This wood stands just on the border-line of Derbyshire and Yorkshire; in fact, the trout stream that flows through it we believe actually divides the two counties.
Action of some kind seems always essential to vocal effort; and the way he erects almost every feather, or sways about or stands in some grotesque attitude, during his periods of song is most entertaining.
On a neighboring hill stands two other obelisks, which were also covered with hieroglyphics.
Rush is correct, it would behoove me to alter the definition as it stands in my Grammar; but, inasmuch as I am yet undecided on this point, I have not thought proper to do so.
But one solitary hut, beside the fabrics mentioned, now standson the ruins of Copan!
This magnificent building stands immediately upon the bank, one hundred and twenty feet above the river.
But let us look at the meaning of the passage, when taken in its original connexion, as it stands in my Elocution.
But I must not forget a striped box which belongs to my portmanteau, but serves here as a receptacle for loose papers, and stands on the table.
The infinite value of all that concerns an immortal being stands proof against the thoughts that bewildered our vision.
The climate, too, was as harsh as the character of the people, for the village stands high and bleak.
Opposite stands a long narrow box containing bows, and hung about with quivers, belts, and other archery equipments.
It stands at the mouth of a steep, dark cañon, opening toward the valley of Sagharawite.
As he stands again, his hands are folded inside his arms; he is not so sure of his errand.
But tell me, pilgrim, who is that man who stands beside you?
But as a well- built wall or aged rock stands unmoved the fury of the storm, so Rogero, clad in those arms which Trojan Hector once wore, withstood the strokes which stormed about his head and breast and flank.
In the character of an author, on the other hand, he stands quite as low as in that of a statesman.
Thus Hannibal stands at the close of the Phoenician history, and Vercingetorix at the close of the Celtic.
Intercourse In close association with the comparatively considerable development of urban life stands the activity of intercourse by land and by water.
It stands alone, uniquely adapted to form the budding thought and hedge it about with divine Love.
In its relation to other Christian Science churches, in its By-Laws and self-government, The Mother Church stands alone; it occupies a position that no other church can fill.
As a matter of fact, Methuselah generally remembers nothing except that where Cheapside now stands was once a green field.
At the back are two windows with semi-circular arches, and between the windows stands a small railed platform with a reading-desk upon it for the minister.
The chapel of the Seventh Day Independents stands at Redman's Lane, close to the Advanced Club House.
This is a dreadful condition of mind to fall into, because it stands in the way of love and friendship and trust, and all the sweet confidences which make us happy.
It only remains to say that Christine stands high at court, but it is a grander one than any of earth.
The educated mind to-day stands in the same attitude toward Christianity as that of the cultured mind of Greece and Rome toward the older mythology in the second century.
On an eminence near where Werowocomoco must have been, still stands a stone chimney which is known to this day as "Powhatan's Chimney," and according to tradition is the chimney of the house which the colonists erected for this chief.
Every object, the most minute, stands out in bold relief against the inky darkness which surrounds the landscape.
The pure maiden, the noble heroine, stands out, heaven-illumined, against the darkness.
The latter is a slow method but will keep one truck busy and is still used in some places where small stands are located along the highway or in other readily accessible places.
The modern truck can also be provided with the necessary equipment for use in snaking out the logs in stands of small timber and when used with a winch and an "A" shaped boom, will load itself.
A closer utilization of our present stands of timber may be practiced by the use of the motor truck.
I have been found, and he who found me stands there," and he motioned to Reynolds.
But it can't be helped, fer thar stands the worst criminal that ever came into this region.
Ye want that lass, so I believe, but between you an' her stands Jim Weston.
I'll put all the vim into the blow that stands for a home-run hit on the diamond.
Those are half-grown whelps, and the mother stands ready to defend them to the last ounce of her strength, and drop of blood.
The beautiful Romanesque tower of the church stands on top of a rock that is honeycombed with their cells.
But it has been broken through by wind and rain and perhaps sea, and now stands out unattached.
Between this and the lower lake stands an extraordinary hump of sandstone, on a sloping talus.
The old castle rises above this, and stands 360 feet above the river, but its remains are reduced to a fragment of a tower.
This is his description of it: "The lair stands in the upper part of a slip of stones beneath some sheer rocks.
Where now stands the National School at the foot of the hill was at that time a meadow, to the grass of which his horse was partial.
At Vendôme, the rock on which stands the castle is riddled with passages and halls, access to which is obtained not from the castle, but from the town.
Projecting from the side of the hill on which stands Peyrousse, partly attached to it, but for the most part detached, is a ridge of schist starting 300 feet above the stream below, in one sheer precipice, and precipitous on every side.
In the midst of this cirque stands the castle, buried in stately oaks.
But Zacchaeus stands like one who admonishes the man of our age: Try to be at home by yourself, in your own soul.
Think of a wheat field: One strawstands close beside the other.
But where He hears the prayer or sees the tears of repentant sinners, He stands still.
But no matter what name we bestow upon it, it stands to reason that without an awakening no new life can be produced.
The ruined fortress standsat the extremity of a plain, close to the foot of some rugged mountains, about a league from the sea.
The vicuña stands higher than a goat, and the colour of its wool is a clear chestnut.
The llama stands as high as a deer of Spain, but no animal does it resemble more than a camel without a hump, and a third part of the size.
It stands on the banks of two streams, one of which flows through it, and there are buildings on both sides.
After sailing twelve hundred leagues to the westward over the wide ocean, he discovered the island of Española, where now stands the city of Santo Domingo.
The city of Truxillo stands on a sandy plain, in lat.
Not any higher standsthe grave For heroes than for men; Not any nearer for the child Than numb three-score and ten.
Least village boasts its blacksmith, Whose anvil's even din Stands symbol for the finer forge That soundless tugs within, Refining these impatient ores With hammer and with blaze, Until the designated light Repudiate the forge.
This world is not conclusion; A sequel stands beyond, Invisible, as music, But positive, as sound.
When March is scarcely here A colorstands abroad On solitary hills That science cannot overtake, But human nature feels.
Italy stands the other side, While, like a guard between, The solemn Alps, The siren Alps, Forever intervene!
Related somehow they may be, -- The sedge stands next the sea, Where he is floorless, yet of fear No evidence gives he.
Stands the sun so close and mighty That our minds are hot.
One cannot compare Chartres directly with any of its contemporary rivals, but one can at least compare the old spire with the new one which stands opposite and rises above it.
She, too, stands on an altar or pedestal, on which hangs a shield bearing the ermines, an exact counterpart of the royal shield beneath Saint Anne.
Paul Durand, the Government expert, are positive that this glass is the finest ever made, as far as record exists; and that the northern lancet representing the Tree of Jesse stands at the head of all glasswork whatever.
Here, in the central bay, next to King David, who stands at her right hand, is the great figure of Abraham about to sacrifice Isaac.
The Abbaye-aux-Dames stands in the same relation to the Abbaye-aux-Hommes that Matilda took towards William.
The foundations of the new tower, opposite, were laid not before 1110, when also the portal which stands between them, was begun with the three lancet windows above it, but not the rose.
The Evangelists clutch the Prophets by the hair, and while the synagogue stands firm, the Church looks small, feeble, and vacillating.
Beyond Wisdom stands Law, figured by Aaron with the Book, trampling on the lawless Pharaoh.
On the lintel immediately above the doorway is a succession of small groups: first, the Annunciation; Mary stands to receive the Archangel Gabriel, who comes to announce to her that she is chosen to be the Mother of God.
It's that which stands in the way of all happiness and progress.
There stands the hostile power, and I should be greatly surprised if you did not recognize her as a neighbor?
Could you not fancy, as she stands there in the evening light, that the pure devotion which fills her soul, radiated from her?
They made a great noise, and I thought they were wild geese; but I hear they were a bird called the cyris, which stands about five feet high, and is not a water-bird.
The doors and windows are open all day; and although the thermometer generally standsat 89 deg.
In the centre of thisstands a small temple, whilst the sides are surrounded by others of greater or less size.
The noise of the mungoose is very peculiar, generally purring like a cat, but when angry it barks short and snappishly, while every hair on its long tail stands on end.
Behind us stands a long-bearded turbaned khitmutgar, with sherry and glasses.
Poonee stands on the coast a little to the south of the great plain of Juggernat'h, which forms a part of my district.
He is full of fire and play, jumps about, and every now and then stands upon his hind legs.
When my wife goes to sleep, the little black boy, with no covering but a pair of drawers and a cap, stands near and fans her, while every now and then he sprinkles her face with water as she reclines on the sofa.
On the sideboard stands a flat candlestick, with a glass shade to keep the insects from the flame.
The house stands in the midst of a large field called a compound, which belongs to me, and the servants' dwellings are scattered around.
Behind each chair stands a dark-brown man with long black beard and mustachios, dressed in a sort of white tunic and a white turban, with a coloured sash wound several times round the waist.
Enclosed by its massive walls, it still stands on the summit of its rocky hill, which was called urbibentum by the old historian, Procopius.
As he stands beside his mother we see the military drill he has undergone in his fine carriage, straight shoulders, and erect head.
Burnett's low, rambling house has given place to a more stately one; but it stands behind the same tall trees, amidst the same wide, green spaces.
He easily stands in the foremost rank of world painters.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "stands" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
