How to Use stance in a Sentence

stance

noun

• One of the main issues is the cowardly stance of the NHL.
  — Mike Freeman, USA TODAY, 12 Apr. 2023
• Change begins with you, and having the courage to take a stance will prompt others to join you.
  — Eugenia Last, The Mercury News, 1 Apr. 2024
• As the World Cup drew closer, though, the hard-line stance started to soften.
  — Rory Smith, New York Times, 3 Aug. 2023
• But in the last year and a half, some workers say there has been a shift away from that proactive stance.
  — Sarah Ellison, Washington Post, 25 Aug. 2023
• This is thanks, in large part, to the designer’s stance on neckwear: the bigger, the better.
  — Naomi Rougeau, Robb Report, 25 Aug. 2023
• Clearly, Ro has changed his stance based on pressure from the party.
  — John Woolfolk, The Mercury News, 10 Apr. 2024
• Rear taillights, borrowed from the Mercury Cougar, enhanced the car’s wide rear stance.
  — Robert Ross, Robb Report, 3 Oct. 2023
• Tlaib and the Squad have all been criticized for their stance by members of both parties since the start of the war between Israel and Hamas.
  — Eden Villalovas, Washington Examiner, 19 Oct. 2023
• An anti-Israeli stance lies at the heart of Hamas and Hezbollah’s identity.
  — Sarah Dadouch, Washington Post, 12 Oct. 2023
• Being’s hands land on the sides of their chest, pumping their arms before taking a wide stance and wobbling their knees.
  — Steven Vargas, Los Angeles Times, 12 Jan. 2024
• How to Do It: Stand with your feet around hip-width apart in an athletic stance, with a cable stack at around chest level on your right.
  — Greg Presto, Men's Health, 27 July 2023
• The pair later went back and forth over Hutchinson’s stance on puberty blockers.
  — Brittany Bernstein, National Review, 3 May 2023
• This has been a long-standing stance for many people who qualify to use hearing aids.
  — IEEE Spectrum, 18 Dec. 2023
• In her opinion piece, Sandberg notes that the conflict itself is divisive, but adds that a stance against rape shouldn't be.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 21 Nov. 2023
• After her initial response, Pink then sent a tweet making her stance on aging clear once and for all.
  — Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2023
• So my stance is to simply present options, and then let each listener make their own choices.
  — Billboard Japan, Billboard, 13 Feb. 2024
• But the neutral stance jarred with the approach adopted by the United States and some European nations – which pushed China for a firmer line.
  — Andrew Latham, The Conversation, 3 Nov. 2023
• Bryant had intimated such a stance in the past, usually done so in private.
  — Creg Stephenson | [e-mail], al, 27 July 2023
• This small, Latino city took a public stance in support of Palestinians.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 2 Apr. 2024
• Defendants still awaiting trial could take tougher stances with prosecutors in plea talks if the Supreme Court takes the charge off the table.
  — Spencer S. Hsu, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
• In any event, the Japanese stance seems unlikely to be carry any weight in American courts.
  — Gary Marcus, IEEE Spectrum, 6 Jan. 2024
• At the same time, Target can still, from a policy standpoint, be supportive of their initial stance.
  — Julie Creswell, New York Times, 25 May 2023
• This time, the board took a tougher stance, deciding that Kelly can’t practice medicine until a formal hearing.
  — The Arizona Republic, 8 Jan. 2024
• Whatever your stance is on such a choice, in June 2022, the Supreme Court made this decision more complicated.
  — Essence, 17 Jan. 2024
• Spain, too, takes a strong stance against religious disrespect.
  — Armin Langer, The Conversation, 29 Aug. 2023
• Films that support the BJP’s stance are often given tax breaks at the box office and get shoutouts from government ministers.
  — Sushmita Pathak, The Christian Science Monitor, 9 Apr. 2024
• Waters has long faced claims of antisemitism for his pro-Palestine and anti-Israel stances.
  — Vulture, 30 May 2023
• Some lawmakers who have long called for a tougher stance on China criticized the visit as a form of appeasement.
  — The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 31 Aug. 2023
• But the ability to leave space for disagreement while firmly taking a stance was one of Lear’s specialties.
  — Esther Zuckerman, New York Times, 7 Dec. 2023
• Is a point where that -- more Democrats are starting to question whether a no-talk, a no-negotiation stance, is -- whether that's really a good idea.
  — Nbc Universal, NBC News, 23 Apr. 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024