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.
World's Tallest Man: R. Wadlow 272 cm . \nRobert Pershing Wadlow the world's tallest man was 272 centimeters (8 feet 11 inches). Robert was born in 1918 and lived 22 yearsâ¦ until he died from an infected blister in 1940. Born normal, his growth was attributed to a tumor within his pituitary gland which caused him to continue growing until his death.\n.