For it always has been the essence of America that we want to move on, we understand that prosperity, progress and most of all peace cannot be had by standing still.
Of course, you can't gain ground if you're standing still.
But abroad, as at home, there is a greater risk in standing still.
It appears to us to be standing still; but to those who are in that ship, this villa appears to be moving.
Whether a thing is sweet or bitter, soft or hard, near or far off; whether it is standing still or moving; whether it is square or round.
The train is standing still; the night is quiet, and I take care to make plenty of noise on the metal roof with my feet.
I duck under the train and make for the rods, and I can tell you I am mighty glad that the train is standing still.
He is only about ten feet back and running hard; but now the train has approximated his own speed, and, relative to me, he is standing still.
This was again the man who conquered "by standing still.
The purpose of these pages is, not to give a history of the illustrious Duke's exploits, but to show the utter absurdity of the French notion, that he gained all his battles by standing still, until the enemy grew tired of beating him.
Who can listen to the French babbling, which tells us that it was done, simply by standing still to be beaten?
In the Ordsall game the children dance round when singing the verses instead of standing still, the action of the game being the same.
One line, in which is the Queen, standing still or sitting down, the other line advancing and retiring while singing the words.
The child, by standing still, becomes a tree, a house, or a stone wall.
There," said Oliver, standing still; "can you see that light?
You may go, Grey," the woman said in an almost inaudible voice, whereupon the cat slowly descended, standing still a moment to continue its examination of the stranger.
An independent condenser is one whose air pump and circulating pump are not worked from the main engine, and can therefore be operated when the main engine is standing still.
Standing still, he looked with sad eyes in his consort's tearful face.
The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "standing still" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.
