stance

a crusading stance on poverty.

take a moderate stance towards sb.

the alert stance of a batter in baseball.

his stance was a round-shouldered slouch.

the party is changing its stance on Europe.

The boxer took up a fighting stance.

He lounged in an armchair in a stance of deliberate contempt.

He has changed his stance on monetary union.

The president has adopted a hardline stance against abortion.

Her public stance was much tougher than her private feelings on the subject.

The wife of the accused has maintained an impartial stance throughout the trial.

she altered her stance, resting all her weight on one leg.

took an uncompromising stance during the peace talks; displayed uncompromising honesty.

In this sense, Zhu Xi's ethical stance, like that of most Song-Ming Confucians' pertained to rigorism, but not to asceticism.

It is caused in part by prolonged hyperglycemia (high blood sugar) and results in dysfunction of one or both tibial nerves and a plantigrade stance (down on the hocks).

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Others care more about the candidate’s stance on issues rather than religious zeal.

Mark Zuckerberg, though, takes a conciliatory stance.

Meanwhile, Officer Charles de Gaulle took the opposite stance.

India has taken a neutral stance on the conflict.

Voters rewarded them for their stance on nuclear power.

The roll hit him, as he took a defensive stance.

Across the English Channel, the British stance caused some irritation.

Yi Gang reiterated the stance of focusing on supporting the private sector.

Now, there had been questions about the candidates' stances on policies.