can't stand

Example Sentences

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But as I was standing up, I heard a man say, “You can’t stand up.”

From Slate • May 19, 2026

“It doesn’t have to be: OK, you can’t touch the tree, or, we’re going to whack the tree back so much that you can’t stand to look at it,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 12, 2026

Much of the chatter never moves past a relatively small, dishy circle of political gossips because the supposed misdeeds, while titillating, can’t stand up to rigorous scrutiny.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 17, 2026

"I can't stand her anymore… I just had a fight and said I can't stand it and I left," he says.

From BBC • Mar. 31, 2026

I can’t stand by and let them punish Dad for a crime he didn’t commit.

From "The Manifestor Prophecy" by Angie Thomas