Examples of 'how things stand' in a sentence

Meaning of "how things stand"

how things stand - This phrase is used to inquire about or assess the current situation, status, or condition of something or someone. It suggests a desire to understand the present circumstances, especially when there may be uncertainty or complexity involved

How to use "how things stand" in a sentence

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how things stand
This is how things stand at the moment.
Tell the clients how things stand.
That is how things stand at the moment.
Everyone must know how things stand.
That is how things stand as regards the vote.
We just need to know how things stand.
That is how things stand today.
I am saying this just to show how things stand.
This is how things stand at present.
You never tell me how things stand.
That is how things stand at present.
Your holiness has to know how things stand.
See how things stand.
I will tell you how things stand.
That is how things stand on the global market at the moment.

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You must know how things stand.
You know how things stand and she is awfully fond of you.
I do not care how things stand.
We continuously look for a balance and regularly assess how things stand.
To let me know how things stand between us.
Today we had a general look at how things stand.
This is how things stand.
In purely formal terms that is how things stand.
Tell me how things stand.
I can tell you that we know how things stand.
Know how things stand.
You know very well how things stand.
But that is how things stand at the end of the day.
I just wanted you to know how things stand.
How things stand will be seen in the first decisions taken by the new government.
But that is how things stand.
We expect an answer because we do not yet know how things stand.
Let us see how things stand.
I hardly need your petition to know exactly how things stand.
I would like briefly to inform you how things stand with respect to these principles.
The master helped me because he understood better than me how things stand.
We both know how things stand.
The only thing is that we have to take a realistic view of how things stand.
They do not know how things stand today.
We really do not need six weeks to establish that this is how things stand.
It is a matter of how things stand now in Kosovo.
I will have a talk with him and find out how things stand.
How things stand between Pat and me.
Let us look at how things stand.
This is how things stand As I have explained to you.
That is precisely how things stand.
How things stand in League One.
Because we know how things stand.
The Council President says that Dr Owen has again briefed them on how things stand.
Not until I know how things stand and what actions to take.

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