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stand still

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Princeton's WordNet

  1. stand stillverb

    remain in place; hold still; remain fixed or immobile

    "Traffic stood still when the funeral procession passed by"

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Numerology

  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of stand still in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of stand still in Pythagorean Numerology is: 4

Examples of stand still in a Sentence

  1. Jeremy Atkins:

    I’ll shoot the first three jakes that stand still, and not give one damn about it, they’re delicious.

  2. Sipho P Nkosi:

    Stand still in storm.

  3. Prime Minister Mette Frederiksen:

    This will probably be a bit like walking the tightrope, if we stand still along the way we could fall and if we go too fast it can go wrong. Therefore, we must take one cautious step at a time.

  4. G. C. Lichtenberg:

    To receive applause for works which do not demand all our powers hinders our advance towards a perfecting of our spirit. It usually means that thereafter we stand still.

  5. Martin Winterkorn:

    It is good that we have returned to calmer waters and that we have clarity about our future direction, we cannot and must not stand still.

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