stand comparison with
Example Sentences
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Southgate’s squad is the first in a decade or so to stand comparison with that generation.
From New York Times • Jul. 5, 2021
Some of this sentiment is understandable: Few dramatists can stand comparison with Ibsen.
From Los Angeles Times • May 15, 2019
Especially in Boston and New York, self-conscious writers, artists, and intellectuals tried to produce uniquely American work that would stand comparison with the polished arts of Europe.
From Textbooks • Jan. 18, 2018
Maier is today considered a genius whose photographs stand comparison with names such as Diane Arbus and Robert Frank.
From The Guardian • Jul. 14, 2014
Then she surveyed her stalwart son from head to foot, and said that he would stand comparison with any king in the land, small or great.
From Erling the Bold by Ballantyne, R. M. (Robert Michael)
