I quickly learned that each printed word stood for an object, an act, or a quality.

Other simple words stood for the numbers 4 through 9, and 0.

He punished those whose work or words stood against his rule.

"The majority of them do not even know what the word stands for."

The words stand in dramatic contrast to what the administration was saying less than three years ago.

The last words stand at the foot of a page.

When she was done, the words stood in the air over her computer terminal.

The word stood in the small room as though it had become solidified.

The conclusion seemed find to Elizabeth as to me, and the words stood.

Not a word from her as she walked over and stood where I had been standing.