Examples of cannot/can't stand in a Sentence
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And all stand for Felicity Gerry, King’s Counsel, the barrister who stands up for those who cannot stand, defending those facing human rights violations, by challenging and often single-handedly changing the law.
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Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
No one is wholly good or wholly bad, although the most sensitive amongst us cannot stand the way the most calloused amongst us can be.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
There's a reason why the clubhouse seems to love him, yet the fans and media can't stand him.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
By those lights, what the state presented, at least in this complaint, cannot stand.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
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Connie Etemadi, USA Today, 13 Aug. 2025
No one is wholly good or wholly bad, although the most sensitive amongst us cannot stand the way the most calloused amongst us can be.
—Sophie Monks Kaufman, IndieWire, 11 July 2025
There's a reason why the clubhouse seems to love him, yet the fans and media can't stand him.
—Zach Pressnell, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 Aug. 2025
By those lights, what the state presented, at least in this complaint, cannot stand.
—Jim Turner, Sun Sentinel, 11 July 2025
See All Example Sentences for cannot/can't stand
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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 19 Aug. 2025.
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