standing at attention

Example Sentences

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Friends knew their old neighbor was home, still corresponding, because the flag on her mailbox seemed always to be standing at attention.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 3, 2025

The officer remained standing at attention during the ceremony and did not react.

From BBC • Oct. 28, 2023

“People are standing at attention and they want you to stand at attention, too, and forget the things around you. It’s impossible,” he said.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 12, 2022

For example, in the photograph shown in Figure 1.4 of a critter standing at attention, the author of the text conveys anxiousness.

From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021

Then she stopped, standing at attention, ears cocked.

From "Bone Gap" by Laura Ruby