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.
Robert Wadlow is the world's tallest man at 8 feet 11 inches. Robert Pershing Wadlow (1918 - 1940) was and is the tallest human being ever recorded. He reached 8' 11.1 (272 cm) in height and 490 pounds (222.26 kg) in weight before his death at the age of 22. His height was due to an overactive pituitary gland. Robert Wadlow was born in Alton, Illinois on February 22 1918.