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standing in

vb. (present participle of stand in English)

Usage examples of "standing in".

The inhabitants were at work gathering in their cotton-crop in front of their huts, constructed of woven reeds, and standing in the midst of clean and neatly-kept enclosures.

The doctor, standing in the front of the car, held the ladder clear, ready to throw it at any moment.

I felt rather than saw that she was standing in the door-way, and I made a final plunge into the basin.

He was standing in profile, one arm akimbo, and the toes of his boots curled upwards, and he wore an emerald-studded dagger at his belt.

The driver was standing in the rain, dabbing at a cut on his cheek.

Ambalasi was standing in an arrogant pose when they joined her, as erect as her aged spine would permit, a chart grasped firmly in her hand.

A picture would have come home from the frame-maker's, and be standing in the dining-room, waiting to be put up.

I saw this one guy standing in the street taking a leak against the side of a crumby old dirty brick building, and it wasn't even like he was drunk or anything.

The young general was standing in the doorway, Irene cradled in his arms.

Who got excited about a bunch of overpaid brutes standing in the sun scratching and spitting?

In fact, I ended up standing in an aisle, for hundreds of students had packed the place.

Two or three members of the train crew, including the conductor, were standing in the shadow talking.

He thought only of the children, standing in what was supposed to be the safest part of the entire site .

This time, Alicia said nothing, simply standing in front of his desk, hands clasped behind her in a regulation parade rest.