How To Use Stand pat In A Sentence

There's no denying that the Mavs could stand pat and remain elite.
We had to examine interorganizational arrangements to understand patterns of interaction and results.
He'll never stand pat on the price of his house.
When she was reasonably dry, she stepped off to stand patiently in the indicated coffle, waiting for the guards to chain her to the girls in front and behind.
A siege of long-legged herons stand patiently in shallow water waiting for fish to pass within striking range.

Pat and her Picture Children will understand Pat's feelings on her first day at school.
The ewes are attentive to their own, and stand patiently while lambs feed.