How to Use stand back in a Sentence

stand back

verb
  • Push through your foot to stand back up.
    — Jim Diehl Cscs, Outside, 29 Mar. 2026
  • Drive through the left foot to stand back up.
    — Mallory Creveling, Health, 15 May 2026
  • Press through your right foot to stand back up.
    — Greg Presto, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Press through your mid-foot to stand back up.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 31 Dec. 2025
  • When standing back up, push down through your heel and the ball of your foot.
    — Julia Ries Wexler, Health, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Robbins told the other deputies to stand back.
    — Scott Eden, Rolling Stone, 1 Feb. 2026
  • Pause for a moment, and drive your hips forward to stand back up.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Sit back toward a chair, lightly tap your hips to the seat, then stand back up.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 15 June 2026
  • The imagination stands back and fails to give any idea of the scene.
    — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 10 June 2026
  • Press into the floor with your feet, keep your chest up, and stand back up to complete the squat.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 9 Jan. 2026
  • The bodyguards stood back and demanded to speak with the person in charge.
    — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The quarterback stood back there for three seconds and patted the ball and threw it down the field.
    — Mike Sando, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
  • So, Nitzany wrangled and grabbed the python while onlookers stood back and watched.
    — Dac Collins, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026
  • Feel the stretch on the opposing side of your torso and then engage your side to stand back tall.
    — Jakob Roze, Health, 31 Dec. 2025
  • Drive your weight evenly through the floor to push through your midfoot and stand back up to your starting position.
    — Christa Sgobba, Health, 5 May 2026
  • As Mullins climbed the ladder to snip the nets, Dan Hurley stood back and watched him.
    — Dana O’Neil, CNN Money, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Xavi went down in pain but stood back up after receiving treatment for a couple of minutes.
    — Jay Harris, New York Times, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Customers in coats, hats and gloves stood back near the street as others took their turn to go up to the windows to place their orders.
    — ABC News, 1 Mar. 2026
  • In the fall, a protester in Chicago refused to stand back after a federal agent told him to do so.
    — Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2026
  • The video shows one person lying motionless in the street as one of the officers stands back up and bystanders gather around.
    — Connor Sheets, Los Angeles Times, 13 June 2026
  • Recovery is reactive—standing back up after the punch.
    — Sj Studio, Sourcing Journal, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Now, the goalkeeper is back fit again after his operation in July to fix a long-standing back problem.
    — Pol Ballús, New York Times, 17 Dec. 2025
  • Erivo jumped in action, fighting Wen off with help from security while Grande stood back, visibly shocked.
    — Shania Russell, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Nov. 2025
  • Instead, endeavor to stand back, look at the list dispassionately, and judge which three events honestly were the biggest of the year in your judgment.
    — Miami Herald, 26 Dec. 2025
  • After Temple had joined Granas and her classmates to work on a number in a dance studio, Granas was asked to stand back-to-back with the child star.
    — Mike Barnes, HollywoodReporter, 26 Dec. 2025
  • For the most part, van Hove stands back and lets his actors do the heavy lifting, which is a sign of a master director who understands exactly how to serve a text.
    — Demetrios Matheou, HollywoodReporter, 22 Nov. 2025
  • The Adventures in Babysitting costars stood back-to-back at the movie's premiere in June 2016.
    — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
  • The dog dug through the snow, chiseling out her masterpiece as the couple stood back laughing at Nala's determination to keep the snowman out of the yard.
    — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 5 Dec. 2025
  • Video from inside the chamber showed the dispute turning violent within seconds, with lawmakers lunging at each other as others stood back and filmed the melee.
    — Greg Wehner, FOXNews.com, 17 Dec. 2025
  • That’s when the officer pushed Phillips, who then fell on the sidewalk, stood back up and charged at the officer, prosecutors said, describing a scene captured on video.
    — Megan Cassidy, San Francisco Chronicle, 10 Mar. 2026

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