I'm simply stating that I'm not leaving my destiny to the whim of a man.

No doubt, it was a letter stating that there were no openings.

I was simply stating that I agree with the man.

There was an old treadle sewing machine with carved drawers and even a grandfathers' clock, stating the permanent time of three p.m.

In Great Britain the curvature is defined by stating the length of the radius, expressed in chains (i chain=66 ft.), in America by stating the angle subtended by a chord ioo ft.