Oil and water by themselves cannot stand each other.

The water still stood around the buildings, but the worst seemed to be over.

Plains should be well drained so that water cannot stand there.

When the rains come, the water stands two inches above the floor.

Then they all seemed to be glad, but the water stood in their eyes.

But water still stood several feet in yards on both sides of the highway as residents began to return to their homes.

The soil was sandy enough so that water never stood about or filled a hole for long.

Here there were no bluffs, and the water stood back into the trees on the shore.

He's checking the water in the tree stand every morning just the way you said.

An old hand-pump water well stood at the far end of the yard.