stand tall

phrase

: to exhibit courage, strength, or calm especially in the face of adversity

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Waterbucks stood tall and stately along the trail and hordes of the little Angola impalas scurried across in front of us. Jack O'Connor, Outdoor Life, 8 July 2026 Sly Stone famously titled the album as a response to Marvin Gaye’s What’s Going On, and those 1971 releases stand tall today as two very different monuments to the creative and political possibilities of soul music. Al Shipley, SPIN, 7 July 2026 Eloy Room stood tall in the face of it all to make the most saves in a 90-minute World Cup match to secure a historic point for Curacao. Anantaajith Raghuraman, New York Times, 7 July 2026 See All Example Sentences for stand tall

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“Stand tall.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/stand%20tall. Accessed 14 Jul. 2026.

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