Thesaurus / stand-in
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How to use stand-in in a sentence
She stood, in her young purity, at one end of the chain of years, and Mrs. Chepstow—did she really stand at the other?
BELLA DONNAROBERT HICHENSBut the liberal soul deviseth liberal things, and by liberal things shall he stand.
THE LIFE AND MOST SURPRISING ADVENTURES OF ROBINSON CRUSOE, OF YORK, MARINER (1801)DANIEL DEFOEAll bribery, and injustice shall be blotted out, and fidelity shall stand for ever.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSIt is only necessary to have a zinc, or a galvanized tray on which to stand the glass in an inverted position.
HOW TO KNOW THE FERNSS. LEONARD BASTINGold and silver make the feet stand sure: but wise counsel is above them both.
THE BIBLE, DOUAY-RHEIMS VERSIONVARIOUSIn the centre of the room is an oval table; some dozen men are sitting at it; as many more stand behind their chairs.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLSSuch throats are trying, are they not?In case one catches cold; Ah, yes!
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSOnly, he argued, British soldiers would stand against the skyline during a general action.
GALLIPOLI DIARY, VOLUME IIAN HAMILTONWhat more could one desire of him, I pray, Than just to hop around and stand for K?
BOYS AND GIRLS BOOKSHELF; A PRACTICAL PLAN OF CHARACTER BUILDING, VOLUME I (OF 17)VARIOUSI do not think it would have been possible to stand between the public and a writer in this way in the years before 1914.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLSWORDS RELATED TO STAND-IN
- amateur
- artist
- barnstormer
- bit player
- character
- clown
- comedian
- entertainer
- extra
- foil
- ham
- hambone
- headliner
- idol
- impersonator
- ingenue
- ingénue
- lead
- mime
- mimic
- pantomimist
- performer
- playactor
- player
- soubrette
- stand-in
- star
- stooge
- straight person
- thesp
- thespian
- trouper
- understudy
- ventriloquist
- villain
- walk-on
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