Examples of 'police stood' in a sentence

Meaning of "police stood"

police stood: This phrase indicates that law enforcement officers were present at a specific location, event, or situation. It implies that the police were in a stationary position as a form of control, observation, or enforcement.

How to use "police stood" in a sentence

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police stood
The police stood there with handcuffs.
At the time it was alleged that the police stood by.
Police stood on the sidelines of the demonstration.
Onlookers reported that the police stood by and did nothing.
The police stood around waiting for a wrecker.
While uniformed police stood by.
The police stood at attention.
The leadership of the military and police stood against him.
A line of police stood in front of us.
Excuse us . While uniformed police stood by.
Armed and uniformed police stood by watching her being killed.
Police stood still nearby as people drank the looted alcohol.
I looked out the window and saw the police stood outside the school.
Dozens of police stood guard and most protesters were kept behind police lines.
At 8 am protesters and federal police stood face to face.

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The Biloxi police stood by without taking action.
On the Mexican side, federal and state police stood by.
The army and the police stood there watching and did not intervene.
Later in August, these mobs attacked a group of Mohawks while police stood by.
About a dozen Mexican police stood by the crossing carrying plastic shields.
Riot police stood near the Arc de Triomphe in Paris in a cloud of smoke.
While the talking continued, police stood at a distance at the corner.
Police stood back, like they are not bothered.
According to students ' accounts, uniformed police stood by and did nothing.
The police stood back and allowed seven people to die!
For the next few days, police stood at inter -.
The police stood calmly in the shade next door, waiting.
The strength of UNAMSIL police stood at 46 personnel as at 1 December.
Police stood their ground . At least nine votes would have been required to indict Wilson.
The number of riot police stood at about 300 fighters.
This, while police stood by watching innocent people being abused and taking no action.
Some 500 riot police stood guard but did not intervene.
Foreign police stood out because they exerted physical violence, including with truncheons.
Mostly, the police stood by and let the protest take its course.
Plainclothes police stood with their backs to the demonstrators at the museum, providing security.
Riot police stood guard on a blocked street leading to Pakistan 's supreme court.
So the border police stood down there to protect them, because the Palestinians were angry ;.
The police stood by and watched it happen . ”.
The police stood around and watched . ”.

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