Example Sentences for standing. 1  He was standing to take his leave, and turned away his eyes.  2 I had the good luck to be standing near, said Clif, modestly. 3  The carriage was still at some distance, standing motionless where they had left it.  A short distance off there was standing a small closed carriage.
Wadlow broke the record for worldâs tallest man when he reached 8 feet, 4 inches in 1937. After graduating high school, Robert went on tour with the Ringling Brothers Circus, and later crisscrossed the country to promote the International Shoe Company, which graciously provided Robertâs size 37AA footwear.
Tallest living man Sultan Kosen, of Mardin, Turkey, born in 1983, is the worldâs tallest living man according to Guinness World Records. He is 8ft 1in tall. He also has the worldâs largest hands. Tallest woman ever Trijntje Keever, of Edam in the Netherlands, was 8ft 4in tall at her death aged 17 in 1633.