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 - Ever. The tallest man ever was Robert Wadlow, who was 272 cm (8 ft 11.1 in). He died in 1940 aged 22. He weighed 485 lb (220 kg) at the time of his death. His extreme height was due to hypertrophy of his pituitary gland. His shoe size was 37AA (18.5 in. or 47 cm long) and his hands measured 12.75 in.