Use "standing up" in a sentence

1. Charles, standing up, was at the back of the alcove, and the chemist, near him, maintained that meditative silence that is becoming on the serious occasions of life.

Charles, debout, se tenait au fond de l’alcôve, et le pharmacien, près de lui, gardait ce silence méditatif qu’il est convenable d’avoir dans les occasions sérieuses de la vie.

2. No matter how much the mother and sister might at that point work on him with small admonitions, for a quarter of an hour he would remain shaking his head slowly, his eyes closed, without standing up.

Peu importe combien la mère et la soeur pourrait à ce point sur le travail de lui avec de petites remontrances, pendant un quart d'heure, il resterait en secouant la tête lentement, sa les yeux fermés, sans se lever.