Cut the tragedy because our limited time must always be used for the forward movements! Mehmet Murat ildan
The flavour is pleasantly strong and gamey, robust enough to stand up against some powerful sauces, thus the black peppercorns in this one.
Even in midwinter, in the icy church, the blushing bride would throw aside her broadcloth cape or camblet roquelo and stand up clad in a sprigged India muslin gown with only a thin lace tucker over her neck, warm with pride in her pretty gown, her white bonnet with ostrich feathers and embroidered veil, and in her new husband. Sabbath in Puritan New England
Tuck in your stomach and stand up straight!
Poseidon clothes himself in raiment of gold, grasps his gold whip, and takes his stand upon his chariot.
The proposals for a transaction tax simply do not stand up. Times, Sunday Times
Computer forensics is a very labor intensive business in terms of accessing the abuser's computer and getting sufficient evidence of robustness that will stand up in court.
An empty bad cannot stand upright.
The ball was old and the pitch was slow and Jones, as was his wont, was moving around the crease to disrupt the bowler's line. Jack decided to stand up to the stumps.
She stayed slouched down in her chair though, too dizzy to stand up at the moment.
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
His eyes were worried as he helped her stand up, surveying her closely for injury.
When the Americans did not give up but rather kept building more planes and tanks, the Japanese responded with massive suicidal attacks, believing that Americans, selfish and mongrelized, could not stand up to such a show of national unity and self-sacrifice. Sea of Thunder
Why don't you ask me to stand up with you?
Bush may not have mentioned him by name, but everyone knew exactly who he was talking about - and it was so incredibly inappropriate to stand up in the Knesset and say that that I'm half-dazed from that, too. Obama To Respond Forcefully To Bush's Attacks Today
He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing.
Ideally, the tree should be able to stand up by itself without staking.
Only through unity and collective resistance can these people stand up to the powerful interests that seek to control their lives.
That candidate is an ass in a lion's skin, he would never have the courage to stand up for any cause.
Out of the corner of her eye she saw a few people stand up from the bus stop bench. BETRAYED
So I stand up, walk around my desk, close my door lest any children or wives wake up early, and proceed halfheartedly to get excited. More of the crap that’s in my head. But no nachos today. | Johnny B. Truant
When the erector muscle contracts, the outer coat hairs stand up to trap the air and cause pressure on the sebaceous gland releasing the suint.
It goes to show what we pensioners can achieve if we stand up and fight for our rights.
And given that this is the same crew who rallied around the bi-curious Adrianna last season, it not only makes sense that someone would step up and stand up for Ian, it would also make a statement that needs to be made more than ever. Watercooler: Bully for 90210?
She didn't even have the strength to stand up.
It doesn't matter how many times you fail. What matters is how many times you stand up and try again.
Fall is not a failure, can not stand up to failure; walking is not successful, only unremittingly is victory.
He needed to stand up for himself, be more outgoing, and stop being such a scaredy-cat.
Well, my guess is that “thin sliver” of property taxes pretty much funds all the schools, but I really wanted to stand up and ask – what about the capital they have invested in the city? Coyote Blog » Blog Archive » Aarrrggghhh
The subject was asked to stand up immediately and changes in the heart rate were noted in the polygraph.
Sung in a deliberately flat tone, this song is a typically acidic musical joke and for that reason it does not stand up to repeated listens.
Stand up for not indenturing our children to China and to Saudi Arabia. CNN Transcript May 26, 2008
Nowadays most people would not stand up for their own families if it meant losing money. Times, Sunday Times
I also tell people to stand up so that the boat motion seems more like the automobile stop-and-go motion they are used to.
He had a sudden impulse to stand up and sing.
Why must they stand up in open trucks and be moved like cattle from one place to another? Times, Sunday Times
It is a crying shame there are not more people like him people who stand up for what they believe in and shame the councillors who sit on the fence and do not fight for their voters.
It took a lot of nerve to stand up and speak.
Based on these comments in the pages of Britain's leading conservative magazine, I will no longer bother to worry about the enfeeblement of Britain, the collapse of its sense of moral order, its inability to control drunken yobs in the streets of London and other cities, or its unwillingness to stand up against immigrant groups who would like nothing better than to cut every unbelieving throat in a single night. Tony Blair: The Next Labour Prime Minister?
It caught me by surprise and was eerie, something that made the hairs stand up on the back of my neck. Times, Sunday Times
Around me in the East Stand upper tier are an assortment of senior company directors, bankers, hedge-fund managers, and, curiously, quite a few mini-cab drivers.
I don't actually suffer from it in real life, but in dreams I often find myself lying prostrate and petrified on top of a building, afraid to stand up.
If you agree with me, then stand up with conviction for what we believe in and fight for it.
But, if the people of Washington, D.C., will stand up as citizens and exert their druthers, this nonsense would stop.
It's the mark of a gentleman to stand up when someone enters the room.
Only through unity and collective resistance can these people stand up to the powerful interests that seek to control their lives.
I believe there is nothing more to be said or done to-night, "responded the duke, in a desponding tone -- for it _cannot_ be an exhilarating anticipation to have to get up in the morning and stand up to murder, or be murdered, even where the duellist is the bravest of men, backed by the serenest of seconds. The Lost Lady of Lone
‘Look for coatings with a high degree of burnish resistance to stand up to routine cleaning,’ says Rafie.
It may sound old-fashioned but the best way to tackle communalism is surely bringing people together to stand up for their common interests.
Stand up for something, even if it means standing alone sometimes.
Thought they could stand up in full view in a club crammed with people, execute the man.
But let us turn our faces away from all the horrors of slavery, reconstruction and all kindred wrongs which have been heaped upon us, and stand up, measuring the full statue of an American citizen, upon the threshold of the new century as a New Man. Twentieth Century Negro Literature Or, A Cyclopedia of Thought on the Vital Topics Relating to the American Negro
She tried to stand up, but her already tense muscles had stiffened considerably during the flight.
The sedum is a good idea if it gets put on its side, but I was thinking of having it stand up to show the pretty rim. Cement Reflections « Fairegarden
Every time his mouth hits skin “yipe” in a sharp high pitched voice, immediately stand up and turn your back on him. Gee tanks, I will have dem - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
There's a few sweeping statements in there that would not stand up to scrutiny.
She wasn't in his way, she wasn't blocking him or stopping him, she was just a little girl that had tried to stand up against the big bad wolf.
Slowly, I break the light trance and stand up, feeling much better.
The leafstalk would stand up and everything would restore to the original appearance.
Being able to stand up and say that domestic abuse is unacceptable is the first step in changing my behaviour.
Who will stand up and condemn fascist/mediaevalism? On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...
Stand up, push your arms high over your head as you inhale deeply. The Sun
And now as the title prepares to hit home video, does it stand up? Mania News Feed
And I also think that those of us who think this way should stand up for those who are being called intolerant and uncivil, and who are being asked to apologize, and defend their ethical right to say what they are saying.
We are just being ripped off and no government will stand up to the fuel companies. The Sun
Then, when I stand up for myself (maybe not always in the best of situations), or when I act stubborn and obstinate, I fight with people.
Let's hope the congree, or at least 40 Senators are willing to stand up to Bush and with Edwards and the American people. Edwards Demands That Congress Stand Up To White House On Iraq This Fall
In some long run sense, however, these effects disappear and, under the conditions presumed necessary for a workably competitive economy, the primary conclusion seems to stand up.
You should stand up for your rights and insist that he pays you.
It does, however, stand up nicely despite its aged subject matter.
In an attempt to win you over, the band stand up and make their ambition clear from the second the first note is struck.
Only the tightly clenched line of her jawbone revealed the enormous effort it was taking her just to stand upright.
I thought he was going to stand up and vote it down.
The pitchfork is made from rigid plastic piping and heavy paper, and it hooks into his hand to help him stand up unassisted.
Having to stand upright, dip to serve drinks and perch on the edge of chairs all night is clearly a workout in itself. The Sun
He said: 'We have seen courageous women stand up to brutality. The Sun
He inspires Asteropaeus with the courage to stand up to Achilles.
He offers this advice for other aspiring comics with disabilities: If you can't stand up for yourself, sit up for yourself, and if you can't do that, make sure the mic is wired to your bed. Josh Blue's comedy knocks out stereotypes
from horrere we also get the words “horror” and “horripilate” (which means making the hair stand up in fear), which also related to the word “hedgehog” (!) Even Bad Boys - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
Dam you both seem to have some intestinal fortuity to maybe stand up and get the help needed to be able to deal in the real world. Think Progress » Kit Bond: Democrats ‘put red bandanas on their head’ for a ‘Kamikaze mission’ to provide health reform.
You sit down, stand up or lie on a table as you are hosed with warm sea water in places that help your circulation, or in some cases simply make you giggle.
Not even Sel-quist's mother would stand up for her son once she heard he was in league with the draconians. The Doom Brigade
You have to be prepared to stand up in front of the people who feel the impact of these laws and defend what you support. Times, Sunday Times
The right foot was then placed on the platform so that the fulcrum, if present, entered its receiving groove and was held in place while the subject was asked to stand up.
He told police: "We had loads, absolutely loads. I could barely stand up and my dad was leathered."
I can make it through the rain. I can stand up once again on my own.
Luxuriant and beautiful is livid face, stand up firm firm fan my spank, this is I grow so great first time to be in public circumstance by person slap sb in the face.
The only way to defeat evil and stand up for morals, values, integrity, and decency is to vote against Democrats. Steele: Sanford, Ensign affairs 'old news, old school'
He could hardly summon the strength to stand up.
I may be outvoted on that, but at least I will have had the chance to stand up for people who do not get a voice in the workplace.
The criminal would mount the scaffold and stand upon this trapdoor, which would then open, precipitating the person into a fall of some feet.
Stand up America vote them out then force them to put this reform of thier on a ballot so we can show them we do not want this now or ever! kc Poll: Health care reform will bring higher costs
Garry Shandling was one of the comedians whose career featured in the BBC 2 series Stand Up America, in the edition screened on 15 March 2003.
That theory about people getting more mellow as they grow older would definitely stand up here, in Montreal institution Leonard Cohen's long-awaited album Ten New Songs.
You have to be prepared to stand up in front of the people who feel the impact of these laws and defend what you support. Times, Sunday Times
Every single time you help somebody stand up, you are helping humanity rise. Steve Maraboli
I can make it through the rain. I can stand up once again on my own.
Every single time you help somebody stand up, you are helping humanity rise. Steve Maraboli
To stand up in Congress and speak against homeownership would have been as politically astute as to campaign against motherhood.
If he is too weak to stand up to the unions he is too weak to stand up for hard-working people. Times, Sunday Times
Those involved and benefiting from the scandal must be prepared to stand up and be counted.
Of the apes, though many can stand upright, the gibbon is the only one that attempts to walk in this position. Man And His Ancestor A Study In Evolution
I saw them stand up and leave and panic seized me.
Optimally, the engine is designed to allow the filter to stand upright, so the oil can drain out for easy recycling.
Aggressive bosses are less likely to criticize workers who stand up to them.
If you did it with 5,000 mutants and 5,000 wild-types (enough to detect a selective advantage as small as 0.005%) and saw changes in allele frequency compatible with drift, people would definitely stand up and take notice. Demarcation as Politics
It was brave of her to stand up to those bullies.
Please continue as long as the taste buds will stand up to it. Times, Sunday Times
I am appalled that so few serious business leaders stand up to defend business and capitalism in a coherent way. Times, Sunday Times
A clever slogan to sell vats of hair dye a few seasons back, but does it stand up as social analysis?
I stand up, a little bit more carefully than usual, and walk extra-steadily out to the car.
On the count of three, I'd like you all to stand up.
I applaud General Robles for having the spine to stand up in the face of this Congress and Administration and ask for my help in contacting my Senators DeMint and … Grrrr aham in opposing this bill, not out of opposition to the majority, but rather on the merits of the bill itself. Volcker Rule - A plea from USAA | RedState
One variation is to have open-faced steamed wontons, shaped to have a flat bottom so that they will stand upright; these are shao mai.
We need to reach out to peers and stand up for peace. The Sun
Chas, you know, was always delicate and they were anxious about how he would stand up to shock. CHALLENGE FOR THE CHALET SCHOOL
Slice off one end of each potato so they can stand up. The Sun
Stand up for something, even if it means standing alone sometimes.
I got bullied in secondary school and Eminem helped me stand up for myself.
Notwithstanding the historical truths, that although the gospel has been preached in Polynesia for a century or more, and that there is no other nation which has made such rapid progress in civilization and Christianity, yet Mr. Foster had the assurance to stand up in Washington, and revile all the native Hawaiian sovereigns. Hawaii's Story, by Hawaii's Queen
I was mobbed by them for autographs outside the stadium and it made the hairs on my neck stand up when they sung my name.
Let republicans stand up for international corporations, who pay no taxes and pour obscene amounts of money into the pockets of their senators and see what the reaction is among the populace. Think Progress » Lobbyists For Foreign Corporations Begin Fight To Ensure Foreign Money Can Influence American Elections
All the hard work of the previous day is now paying off as they make clean launches with straight flights and stand up landings.
All the rest had found suitable partners, but Kalemeleme was so gentle that he would not stand up for his own rights, or anyone else's, while Kinku was so bad-tempered that no one could stand his tantrums for long.
Would you stand up for a moment, I want to see how tall you are.
Blackpool pub landlord Hamish Howitt, 55, who is an anti-smoking ban campaigner, is promising to stand up for working class smokers, while the Cleethorpes-based Generalist Party and The Official Monster Raving Loony Party have also announced their intention to field candidates. Archive 2008-06-01
The irony is that I am willing to stand up and say that and take a good amount of criticism for it.
Is this building going to stand up to the strongest gales?
And in those speeches, she insists she's fought hard against pork barrel projects, basically telling America she'll stand up to government earmarks.
This cloth is designed to stand up to a lot of wear and tear.
Few people in his position used their fame to stand up against injustices and to spread the message of love and peace in the way he did.
The hottest tonsorial trend for the winter is for erectile barnets - product-stiffened locks that make you go "lawks", quiffs that stand up WN.com - Articles related to Robbie Williams proposes live on Australian radio... but was it a joke?
But in the end some slow-acting sense of propriety made her give a sigh, jam the lid back on to the tin of floor polish and stand up. UNREASONABLE DOUBT
When the feasts start the guests are expected not to stand up during the feasting because this is considered a discourtesy to the host.
An empty sack cannot stand upright.
There are diabetics who can not maintain ideal blood sugar levels without sending their sugars spiralling to intolerably low levels, those who cannot maintain ideal blood pressure levels without getting hypotensive when they stand up, and those who cannot achieve ideal cholesterol levels because of side effects of cholesterol medications. Archive 2004-07-01
Let the person who hatched this idea stand up and take a bow.
As we stand upright and are, in a sense, rooted in the ground so the wall through its wainscot division, is rooted relative to the floor," he wrote, in just one of several passages where he is clearly thinking like, and arguing from, the perspective of the fully physically able-bodied person he was in 1982. Philip Kennicott on Michael Graves's 'Revealing Culture' exhibit
This disrespectful allusion to his calling ruffled the temper of the hospital attendant, and, growing profane, he insisted that he was as good as _Smith_, and better, and at once challenged "the bloviating mule scrubber to get down off his perch and stand up before him like a man. Slavery and Four Years of War, Vol. 1-2 A Political History of Slavery in the United States Together With a Narrative of the Campaigns and Battles of the Civil War In Which the Author Took Part: 1861-1865
Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak. Courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen.
For a single theologian to stand up against the majesty and power of the hierarchical Church demanded quite unusual determination. The Times Literary Supplement
They stand upright or stalk about on the clifftop grass on bright orange feet. Times, Sunday Times
The policeman ordered him to stand up and stay put.
Your argument just won't stand up .
In a comment he made to Jennifer [McLune] on her Facebook page, he noted how he's been challenged by feminists to also identify himself as a feminist because, for them, the term "profeminist" makes it seem like the man is not really willing to stand up with feminists, but rather will find it sufficient to somewhat passively support feminists, applauding from the sidelines. Jezebel
For I know that my Redeemer lives, and that at the last he will stand up on the earth; and after my skin has been thus destroyed, then in my flesh I shall see God.
I was too scared to stand up to them, or to the diner's skinflint owner, who kept finding creative ways to dip into our inadequate tips.
We are just being ripped off and no government will stand up to the fuel companies. The Sun
He said: 'We have seen courageous women stand up to brutality. The Sun
He knew clearly that the evidence he offered would stand up in the court of law.
That would be a good speech from the podium during an election campaign, but certainly does not stand up to scrutiny in this place.
We need to reach out to peers and stand up for peace. The Sun
When I stand up the room tips a little as if I'm wasted, and my stomach is currently turning somersaults.
Suzanne obeyed her wondering, whereon Sihamba placed the noose about her own neck, then bade Suzanne stand upon the bed and thrust the end of the riem loosely into the thatch of the hut as high up as she could reach, so that it looked as though it were made fast there. Swallow: a tale of the great trek
Place them in a lidded saucepan deep enough for the pears to stand upright and close together. Times, Sunday Times
Only through unity and collective resistance can these people stand up to the powerful interests that seek to control their lives.
Then I stand up and squat over it, bending my legs for balance, surfing with the rock and roll of the truck's shock absorbers. Dakota
My way around procrastination is to stand up at my desk rather than sitting which works surprisingly well. 3 Simple Tips for Effortless Writing | Write to Done
The comic went to school with the Twilight star and regularly mocked the heart-throb during his early days as a stand up comic. The Sun
Those who did have the courage to stand up and be counted were arrested and imprisoned.
Then the procureur comes to the regrettable conclusion that there is not a case that would stand up in court. DISPLACED PERSON
Which nation is the only one which can consistently stand up to New Zealand at rugby union and league?
They stand up, slowly, then pace their dispassionate bodies toward those two coffins, coffin-like boxes.
A quick glance at my ticket reminded me that I had a seat in the circle and that I wouldn't be having to stand up for this gig.
Stand up, speak out - don't hunker down and wait for those bruisers in the cargo shorts to come looking for your son.
He loves baiting his opponents - remember his comments about ‘left-wing pinkoes’ - but has never been afraid to stand up for his own political beliefs.
Fall is not a failure, can not stand up to failure; walking is not successful, only unremittingly is victory.
You've got nothing on me and you know it. Your theory would never stand up in a court of law.
There's a taxi stand up ahead.
Soldiers can be commanded to kneel down, hit the deck and crawl, or stand up.
All this and yet no one had the nerve to stand up and publicly ask the deceitful politician how he squared his public policy positions with his private life?
His ideas about social change do not stand up to close examination.
An empty sack cannot stand upright.
I felt my body sagging beneath me, and I could barely stand upright.
Stand up straight and tuck in your tummy.
Good for Senator Schumer – it is about time that someone will stand up to the airline industries who are nickeling & diming the US consumer to death! Senator vows to block carry-on fee
Be careful not to bump your head on the beam when you stand up.
Are we going to stand up and play it in an honorable fashion or we're going to do something like what Governor Sanford did, which was to inflict so much suffering and humiliation on his wife and to really kind of pollute and destroy this home that his four sons are growing up in and a part of. CNN Transcript Jul 3, 2009
They will come out and stand up for their country on referendum day. Times, Sunday Times
Yet whenever I hear someone stand up in public with a poem or short story in their hand which they then preface with a lengthy disclaimer about its imperfections, I cannot help sniffing false modesty.
Very soon I'll have been out of postgrad study for as long as I was a postgrad, so my claims still to be bruised by that experience can't really stand up for much longer… can they?
Mind you don't bang your head on the shelf when you stand up.
Kudos to SAG President Alan Rosenberg and its new Executive Director Doug Allen for their attempts to inspirit the spread out sometimes fractured Membership with a bold plan to stand up to the studios and networks. Michael Russnow: TV Shows and Films May or May Not Be in Jeopardy: Nonetheless, Studios Won't Have it So Easy Screwing the Talent
The first day he was given a story that did not stand up and he returned empty-handed. Times, Sunday Times
Fall is not a failure, can not stand up to failure; walking is not successful, only unremittingly is victory.
There's a taxi stand up ahead.

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