stand
verb (used without object)
(of a person) to be in an upright position on the feet.
was standing
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past progressiveof stand.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Three hours before the U.S. played Paraguay in the World Cup in June, Ricky Zaragoza was standing outside SoFi Stadium in Inglewood, Calif., with his father and no tickets.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 11, 2026
Gaby Luisa was standing outside a dance club in Arizona earlier this summer when a man wearing glasses threw out a pickup line.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 7, 2026
By the time he passed the stretch of road where I was standing on a fence, some 2.5 miles from the line, the gap had shrunk to a minute.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 25, 2026
The fact it was standing room only at Tuchel's pre-match media briefing, even though it was moved to a bigger venue, illustrates the scale of global interest in this chapter.
From BBC ● Jul. 15, 2026
This time an elderly couple was standing outside.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
