| It was difficult for his cowered staff to stand up to this overbearing behaviour. |
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| In high school in Miami, he was a runty 5 feet 11 inches and 155 pounds, and too shy to stand up in front of the class. |
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| That was the theory but, like so many assumptions about war, it does not stand up in practice. |
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| Mr Samuels tells it as it is and pulls no punches, he is one citizen who will stand up and be counted. |
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| Will anyone stand up against an employer that discriminates against women or do we just look the other way? |
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| He said with authority as he cautiously began to untangle himself to stand up and make more of an impact without loosing his grip on Marissa. |
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| Augustine had an aura like lop-eared rabbits and fluffy baby chicks that demanded even the most crotchety of old men stand up and take notice. |
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| Then he would ask for her to help him to stand up, because his legs had fallen asleep. |
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| If all players are even, then they stand up from the table and each draws from the deck, as if it were the beginning of the game. |
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| Unlike the stuffy, overpriced hotel restaurants of yesteryear, the new dining options can stand up to the best epicurean eateries. |
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| Made with durum wheat flour and water, dried pasta is sturdy enough to stand up to a variety of sauces. |
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| Then, when I stand up for myself, or when I act stubborn and obstinate, I fight with people. |
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| At some point, leaders are supposed to stand up to maximalists, even the ones they mostly agree with. |
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| I call upon all secularist forces and freedom-lovers to stand up and protest against the setting up of these tribunals in Canada. |
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| I've managed to pull my hip out of joint somehow and have stabbing pains when I stand up. |
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| Hearing the temper tantrum she was throwing roused him enough to stand up and turn around to face her. |
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| If you agree with me, then stand up with conviction for what we believe in and fight for it. |
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| She added that people must stand up and take the first step in order to garner support from others. |
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| The huts must stand up to the monster katabatic winds that reach up to 300 kph. |
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| You can expect financial gain and personal glory as you achieve difficult goals and stand up to stiff competition to win your battles. |
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| 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. |
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| He tried to stand up and banged his head rather painfully on a shelf sticking out of the wall. |
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| The material doesn't need sealants to stand up against weather and maintains traction when wet. |
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| Whether the allegations against her will stand up in court remains to be seen. |
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| He claimed they were for me, but I know for a fact that this wouldn't stand up in a court of law. |
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| Parents need to control their kids and kids need to stand up for themselves. |
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| If we never stand up for ourselves then we'll never get anywhere in this world. |
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| He said she could stand up for herself and would have reacted if somebody had tried to physically attack her. |
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| She is the type to stand up for herself and if she doesn't like something, she will voice her opinion. |
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| It's possible to stand up for yourself without being blunt or hurtful to others. |
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| The larger man began pushing the smaller man, who seemed hesitant to stand up for himself. |
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| I learned early on the spirit to stand up to my father, that he wasn't right because he was bigger than me or had a louder voice. |
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| If we defeat the congestion tax then it will give people confidence to stand up to other measures imposed on us by authority. |
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| Workers want to see a union that's willing to have a go, to stand up to the boss and fight for their interests. |
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| But unfortunately he has had problems and I don't really think his legs would stand up to any more racing. |
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| I went around to see mum and Andrew to say goodbyes and make sure their network will stand up to two weeks of unsupervised use. |
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| But once I'd made a couple of tackles, I was fine and confident my back would stand up to anything. |
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| The study was, of course, a complete farce and didn't stand up to even the most basic examination of scientific methodology. |
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| The irony is that I am willing to stand up and say that and take a good amount of criticism for it. |
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| Snatching my hand away from his hastily, I quickly composed myself to stand up. |
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| From my school days I can remember doing long division and being terrified by it, and I remember doing times tables and having to stand up. |
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| To partner spicy or peppery dishes, New World Cabernets and Merlots generally stand up better than their European equivalents. |
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| If people are prepared to stand up, then these problems are resolvable, can be tackled and we can all work to reduce crime. |
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| Which nation is the only one which can consistently stand up to New Zealand at rugby union and league? |
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| 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. |
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| Warne's mastery over the art of leg spin is unrivalled and even the worst of his detractors is forced to stand up and applaud his wizardry. |
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| When you pray, don't be like those show-offs who love to stand up and pray in the meeting places and on the street corners. |
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| But for any decision to be taken, the government must stand up for what it is and not play the role of a moderator in college debate. |
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| She couldn't even stand up straight and she had to stop a few times, as if pulling herself together. |
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| Being able to stand up and say that domestic abuse is unacceptable is the first step in changing my behaviour. |
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| The bid was finally sunk last weekend when the existing course could not stand up to torrential rain. |
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| Without people of calibre who are unafraid to stand up and be counted, so much of priceless aesthetic value would be lost forever. |
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| Isn't there anyone in Canada with the authority and moxie to stand up and do the right thing? |
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| Before he was even able to stand up straight he pulled her over towards an awaiting wagon. |
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| I wonder whether he will stand up on a point of order and say that it is not him, so that we can cross one off. |
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| 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. |
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| They were frightened that I might actually stand up to authority and do something that would put a black mark on their record. |
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| Too, a tyranny can rise more easily by shutting up a thousand people than a million, and that's a reason to stand up and speak out. |
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| You have to stand up, look your government in the eye and hold them to account for what they do in your name. |
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| He needed to stand up for himself, be more outgoing, and stop being such a scaredy-cat. |
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| Here is a gutsy selection that will stand up well with most of those strong flavours. |
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| He tried to stand up to get in a better position, gasping, but then the Urg's grip went slack and he limped over, dead. |
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| There are now so many almost daily occasions when we have to stand up and verify our identity. |
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| I lay there with my shirt open and watched him undo his belt, then stand up letting his pants fall. |
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| If they personally feel that a decision is unjust and unfair, they must stand up for themselves. |
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| He was not able to stand up in the space, which was about three feet six inches high. |
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| And we are going to stand up for people around the world, oppressed people, who want us to stand up for them. |
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| She stayed slouched down in her chair though, too dizzy to stand up at the moment. |
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| In an attempt to win you over, the band stand up and make their ambition clear from the second the first note is struck. |
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| Possibly he seems a little too meek, and should stand up for himself a bit more. |
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| They stand up as if personally insulted, personally wronged, personally injured. |
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| The block is modified to accept stainless steel O-rings and a copper head gasket, which are better able to stand up to internal pressure. |
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| They made everyone stand up at staff meetings in order to get them over with quickly. |
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| All the songs have been carefully selected for your enjoyment, from laid back sounds to a beat that makes you stand up and get into a groove. |
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| Too many brilliant stand up comics have flopped when they've gone big to the big screen. |
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| On Wednesday their successors can lie down in a petulant sulk and lick their wounds or they can stand up and fight. |
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| Ash looks at me, a hint of concern on his face while I choke on cookie and watch Elly stand up and flounce dramatically from the room. |
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| As the feeling rushes though me, I stand up from the plastic chair, take a deep breath and hit the Press to Exit button. |
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| My character in the film had a very difficult father and there was one scene in which she had to stand up to him. |
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| Ears still stand up, but for the sweet sounds of the silver lining in the music they make together. |
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| Dominick's hands and feet were bound together by thick rope and he could not stand up or attempt to escape. |
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| 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. |
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| I push the tiller across and as the boat swings round I stand up and move across the boat. |
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| Trying to stand up only to completely lose his footing and fall right back down, Peter chuckled at his own ineptitude. |
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| We urge all trades unionists and those who support us to take this to heart and stand up for what is right. |
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| My major regret from my time as a season ticket holder is that I didn't stand up and report on bigotry and racism. |
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| His irony, by contrast, is too subtle to stand up to the grimness of much of his subject matter. |
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| 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. |
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| You might try a short delay in changing your child's soiled nappy and getting them to stand up when you change them. |
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| You stand up for justice, fair play and rights and gain respect and admiration of those around you. |
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| And Sunday shirts were always white with collars starched to make them stand up pertly around the neck. |
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| If the party won't even stand up for our mommas, who'll stand up for the party? |
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| They keep me even on both sides of my body, and I can stand up without falling backwards or tipping too far forwards. |
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| There's a few sweeping statements in there that would not stand up to scrutiny. |
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| 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. |
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| After another long moment of silence he sat up straighter and moved to stand up. |
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| The movie does not stand up to any kind of thoughtful inspection and the muddled finale is nonsensical. |
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| After the last ski jump, place your hands on your hips and stand up with a straight spine, back to Tadasana. |
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| They will stand up for the silent, law-abiding majority who play by the rules and pay their dues. |
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| Come on folks, put pen to paper, write to the town hall, the mayor, the leader of the council, the local paper, stand up and be counted. |
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| So come and chortle, chuckle and giggle your way through a fun filled weekend with excellent stand up comedy and family fun. |
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| A clever slogan to sell vats of hair dye a few seasons back, but does it stand up as social analysis? |
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| Still, someone who can and does stand up to those who are twice his size deserve commendation and reward. |
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| Are you really fearful of being misinterpreted or are you just afraid to stand up for your constituents? |
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| Only one man has the muscular good looks and personal courage to stand up to these fearsome freaks of nature. |
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| It may sound old-fashioned but the best way to tackle communalism is surely bringing people together to stand up for their common interests. |
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| It's the only thing that can stand up to all the storms and unsettledness of life. |
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| When the feasts start the guests are expected not to stand up during the feasting because this is considered a discourtesy to the host. |
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| We need to stand up like decent people and admit to our disgraceful history. |
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| Soon we'll have crimes of laughter where dufuses force their way into homes and attempt stand up routines at gunpoint. |
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| My vote of no confidence is also aimed at each and every councillor who is not man enough to stand up and stop this nonsense. |
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| But, if the people of Washington, D.C., will stand up as citizens and exert their druthers, this nonsense would stop. |
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| The wonderful roar of the carburetted Kawasaki ram-air engine made the hairs on your neck stand up. |
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| I stand up, a little bit more carefully than usual, and walk extra-steadily out to the car. |
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| And his paintboxes grow legs and walk over to him so he doesn't have to stand up and go get them. |
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| His eyes were worried as he helped her stand up, surveying her closely for injury. |
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| We believe it is the duty of everyone who cares about humanity to stand up and build the resistance to this barbarous war. |
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| During impro, Ingo made a number of statements related to beliefs and lifestyles and asked our characters to stand up if they were true of them. |
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| Confidence in the strength of their ideas will give people the will to stand up to the threats and intimidation. |
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| That would be a good speech from the podium during an election campaign, but certainly does not stand up to scrutiny in this place. |
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| This was insufficient to stand up in court, as fingerprint experts need to find 16 such matches for it to be deemed copper-bottomed evidence. |
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| So they had to revert to requesting, irrelevantly, that we should all stand up if we hate Dundee. |
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| The subject was asked to stand up immediately and changes in the heart rate were noted in the polygraph. |
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| Natural fibers like cotton and some wool can stand up to the scrutiny of a cheaper price tag. |
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| He's enraged but he can't help but admire her courage and her ability to stand up to him. |
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| It is chilling to think it needed such courage for one excellent officer to stand up to her colleagues. |
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| He has crossed the line, and we've got to have enough and gumption to stand up and say enough's enough. |
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| And then there are times when we have to stand up on our hind legs and put up a glorious fight against all reason. |
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| That lesson is now spreading across the country, as more and more heterosexuals stand up for gay marriage. |
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| A political lightweight, he lacked the muscle or guile to stand up to opponents in the Treasury who opposed rearmament. |
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| By the time you stand up you feel like you have a basket weave pattern embossed on your posterior. |
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| He is one of the few men who had enough spine to stand up to Mrs Thatcher and thus found himself out of a job for fifteen years. |
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| He is seen as a man driven by principle, willing to stand up for what he believes in, and untainted by the compromises of everyday politics. |
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| Huge roars of laughter fill the comedy club, as the stand up comic struts his stuff. |
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| This Greek Cypriot cheese is one of few that can stand up to the heat of a barbecue without collapsing. |
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| So I stand up and walk back into the house, which is by now dark and quiet, presumable because everyone is either asleep or in their room. |
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| Really good magazine illustration should both stand up as a work of art in its own right and as an informative part of the article. |
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| The miners worked in 100-degree temperatures, 1,000 feet below the ground, in a space they couldn't really stand up in. |
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| It's full of ups and downs, sure, but we have to stand up and face life when it gets hard. |
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| 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. |
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| He's also willing, more often than not, to stand up and do a Harry Truman, take positions, and say the buck stops here. |
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| A karate instructor who teaches his students how to stand up to bullies will star on television chat show Trisha. |
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| The second wife, Ella, abetted by a married sister, tries to stand up to George. |
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| The pitchfork is made from rigid plastic piping and heavy paper, and it hooks into his hand to help him stand up unassisted. |
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| The truest are not wafflers, and they are not afraid to stand up for something controversial. |
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| It goes to show what we pensioners can achieve if we stand up and fight for our rights. |
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| You have to stand up and declare yourself off limits to emotional terrorism. |
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| When I stand up the room tips a little as if I'm wasted, and my stomach is currently turning somersaults. |
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| It's important that unions unite on this issue and really put the acid on the Government to stand up for Australian workers. |
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| Scottish lovers of the beefburger and the chip butty are being encouraged to stand up for their rights to eat fattening, unhealthy food. |
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| Then, a second skewer comes in handy for gently firming the soil to help the seedling stand up until the roots take hold. |
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| While it pleases me to read the above comments and Mr. Conley's challenge, I'm also pleased to see William stand up for Michael. |
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| After all it takes a lot of courage and imagination to stand up to corporate bullies. |
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| Why is it so difficult to tell the truth, to have the courage of your convictions and stand up for what you believe? |
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| So we have to say something as we stand up there and pledge under oath to love each other forever. |
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| There are forks in the road of history where men such as you stand up to be counted. |
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| But his mother did teach him to stand up for himself and that is the credo that he now brings to his children, four sons and three daughters. |
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| Luckily, some of those that do stand up to be counted in Bradford enhance your excellent readers' forum. |
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| The atmosphere in the stadium was fantastic, and with the roof closed, and the sound reaching a crescendo, it made the hairs on my neck stand up. |
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| It has clean, assertively fruity hop flavours that stand up to the hottest spices. |
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| I just hope the Senate is strong enough to stand up to this full-court press by the White House. |
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| Healthy hair lies flat, but when hair is damaged the individual scales of the cuticles stand up and separate, making strands coarse. |
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| Has he been ordered to stand up there in disgrace, as penance for dallying with Lady Hamilton and asking Hardy to kiss him? |
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| Few seem prepared to stand up to a prejudice that is both socially and economically damaging. |
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| The flavour is pleasantly strong and gamey, robust enough to stand up against some powerful sauces, thus the black peppercorns in this one. |
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| They are all castrated, effete prevaricators, and there isn't a real man among them to stand up and dare say the truth. |
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| Soldiers can be commanded to kneel down, hit the deck and crawl, or stand up. |
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| Before handcuffing him, police officer McDonald had ordered Oswald, who was sitting at the back of the auditorium, to stand up. |
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| 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. |
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| A final thought made him drop the chair back onto four legs, stand up and toy nervously with the inkwell. |
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| He grabbed my wrists so strongly that his force obligated my body to stand up. |
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| You feel a certain wrongness in the air and the hairs on the back of your neck stand up as unseen eyes watch you. |
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| When the wind kicks up at Presidio Golf Course in San Francisco, where I teach, it's hard just to stand up straight, never mind hit a golf shot. |
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| You know the ones where you stand up after you finish pooing and it flushes itself automatically. |
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| The day I stand up and address a jury and my stomach isn't churning then I will just turn on my heel and walk out of court and never come back. |
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| He flung his tote bag over his shoulder and walked past my desk, before I even had a chance to stand up. |
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| He in fact wanted to jettison anyone who would stand up to his dictatorial tendencies. |
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| Is it not vital for nations such as the UK to stand up against such racism and punish it with trade policy? |
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| I heard a programme on the radio yesterday, an interview with a stand up comedian, Steve Day, who happens to be deaf. |
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| He is responsible for teaching students how to properly take X-rays of welds to ensure they will stand up to underwater stress. |
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| I wasn't afraid to stand up and speak in public and I had learned all sorts of lessons about how to put your point across effectively. |
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| And a seven-year-old Westie, dumped in Grays, was found unable to stand up and could not be saved by vets who found it had a brain condition. |
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| I have always advocated that players must stand up and take criticism and accept that. |
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| A great round of applause sounded, and she tried to stand up and take a bow, but fell to the ground laughing. |
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| You stand up for professional values, fair play and justice during a controversy. |
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| We know that he has the moral rectitude to stand up to the vilest attacks and pressure. |
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| It is great to stand up in Parliament and note that everyone is of one mind on this bill, and it will be passed rapidly. |
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| I thank them for their courage to stand up to what must be tremendous pressure to knuckle under. |
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| I'm also prepared to stand up and be counted though, if I feel strongly about issues that affect my working conditions. |
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| I will happily stand up in court in any action you take against the store and say that your child was in the wrong. |
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| She seemed very thin, her skin translucently pale, and her posture in her deep armchair was that of one who could not stand up without aid. |
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| All this maybe for naught, however, if the new tax regime fails to stand up to WTO scrutiny. |
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| They stand up, slowly, then pace their dispassionate bodies toward those two coffins, coffin-like boxes. |
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| The politicians stand up there yapping and chatting, but it won't happen, will it? |
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| All the hard work of the previous day is now paying off as they make clean launches with straight flights and stand up landings. |
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| The leafstalk would stand up and everything would restore to the original appearance. |
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| A regular tenon provides all the strength the frame will need to stand up to time. |
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| She tried to stand up, but her already tense muscles had stiffened considerably during the flight. |
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| I wanna stand up for my rights, attend marches, and create bills of rights without being seen as a troublemaker. |
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| The academy's mission is to send out the message that women are not weak and will stand up against abuse. |
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| However, when no one else was willing to speak up, it was necessary to stand up and be counted. |
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| It's time for our politicians to stand up and be counted and obtain the desired objective. |
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| Well now is the time for them to stand up and be counted and show they are true supporters. |
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| Now, as he unwraps his directorial debut, will the real Edward Norton please stand up? |
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| We're going to ask the question, will the real Republican Party please stand up. |
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| And it's no surprise. Nobody with any choices would agree to stand up in front of an undisciplined rabble every day. |
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| It does, however, stand up nicely despite its aged subject matter. |
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| He inspires Asteropaeus with the courage to stand up to Achilles. |
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| 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. |
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| I stand up on each tee and hope and pray that I find the fairway. |
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| But I assume he could practically stand up there and read the phone book and do that. |
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| And in those speeches, she insists she's fought hard against pork barrel projects, basically telling America she'll stand up to government earmarks. |
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| Landlord Steve is offering a free gargle of Scotch to anyone prepared to stand up and read some lines from their favourite poem in true Burns Night style. |
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| Remember, this was at the height of the comedy boom, when every TV channel had a stand up show, all of it bland and sanitized for your protection. |
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| His account is rife with factual errors and fails to stand up to scrutiny. |
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| The northern hawk owl, a rare sight in the wild, pinned its yellow eyes on me and let out a sibilant screech that nearly made the hair stand up on the back of my neck. |
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| 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. |
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| Two particular points in your article do not stand up to any scrutiny. |
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| Yesterday I bought new shoes, and told the clerk I needed something that would stand up to a great dealing walking the next day without shredding my heel into red tatters. |
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| Life was often difficult, but she had to stand up for herself. |
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| But the fact that our civilization and our children's futures are under attack is what motivates us, more than anything, to stand up for the cause of freedom. |
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| He was bullied at first, until he learned to stand up for himself. |
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| We've seen other workers stand up for themselves and win improvements. |
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| You wonder whether the prohibitionists have any rational point at all The reasons behind punitive drug laws fail to stand up to any serious scrutiny. |
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| Pluto is encouraging you to stand up for your quirks and kinks. |
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| He could not bear to think that a young man dared to stand up to him. |
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| Major League Baseball is in a big snit over the Washington, D.C., city council's decision to stand up for itself over the cost of a new sports stadium. |
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| 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. |
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| The first is the way the tyres stand up to the wear and tear imposed by a circuit on which the cars spend more time braking on full power than at any other track. |
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| I am one who will march for life and will continue to stand up in defense of life as long as I am privileged to be in office. |
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| He's just going to keep jerking you around if you never stand up to him! |
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| Ideally, the tree should be able to stand up by itself without staking. |
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| This subcompact pistol sports three integral safeties, nothing to snag on a purse or holster and a finish that can stand up to extreme wear and tear. |
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| To stand up to the depilation dictators, to ignore all diet and detox regimes, to embrace ageing, wrinkles, and grey hair. |
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| But the point here is we cannot blow hot and cold on crime. It's either we stand up for law and order and justice, or we buckle under the crime wave. |
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| If so, kudos to Neyer for being the only one to stand up to the guy. |
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| 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. |
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| He might even stand up for these rookies he was now calling children of God. |
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| While an often brilliant comic actor, gervais is relatively new to stand up and has never achieved the top tier of that art form. |
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| She made me stand up in front of the class and do times tables! |
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| Let the person who hatched this idea stand up and take a bow. |
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| I remember climbing the ladder, and then trying to stand up there because I thought it was solid. |
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| A West Point graduate and former coach of the Army Cadets, Krzyzewski called on the Army to stand up for itself. |
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| Next, we're treated to an uncommonly long stand up excerpt centered around, naturally, God and women. |
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| In this respect he is closer to stand up comedian than exponent of crime cinema, enacting all the parts in his sketches with one variously modulated voice. |
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| The way he arrived on the scene, the way he drove the ball such long distances, he made people who weren't golfers or golf fans stand up and take notice. |
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| Want to do your bit for the Revolution and stand up for the kids? |
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| He has long been a lone voice advocating for human rights and has been prepared to stand up and be counted when the establishment prefers a quiet and diplomatic approach. |
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| All of us at some time in our lives have to stand up and say a few words in public, whether to give away a bride, move a vote of thanks or make a presentation. |
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| What is it about all the rumination, all the anxiety that makes it so hard to sort of stand up for yourself, to yourself? |
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| Now Musharraf is calling for sharif to stand up to Modi and not be pushed around by India. |
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| But the Freemasons, who have traditionally refused publicly to reveal their membership of the organisation, believe that the new regulations may not stand up to scrutiny. |
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| A hundred one-night stands cannot stand up to one night with Andrew. |
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| And as returning officers have learnt over the years, only a fool would stand up to announce an official result without checking first with the tallyman. |
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| 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? |
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| But I wasn't about to stand up to a rampaging bunch of hobgoblins anyway. |
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| A huge part of self-love is being able to stand up for yourself when you are feeling taken advantage of. |
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| But Eddie's audacious comments about penalty do not stand up to scrutiny. |
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| To make this happen, we have to elect legislators who are willing to stand up to the gun lobby. |
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| The scales themselves are amazingly resilient and can stand up to all forms of punishment, taking about as much as a mail or even a good set of plate armour. |
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| A group of youngsters demonstrated with great vigour, what it meant to stand up against the power of a foreign power that continued to oppress the people of India. |
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| There was a black kid waiting in the anteroom and I asked him if he would stand up for us. |
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| 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. |
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| Yes, a president needs courage to stand up to corruption and criminality in his own country. |
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| Maura pushed her around, Dinah had pushed her around, Chase pushed her around, everyone pushed her around, but Piper was going to stand up her decision this time. |
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| If the epidural needle nicks the covering of the spinal cord, there may be a small leak of fluid from around the cord, which can cause a headache when you sit or stand up. |
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| Louisiana needs a senator who will stand up to the career politicians, and the alligators. |
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| If the harassment comes from coworkers, some women feel they can stand up for themselves. |
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| If you think of yourself as more than a knuckle-dragging Neanderthal, you can stand up and be respectful. |
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| Is there any chance the potential 2016 hopeful will stand up to the right and embrace paid sick leave? |
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| It was not even Hitler, nota bene, who was analogous in Mrs. Woolf's mind to the domineering husband, but the man who proposed to stand up to Hitler. |
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| It's time for them to stand up to the grabbers and graspers. |
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| It is a simple repetitive action that should stand up well under pressure, and I can only see it getting better as he matures and fills out a bit. |
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| You try to be tough when you need to be, and will gladly stand up for any damsel in distress, but you'd rather catch a girl with a little bit of flair. |
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| How on earth can someone who can hardly stand up straight be expected to work out how drunk they are and then decide how to get themselves home on the basis of that? |
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| Slowly, I break the light trance and stand up, feeling much better. |
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| Georgi Malenkov, in the chair, paled for fear that the other members would not instantly stand up to protest and demand that the request be denied. |
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| 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. |
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| The best foundry workers, the best machinists and the best maintenance personnel join to form teams that stand up to face new challenges and tackle new tasks. |
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| The only way to beat these misanthropes is to stand up and be counted. |
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| Most of us today have been taught by our parents, peers, or perhaps sometimes even a stranger how to use our voice, how to stand up for ourselves, how to judge, untrust, and have an opinion. |
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| Like real Dutchmen we wait to see which way the cat jumps before a company will stand up and profess to produce the discs for the European market. |
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| Then the water was shallow enough to stand up in, and he waded in towards land, his dark wool hose streaming with water and the linen wrap about his wound wet through. |
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| Maybe that's because that idea of the university can only really stand up to examination in a world where the state takes care of almost everything. |
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| Unlike in stand up where there are far more women of color, in improv, their presence is sorely lacking. |
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| Even better, he is prepared to stand up for his beliefs and treat the smug superiority of the trimmers, appeasers and Euro-elites with the contempt that they deserve. |
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| If prioritizing guns over dead kids makes you angry, stand up and drown his words out with action. |
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| Independent, head-strong and may be more than a little starry-eyed about Bollywood, Mallika at least has the guts to stand up for what she believes. |
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| And then of course, as is apparently compulsory these days, there's the obligatory shock twist ending that doesn't stand up to a moment's scrutiny. |
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| First, she loses physical control of her hands, and, by the conclusion of the concert, she is so immobilized that she can't even stand up to take a bow. |
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| Begin your powder turn and then instead of hitting your edges hard to carve a turn, stand up on two feet and let your skis slide or skid diagonally across the fall line. |
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| When I stand up, that after-image remains fixed in my visual field. |
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| If we can stand up to him, all Europe may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. |
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| The event featured races for stand up paddle boarding and kite surfing for junior, female and male competitors. |
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| Kanye West wants people to stand up and dance at his concerts. |
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| To be a liberal, you have to stand up for liberal principles. |
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| Corruption remains a problem in Sri Lanka, and there is currently very little protection for those who stand up against corruption. |
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| You hear the beginning bits of Z-cars and the hairs stand up on the back of your neck and the goose pimples come. |
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| And at that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince that standeth for the children of thy people. |
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| A supervisor who views you as his ace will stand up for you if intracompany squabbles break out and you are at the epicenter. |
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