How to Use stand down in a Sentence

stand down

verb
  • Who will stand down, who will flinch, who will cross the line, who will get hit?
    — Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 5 June 2020
  • As between the two of them, there is no doubt which should stand down.
    — Andrew C. McCarthy, National Review, 29 Jan. 2018
  • Shop at the Migliorelli farm stand down the road.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 14 June 2026
  • The vehicle had to stand down for more than a year.
    — Eric Berger, ArsTechnica, 1 May 2026
  • Her boss tells her to stand down, but of course that’s not Bernadette’s way.
    — Lisa De Los Reyes, HollywoodReporter, 30 Mar. 2025
  • But if Texas stands down, other states stand down too.
    — NBC news, 10 Aug. 2025
  • But the thousands of fans on the ballroom floor would not stand down.
    — Piet Levy, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Apr. 2018
  • We had been told that the city police have been ordered to stand down.
    — Mica Soellner, Washington Examiner, 7 July 2020
  • May is about to stand down and what happens next is anyone's guess.
    — Julia Horowitz, CNN, 5 June 2019
  • The Shah told Saddam to stand down.
    — Daniel Immerwahr, New Yorker, 4 Aug. 2025
  • Pagan then got off his bike and put the kick stand down, the report shows.
    — Tess Sheets, orlandosentinel.com, 18 Nov. 2019
  • Austin ordered the stand down partly to get a handle on that.
    — Jeremy Redmon, ajc, 11 Feb. 2021
  • Commanders must pick a day to stand down during the next six weeks.
    — Justin Rohrlich, Quartz, 1 Aug. 2019
  • Kirby said there are no decisions yet on how long the stand down will be.
    — Lolita C. Baldor, Star Tribune, 3 Feb. 2021
  • One man in shorts stood down a bus until the tourists disembarked.
    — Rachel Pannett, WSJ, 22 May 2018
  • Charity Adams’ postal unit was one of those that would stand down.
    — Mari K. Eder, Time, 3 Aug. 2021
  • Not because people are lazy, but the system told them to stand down.
    — Tyler Christiansen, Forbes.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Even on quieter days, our bodies do not fully stand down.
    — Liz Koch, STAT, 6 Apr. 2026
  • Goldis chose not to stand down, letting the deadline pass.
    — Mia Cathell, The Washington Examiner, 31 Jan. 2026
  • There are limits and their nervous systems can stand down.
    — Rabbi Bruce D. Forman, Sun Sentinel, 3 Feb. 2026
  • These walls block the view of the house for a six footer standing down in the valley.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The wrestlers stopped their protest as a result, but three months on Singh hasn’t been stood down.
    — Vedika Sud, CNN, 2 May 2023
  • But as far as your cyber response, you were told to stand down, is that correct?
    — Fox News, 24 June 2018
  • The district could ask crews to stand down on the other projects, the district said.
    — Marci Shatzman, Sun-Sentinel.com, 11 July 2018
  • Pasquantino even has his own concession stand down the left-field line.
    — Kansas City Star, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Although both sides have since agreed to stand down, tensions remain high.
    — Tiago Ventura, Time, 30 June 2026
  • Did somebody in the government say stand down?
    — Jordan King, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 Sep. 2025
  • The band made a public plea that U2 ask their label to stand down.
    — Michael Friedrich, The New Republic, 3 May 2022
  • Chair Jerome Powell is due to stand down in May of next year.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 6 Aug. 2025
  • People arriving in vans were asked to fill out a form that asked their top four goals at the stand down.
    — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 16 Sep. 2021

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