Examples of cannot/can't stand in a Sentence
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Some people take comfort in the dead-of-night silence, and others can't stand it.
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Shannon Ullman, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Alfred (James Stewart) and Klara (Margaret Sullavan) cannot stand each other.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
Although South Africa has helped advance African priorities such as securing finance for infrastructure development and combating illicit financial flows to the continent, the country cannot stand in for a continent of 55 countries with a combined population of some 1.3 billion people.
—Landry Signé, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2023
Blanche also argued the case should be tossed because Michael Cohen's testimony should be tossed, and the case can't stand without his testimony.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Buy Now 11 of 12 The 'Windy City' series by Liz Tomforde
In the first book of the series, Mile High, Evan Zanders is an NFL player in Chicago who seriously can't stand Stevie, a career flight attendant who gets a new gig working aboard the team's private plane.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
This cannot stand, and people deserve to be confronted with the horrors our nation funds and supports.
—EW.com, 23 Apr. 2024
And that is why the war will end because Ukraine cannot stand on its own feet.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2024
Apple has a longstanding policy that its directors cannot stand for reelection after reaching the age of 75.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
Shannon Ullman, Verywell Health, 3 June 2024
The Shop Around the Corner (1940) Alfred (James Stewart) and Klara (Margaret Sullavan) cannot stand each other.
—Barry Levitt, Vulture, 4 Apr. 2024
Although South Africa has helped advance African priorities such as securing finance for infrastructure development and combating illicit financial flows to the continent, the country cannot stand in for a continent of 55 countries with a combined population of some 1.3 billion people.
—Landry Signé, Foreign Affairs, 26 Apr. 2023
Blanche also argued the case should be tossed because Michael Cohen's testimony should be tossed, and the case can't stand without his testimony.
—Aysha Bagchi, USA TODAY, 21 May 2024
Buy Now 11 of 12 The 'Windy City' series by Liz Tomforde
In the first book of the series, Mile High, Evan Zanders is an NFL player in Chicago who seriously can't stand Stevie, a career flight attendant who gets a new gig working aboard the team's private plane.
—Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 3 May 2024
This cannot stand, and people deserve to be confronted with the horrors our nation funds and supports.
—EW.com, 23 Apr. 2024
And that is why the war will end because Ukraine cannot stand on its own feet.
—CBS News, 21 Apr. 2024
Apple has a longstanding policy that its directors cannot stand for reelection after reaching the age of 75.
—Cnn.com Wire Service, The Mercury News, 11 Jan. 2024
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“Cannot/can't stand.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/cannot%2Fcan%27t%20stand. Accessed 20 Jun. 2024.
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