How to Use stand back in a Sentence

stand back

phrasal verb

• Sit down on the box and pause briefly, then stand back up.
  — Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025
• Pause briefly at the bottom of the squat, then stand back up.
  — Laura Campedelli, Verywell Health, 10 Jan. 2025
• The only thing to do was to stand back and watch his friend go.
  — Rosa Lyster, The New Yorker, 14 Aug. 2024
• Then, drive heels and toes into the ground to stand back up.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health, 3 Sep. 2023
• The singer stood back by the drums, shaking a tambourine.
  — Andy Greene, Rolling Stone, 16 Mar. 2025
• Push off the ground to stand back up, squeezing your glutes to drive the movement.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 July 2023
• In the shot, Hemsworth — dressed in a baseball cap, tank top and shorts — stood back and watched the scene with a smirk on his face.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 6 June 2023
• Press off the ground and squeeze your glutes to stand back up to the starting position.
  — Brett Williams, Men's Health, 6 July 2023
• The student falls to the ground before standing back up.
  — Isabella Volmert, Dallas News, 18 Apr. 2023
• Perform 10 air squats: Stand in place, then squat down and stand back up 10 times.
  — Aubrey Bailey, Pt, Dpt, Cht, Verywell Health, 3 Sep. 2024
• Then Bon Jovi and a woman with the film crew slowly approach her as the rest of the crew stands back.
  — Elias Lopez, CBS News, 11 Sep. 2024
• Hold when your left thigh is parallel to the floor, then stand back up.
  — Men's Health, 7 July 2023
• Then, exhale and drive the ground away to stand back up with your abs engaged and your back flat.
  — Mallory Creveling, Health, 11 Sep. 2023
• Tighten your glutes, hamstrings, and core, and push through your feet to stand back up.
  — Tiffany Ayuda, Health, 22 Aug. 2023
• Press off the floor with both feet to stand back up, squeezing your glutes and exhaling at the top.
  — Men's Health, 19 July 2023
• As Vivian Jones knocked on the door, a crowd of about 25 people stood back and waited.
  — Genevieve Redsten, Journal Sentinel, 11 Apr. 2024
• That prompted orders for people to stand back as Ramos was pushed to the ground by deputies.
  — Douglas Hanks, Miami Herald, 26 June 2025
• But stand back and explore it from all sides; all its contours.
  — Baz Bamigboye, Deadline, 2 Mar. 2025
• People will stand back to see what the bigger players will do first.
  — Los Angeles Times Staff, Los Angeles Times, 19 Jan. 2024
• Men stood back and didn’t know how to deal with me, so in a way, my queerness protected me.
  — Katie Bain, Billboard, 8 Mar. 2024
• But when the two stand back to back, their heads are almost completely aligned.
  — Madeleine Marr, Miami Herald, 10 June 2025
• Drive through your left heel to stand back up and return to the starting position.
  — Amy Marturana Winderl, SELF, 14 Jan. 2025
• Now stand back, relax, and get ready to be rewarded in the seasons ahead!
  — Kristin Guy, Sunset Magazine, 14 Nov. 2023
• The bus once blew right past me because I was distracted by my phone and standing back from the curb.
  — Liz Schubauer, The Tennessean, 22 Dec. 2024
• Tighten your glutes, hamstrings, and core, and push through your feet to stand back up, pulling the weight up to about your upper thighs.
  — Tiffany Ayuda, Health, 22 Aug. 2023
• The bodyguards stood back and demanded to speak with the person in charge.
  — Jonathan Blitzer, New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2026
• In the fall, a protester in Chicago refused to stand back after a federal agent told him to do so.
  — Nicole Foy, ProPublica, 13 Jan. 2026
• The quarterback stood back there for three seconds and patted the ball and threw it down the field.
  — Mike Sando, New York Times, 12 Jan. 2026
• Press into the floor with your feet, keep your chest up, and stand back up to complete the squat.
  — Jakob Roze, Health, 9 Jan. 2026
• Press through your right foot to stand back up.
  — Greg Presto, Outside, 7 Jan. 2026