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Example sentences for "stand alone"

  • Thou'lt find an answering tone In honest hearts, and soon no more Be left to stand alone.

  • Be bold, be firm, be strong, be true, And dare to stand alone.

  • For me, I stand alone Here in the world; naught know I of the feeling That binds the husband to a wife and children.

  • Thy power is rooted deep and strongly here, But in yon stranger world thou'lt stand alone, A trembling reed beat down by every blast.

  • Into another pan sift three quarters of a pound of fine flour, and in a broad shallow pan beat with small rods the whites only of eighteen eggs till they are stiff enough to stand alone.

  • Put it into a deep dish, and loosen and toss it up from the bottom with two forks, one in each hand, so that the grains may appear to stand alone.

  • In not one of these States was the new government able to stand alone or to preserve the peace within its borders.

  • Prince Napoleon and others with whom I have conversed express the decided opinion that Maximilian will come away with Marshal Bazaine, in spite of all the Emperor may say to induce him to try to stand alone.

  • I stand alone in the world now, for my son's welfare could scarce be better assured than with his grandmother, who offers to provide his education, and is likely to make him her heir.

  • Knowing this of me you cannot think that I should fear to stand alone, the untrammelled shepherd of my flock.

  • My wife and I stand alone in the world; we have no friend but God, no profession but to serve Him.

  • It was John Wesley's privilege, or his misfortune, at this time to stand alone in the world, unfettered by any tie that could hamper him in his life's labour.

  • He was by this time older than any of the other candidates, and he had learnt in a measure to stand alone, though it was chiefly his promise to his aunt that brought him now.

  • But John had learnt how to stand alone, and he did so, not only by presenting himself for confirmation, but by becoming a Communicant.

  • Boys are like sheep: what one does, the others do, and few are to be found to stand alone.

  • Were the case of Sphaeroplea to stand alone, the phenomenon might perhaps be regarded as an alternation of generations, but still only comparable with the case of Bangia, and not the case of the Florideae.

  • Unlike Spinoza (who was about fifteen at the time of Acosta's death), Acosta was not strong enough to stand alone.

  • Why, women like you weren't made to stand alone!

  • Now, if she ever was to stand alone, she must rise in her own strength and be worthy to lead such men!

  • Months before she had abandoned the quest of love, seeking only to stand alone.

  • Again a consciousness of those faces upon her; faces of her men, honest, rugged, brave fellows, looking to her to stand alone!

  • We should really treat them "as independent nations," and should honestly give them "administrative advice and assistance until they shall be able to stand alone.

  • The populations that are not able to stand alone should be taken in trust by the whole League of Nations, which should appoint a particular Power in each particular case to carry out the trust.

  • Their manufactures are beginning now to stand alone, but hitherto, without Protection, the Americans would have had no cities but seaports.

  • Fasten the remaining strip on the other side of the turtle in the same way, bend the head up a little and the tail down, also bend all the feet down and the result will be a queer little Easter turtle able to stand alone (Fig.

  • This will give a good platform and the card will stand alone (Fig.

  • Crease down the flap K tight and flat; let its top M extend around and lie flat against the under side corner N of the flap H, and your flight of stairs will be able to stand alone (Fig.

  • Everywhere and in everything He gives us glimpses of Himself to lure us on to love Him, and He hides Himself that we may learn to stand alone.

  • True, there still remains in this a longing for celestial glory, but it is no small thing to be able to stand alone on earth and rest on spiritual companionship, to cling firmly to the inner life when the outer is all torture.

  • It seemed a sign of force; yet to stand alone is quite natural when one has no passions; still easier when one has no pains.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stand alone" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    certain occasion; feet above the present; hand from; made myself; nothing shall; people used; powdered loaf; raise water; stand against; stand aside; stand back; stand fast; stand firm; stand for; stand for some time; stand guard; stand them; stand twenty; stand upon; stand upright; standard time; standing order; standing stones; standing timber; standing upon; stands pledged