Sentence example with the word 'standby'

standby

abettor, apologist, defender, extra, friend at court, paranymph, reliance, spear-carrier, supe, supporting actor, upholder

Definition adj. ready for emergency use

Last update: August 15, 2015


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"Yully's on standby, too," Jule said.   [Please select]

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Much to her sorrow, Horace Greeley's New York _Tribune_ completely ignored its existence, as did her old standby, the _Antislavery Standard_.   [Please select]

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I have used about all the different scents known to bee hunters and oil of anise was my standby for many years.   [Please select]

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He got out his light sleigh and then led Standby, a big, red-roan horse, out on the floor to harness him.   [Please select]

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The mare led easily, and merely snorted when Standby leaned into the collar and started the sleigh.   [Please select]

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Quartermaster, standby to haul down that flag and show our colors at the first shot.   [Please select]

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I dilute with a few drops of water a little Liebig's extract, that precious standby of the kitchen.   [Please select]

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Ordinarily, too, in such an emergency there would at once have arisen a demand for the chaplain, who had come to be recognised as a great standby in times of need such as this.   [Please select]

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We all come to recognize sooner or later, of course, the unfailing little band of them that form our standby, our battle-smoked campaigners, our Old Guard, that dies, neversurrenders.   [Please select]

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