Standing

Standing

Standing, also referred to as orthostasis, is a human position in which the body is held in an upright ("orthostatic") position and supported only by the feet.

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Famous quotes containing the word standing:

    “I ask a wreathwhich will not crush my head.
    And there is no hurry about it;
    I shall have, doubtless, a boom after my funeral,
    Seeing that long standing increases all things
    regardless of quality.”
    —Ezra Pound (1885–1972)

    “Stripped of the cunning artifices of the tailor, and standing forth in the garb of Eden,—what a sorry set of round-shouldered, spindle-shanked, crane-necked varlets would civilized men appear!”
    —Herman Melville (1819–1891)

    “The Judge looked back as he climbed the hill,
    And saw Maud Muller standing still.”
    —John Greenleaf Whittier (1807–1892)