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How to use stand still in a sentence

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It took some doing to stand still when there were bullets flying about but you had to, to save your life.
Simply for these numbers to stand still, 25-30 per cent of the population must be culled each year.
As the train came to a near stand still, passengers say they heard loud bangs coming from underneath the train.
Inevitably, the transformation of Ireland and the EU is ringing the changes of a society that is refusing to stand still.
She wished wistfully for a warm summer on a Californian beach where her skin burned as easily as toast and time seemed to stand still.
Patients may complain of an inability to sit or stand still, or a compulsion to pace or cross and uncross their legs.
He walks ahead of me and I stand still and watch as he makes his way past a coach with a London address on the side.
She puts her head right in the hackamore but won't stand still for the bit.
The wind stopped whistling through the trees, the birds stopped singing, and time seemed to just stand still.
You should stand still on the sideline and between the hog lines when your opponent is delivering a stone.
In fact, the hands of the clock above the mirrored bar stand still, encouraging you to linger.
As a democrat he argued that democracy and dependence on the military and the police are incompatible, a stand still significant today.
She wouldn't stand still, trying to eavesdrop, so my Aunt suggested they go for a drive to stickybeak at my mum's new house.
I'm not sure what happened, but a combination of terribly unsexy events brought the site to a stand still.
With a temporary respite from timetables, regular classes, special classes, tests and homework, time seems to stand still at last.
There comes a moment in the development of a team when it cannot stand still.
He appeared to have ants in his pants, refusing to stand still for a minute.
Yet in today's challenging world, neither individual countries nor the IMF can stand still.
The DIP switch allows you to decide if you wish the motor to stand still or continue running.
Of course, the world did not stand still around them to allow the Tlicho to focus on the important task of building a government.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Verily, to such measure and ticktack, it liketh neither to dance nor to stand still.
Dr. blandish danced for joy, and I really thought he never would stand still again.
I was able to secure a snap-shot, but did not succeed in the time exposure, as the Pygmies would not stand still.
They carry sticks on which to rest the guns, and their horses are trained to stand still.
When the first days of August loured over the world, time seemed to stand still.
Dolokhov was a long time mounting his horse which would not stand still, then he rode out of the yard at a footpace.
Then, in that strangest summer in Dorcas's life, time seemed to stand still.
He was just now manifesting unmistakable signs of impatience, nervously pacing up and down, and unable to stand still for a moment.
And her heart for the fraction of a second seemed to stand still too.
I felt my hair rise like bristles on the back of my neck, and my heart seemed to stand still.
And when he tells you to stand still and shush, you root yourself to the spot and shush.
What's the use o' linin' on a feller that can't stand still a second?
Beneath his bushy black brows danced a pair of little gray eyes that could not stand still for very drollery of humor.
If he tries to sniff you, ignore him and just stand still alongside his forequarter.
He was seeking a new orientation, and until that was found his life must stand still.
It was hard to stand still and mute, and bear every thing, without reply.
His legs felt suddenly weak, a cold shiver ran down his spine, and his heart seemed to stand still for a moment, then suddenly began throbbing as though it were set free.
Joshua made the sun stand still upon Gibeon, but you would outdo Joshua.
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