"stand" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- I stood meekly in the back, as far as possible from Dan.
- The two went and stood meekly in front of him.
- He turned, for some reason expecting Harriet to be standing meekly behind him.
- A nine-year-old boy stood meekly at her side, looking for directions.
- Emerson was not the man to stand meekly aside and let his orders be defied.
- They began a conversation on the advantages of lunar life; Mary stood meekly beside me, listening.
- I dropped my gaze and meekly stood before him.
- But you can't expect me to stand here meekly.
- Feeling a bit like a mechanical doll that couldn't function without a key, Hilary meekly stood to one side.
- Griffin, who has already spent years undergoing alcohol-abuse therapy, stood meekly as the sentence was read.
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