Examples of 'standing off' in a sentence

Meaning of "standing off"

standing off - maintaining a distance, either physically or metaphorically, usually in a confrontational or hesitant manner

How to use "standing off" in a sentence

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Standing off to the side of the room.
I noticed my father standing off to the side.
Standing off to one side.
The baseships are standing off outside of weapons range.
I could see that some people were standing off.
She was standing off a little ways.
On top of archivolts there are acroterions clearly standing off the face of the wall.
Tom is standing off to the side.
Shipping thought to be Japanese is standing off the coast.
Frost is standing off to the side.
Our British friends will pick them up and fly them to a carrier standing off Halifax.
I was standing off by the railings.
The actual villain is standing off to the side.
One was standing off and the other one was on their motorcycle.
You do not surprise someone standing off the edge of a building.

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She 's standing off at full combat readiness.
It is unknown if there was someone else standing off camera whispering any voices.
I want Standing off this investigation.
They start swapping numbers and I am standing off to the side.
Underwood is seen standing off to the side waiting patiently for her turn to sing.
Who is this handsome young man standing off to the side?
I was standing off in the distance, watching.
Sheriff Dance saw a scooner standing off and on in the cove.
I was standing off by the railings. Sons of bitches.
Sheriff Dance saw a schooner standing off and on in the cove.
Always standing off at a distance, isolated, detached.
And they got a landing force standing off the shore!
She 's been standing off a mile from us on a parallel course.
Climatology also tends to simplify “ humanity ” into a managerial monolith standing off at some distance.
I remember my counselor standing off to the side trying to figure it out.
Standing off the edge of a building!
Men are not discrete particles standing off from one another as mutually isolated units.
Standing off to the side . - Waiting where we have to pass.
Pos } The baseships are standing off outside of weapons range.
And I remember coming offstage, and Paul Desmond was -- was standing off to the side.
The baseships are standing off outside of weapons range . That is odd.
It 's always raining and there is a sick old dog standing off to one side, right?
You do not surprise someone standing off the edge of a building . Chuck, come away from there.
Standing off the edge of a building! - Chuck, come away from there.
You idiot . You do not surprise someone standing off the edge of a building.
Meng Hao, still standing off in the distance, heard all of this and was amazed.
There is a Federation battle cruiser standing off this planet, Grumbling.
And I was standing off in a corner… There must have been 50 people there.
There was Daniel, good old Daniel, standing off the lions.
Why are you standing off to the side, then?
And launched from aircraft carriers standing off Hawaii . The attack was without warning.
Why are you standing off to the side, then? I'm a little scared.
Sheriff Dance saw a scooner standing off and on in the cove . Oh, dear.
Scalise was shot by a man standing off the third-base side of the field, said Flake.
In the others, she 's standing off in the distance or wearing sunglasses.

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