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    Synonyms and Definitions

    Use "standby" in a sentence

    standby example sentences

    standby


    1. She could make an appointment by phone, she had picked up this one in the 2172 echo, it was an old standby when Gordon’s Lamp lit out from Sol


    2. Instead, each group is going to be told that it's a backup unit on standby, while a different group will be carrying out the gun deal in another location nearby


    3. on standby, but Uar insisted that if he


    4. On standby the receiver used very little power


    5. Perhaps Zardino wanted to prove a point by not being there, not on standby to rescue his reckless charge


    6. The doctor said he might possibly return shortly and in the meantime, one of the nurses would be on standby if anything was required


    7. The doctor appeared, as if he were on standby


    8. His mind seems to be in some kind of standby state


    9. Note that you will be inoculated so have a standby driver when you go to the clinic – a good friend of mine – ex special forces chap – collapsed and passed out twice during the process


    10. Every second Thursday; it was either the roast beef; or a good old standby like the toasted clubhouse or a western sandwich

    11. There were two in each of the follow-up vehicles, and other emergency vehicles were all on instant standby, with their own lights flashing as well


    12. We are on standby to receive a power up, and will be back


    13. I have a helicopter on standby at Nagoya


    14. All units standby, continue scanning anything that moves,” General Dudley says over the radio


    15. “We have everyone on standby


    16. In an emergency response organization, some jobs can be handled during waits between more urgent calls, thus reducing nonproductive standby time


    17. When the Harbinger didn't respond, Brimm launched fighters, but only fifteen were on standby and they didn't have weapons that could pierce the dreadnought's defenses


    18. Cassidy, put us at alert condition two, all hands standby


    19. Red Shift had contacted the station awhile ago, warning them of the Harbinger’s approach, and they’d confirmed they were deploying defenses and would be on standby


    20. "Miles, standby all weapons and shields

    21. This is the standby condition in which a de-energised state


    22. in this standby


    23. During the standby period, the iC consumes


    24. He radioed his partner who was on standby in a vacant building nearby and this man was able to fix a radio bug to the car in a dollop of what looked like mud wedged in the wheel housing on the passenger side


    25. He wasn't in his territory and he really didn't know how many goons Raekwon had on standby but that wouldn't have mattered


    26. Because of the comfort and access to pussy on standby, the price was a little bit steeper but it was worth it because the quality was good


    27. Assign standby in case of emergent issues


    28. standby while they waited


    29. It is JáhmWüd and McWipple waiting on standby


    30. systems and set the sub light engine on automated standby

    31. If things start to get hot, I’ve got a fallback plan already on standby


    32. We have fire engines and ambulances from all the local counties on standby


    33. The helpless feeling wells up inside Steve again; �Well have a word with him and put him on standby, we'll call him if we need him� he says as he turns his back and walks back up the street


    34. slim chance of obtaining a standby seat


    35. Large tactical computer's with equally large viewing screens surrounded the bridge, their standby lights glowing bright


    36. He expected them to have another car on standby I think


    37. I hoped that Cody was on standby


    38. Members of the riot squads in the four Welsh police regions had been put on standby just in case trouble flared up in other cities and towns in Wales


    39. WILL BE ON STANDBY TO AID AND ASSIST OUR BRAVE FIGHTERS


    40. “All the other teams, standby

    41. I am ordering all weapons on standby until the enemy in three hundred yards off


    42. You have a few options, including the old standby, zucchini bread


    43. A reserve of 200 combat robots will be kept on standby here in Northolt for such an eventuality, so you will not have to worry about being overrun by the Germans


    44. he waited for the computer to boot up from Standby


    45. They always are on standby to give solutions no matter how uninformed or clueless they may be about things


    46. Yamamoto knew then that more carrier-borne fighters were on standby, ready to replace those 23 ZEROs if they became low on fuel or expended their ammunition during a possible attack by the Americans


    47. We would be ready to assign on a standby basis one ship and a team of temporal agents to answer the requests for assistance in criminal cases


    48. who were a possible part of the plan, would be immediately notified and put on standby – and,


    49. 22 Squadron was put on immediate standby to prepare a strike


    50. On top of that get Eileen Cauldron on standby











































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    Synonyms for "standby"

    standby understudy

    "standby" definitions

    something that can be relied on when needed


    an actor able to replace a regular performer when required


    ready for emergency use