Getting your own standing appointment is like getting season tickets to the Giants; you pretty much have to wait for someone to die.

"You knew Professor Landreth had a standing appointment with Vivien, didn't you?"

A standing appointment on the courts was more valued than diamonds.

Then when she bought her apartment in Queens, she had a standing appointment twice a week to get her hair blown out professionally.

Jack asked her, "You two have a standing appointment?"

Yesterday she'd resumed her standing appointment at the beauty shop.

"Do I look like someone with a standing appointment at a beauty salon?"

Zoe Kohler had a standing appointment for 6:00 p.m. on the first Tuesday of every month.

She has a standing appointment with Mrs. Harris every Thursday morning.