Examples of standby in a Sentence

Noun More police officers were sent as standbys. We bought an electric generator as a standby. Verb no matter how much people object, I will stand by my decision

Recent Examples on the Web: Noun Veterinarians are on standby to perform necropsies, determining exactly what killed the cows deemed less than edible. — Lizzy Saxe, Forbes, 18 May 2022 Some board members inquired whether the advisory group would consider what policing model to use in schools — such as whether officers should be present in the hallways or be on standby outside the schools. — Washington Post, 22 Apr. 2022 According to Playbill, Parker will perform opposite Broderick’s standby, Tony winner Michael McGrath. — Trilby Beresford, The Hollywood Reporter, 5 Apr. 2022 With guns in hand and police dog on standby, officers make their way up the stairs to the suspect and handcuff him. — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2022 Red Cross volunteers have been put on standby and are ready to help if an overnight shelter is needed, said Sharon Hudson, executive director of the Eastern Tennessee chapter. — Liz Kellar, USA TODAY, 31 Mar. 2022 Each kit can treat 30,000 people for one month and Project Hope has seven kits on standby whenever governments request them. — Mary Kekatos, ABC News, 2 Mar. 2022 In the last weeks, Allies from North America and Europe have deployed thousands of more troops to the eastern part of the Alliance and placed more on standby. — Asha C. Gilbert, USA TODAY, 24 Feb. 2022 With wide receivers Jerry Jeudy and Tim Patrick on reserve/COVID-19, Williams came up from the practice squad – and not just for duty as an emergency standby. — Mark Inabinett | Minabinett@al.com, al, 3 Jan. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Adjective General admission: free; special exhibition pricing: $12, $18, free for ages 17 and under; advance timed-entry tickets required; no on-site standby line. — Los Angeles Times, 29 Apr. 2022 The response to the event has been intense: Tickets were quickly snapped up, with nearly 500 people on a standby list to get one. — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022 One good bourbon standby that pairs well with a variety of cigars, Kimberl said, is Four Rose Yellow Label. — Dana Mcmahan, The Courier-Journal, 3 May 2022 But that same logic would permit the president to appoint slates of standby justices in case his party loses the Senate in the midterms. — Daniel Huff, WSJ, 10 Apr. 2022 Broderick's standby Michael McGrath performed in the actor's absence, per Playbill. — Charmaine Patterson, PEOPLE.com, 7 Apr. 2022 The new Wanna Get Away Plus fare, which will be available late in the second quarter of 2022, will allow travelers to take advantage of same-day changes and standby flights as well as earn 8 times the Rapid Rewards points, according to Southwest. — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 25 Mar. 2022 About 15 people were evacuated Monday night and about 30 more were on standby in Old Bisbee due to the Locklin Fire, a wildfire reported in the area. — Angela Cordoba Perez, The Arizona Republic, 26 Apr. 2022 Free; advance registration recommended; standby line available. — Los Angeles Times, 31 Mar. 2022 Recent Examples on the Web: Adverb Once, while flying standby back from Europe, I was bumped off a flight 41 times in a row. Apologies. — Chuck Wilcoxen, The Christian Science Monitor, 1 Nov. 2021 Flying standby on the same day and putting frequent flier miles back into loyalty accounts are becoming free benefits, too. — Jessica Puckett, Condé Nast Traveler, 14 Dec. 2020 Alaska Airlines only allows certain tickets to fly standby, including refundable main cabin tickets and first class tickets. — Alison Fox, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2020 Allied Pilots Association spokesman Dennis Tajer said there is also an unusually high number of pilots working standby in recent months. — Kyle Arnold, chicagotribune.com, 3 Sep. 2020 Currently, travelers must pay a $75 fee to fly standby. — Susan Glaser, cleveland, 31 Aug. 2020 According to the JetBlue website, customers with travel planned between September 5 and September 17 can rebook or travel standby without paying additional fees. — Natasha Bach, Fortune, 7 Sep. 2017 Recent Examples on the Web: Verb The Florida Department of Education on Friday disputed an Orlando Sentinel/South Florida Sun Sentinel story about what math textbook reviewers found in the books, but the newspapers stand by their work. — Leslie Postal, Orlando Sentinel, 6 May 2022 There are friends, but then there are friends that stand the test of time and that stand by your side. — Emily Burack, Town & Country, 3 May 2022 World leaders must stand up and stand by Ukrainians now … those who are fighting and those who have fled … and stand with refugees everywhere who have been forced from their homes and their lands. — Daniel Kreps, Rolling Stone, 9 Apr. 2022 Yet prosecutors stand by the mistaken identity theory, and Ortiz is reluctant to criticize them. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 19 Mar. 2022 Leave the bark in place and stand by to see how the tree leafs out over the next couple of weeks. — Neil Sperry, San Antonio Express-News, 18 Mar. 2022 Now, Sanam is confronted with an impossible choice: look the other way or stand by her principles and accept the consequences? — Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 13 Mar. 2022 Some volunteers stand by to carry passengers’ luggage to the platform, where others hand out hot drinks and biscuits. — Isabel Coles, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2022 Make two princes or princesses fall in love onscreen and stand by that story. — David Oliver, USA TODAY, 9 Mar. 2022 See More

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