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
There will be short, sharp peaks and valleys, but if you can’t stand the rises and falls in altitude, hand over those anxieties to your silent, hardworking virtual self.
From MarketWatch • May 12, 2026
His younger brother, who lives outside Seattle, also can’t stand stop-start, including in his 2022 Outback “with all the fancy bells and whistles and cameras.”
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 3, 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
Mom knows I can’t stand that he still calls me Swade, but she won’t say anything because she says it’s my place to tell him, not hers.
From "A High Five for Glenn Burke" by Phil Bildner
