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.
Green name - Tallest living person at one point from 1900 onwards. Robert Wadlow - 8 feet 11.1 inches (272cm) Robert Wadlow (Born Robert Pershing Wadlow on 22 February 1918 â died 15 July 1940) is the tallest person in medical history for whom there is irrefutable evidence. He is often known as the Alton Giant because of his Alton, Illinois hometown. Robert Wadlow reached 8 feet 11.1 inches (272 cm) in height and weighed 490 pounds (220 kg) at his death.