Rise from one's seat

Usage examples of stand.

On this occasion it was unlocked, and Marian was about to rush forward in eager anticipation of a peep at its interior, when, child as she was, the reflection struck her that she would stand abetter chance of carrying her point by remaining perdue.

The heavy door exploded inward, blasted into splinters, and Aunt Pol stood in the shattered doorway, her white lock ablaze and her eyes dreadful.

The beautifully rolled lawns and freshly painted club stand were sprinkled with spring dresses and abloom with sunshades, and coaches and other vehicles without number enclosed the farther side of the field.

There he himself stood in a dark blue loincloth with a white pinstripe, his chest abloom with curly red hair and tasteful pseudo-tattoos, his fingers heavy with rings, his ankles clanking with bracelets.

There were several women delegates and Ken made the most of their ablutions until he was distracted by the appearance of Karanja in a neat grey suit, an ingratiating grin on his face and his big ears standing out like sails.

His carriage, with his wife and two daughters already aboard and Cram scowling on the box beside the driver, stood by the front door.

So I stood where I was and abode her coming, smiling and unafraid, and half-clad.

Suddenly, it was as if a window in heaven had been opened and I saw a group of Aboriginal women standing together.

You were asleep, or at least I thought you were, then suddenly, I saw you standing with a group of Aboriginal women.

But no human being loved the aborigines more, nor stood ready to lay down her life for them if it were necessary.

Then he walked out through the pecan trees in front of the house where Antonio stood waiting with the horses and they stood for a moment in a wordless abrazo and then he mounted up into the saddle and turned the horse into the road.

Notable stood abristle, and Shadowspawn looked into the hurt, even accusing eyes of Mignureal.

Dottie stood up from her hiding place behind an overturned sofa across the room, and made her way across the smashed lights and broken video equipment to his side, absently reloading from her bandoleer.

The enlarged flyby surveillance photograph hanging on the wall showed in grainy black and white the cabin and its grounds, including the wide, elevated back porch on which Glenn Abies could be seen standing, small but unmistakable, giving the helicopter the finger.

They have targeted Glenn Abies because he stands for a way of living that we as members of the White Race believe in and hold to be true.