How to Use abide in a Sentence

abide

verb
  • The event will abide by the state’s masking guidelines.
    oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2022
  • The very first of the five stages of grief is denial; we are not meant to abide there.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 22 Feb. 2021
  • The judge makes a ruling and both sides are supposed to abide by it.
    Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2021
  • Servers in each section will abide by the same policies.
    Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021
  • But the deputies have the authority to cite people who do not abide by the rules.
    Michael Smolens Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 2 Sep. 2020
  • Jones said players who do not abide by those rules would be benched.
    Drew Davison, star-telegram, 25 Oct. 2017
  • What is the moral duty of the CFOs here to abide by that rule?
    WSJ, 18 June 2017
  • Twist has pushed its competitors to abide by the same standards.
    David Willman and Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
  • The other five children, though, must abide by the strict schedule.
    Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2018
  • But the Dude was fun, the Dude had a sharp tongue, the Dude abided.
    Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
  • Parents and staffers must abide by their choice for at least the first full semester of school.
    Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 30 June 2020
  • You are forced to make that decision to break the law by going to work, or to abide by it and stay home.
    John Archibald | Jarchibald@al.com, al, 7 Apr. 2022
  • This stat alone is proof of the no-win norm that we, as a society, have been groomed to abide by.
    Jessica Teich, Good Housekeeping, 23 Jan. 2021
  • But just because laws are passed doesn’t mean people will abide by them.
    Rachel Ng, Outside Online, 27 Apr. 2022
  • When the left villainizes law-abiding gun owners, that sucks.
    Glamour, 14 Aug. 2019
  • Students who worked part time for the university had to abide by dress codes.
    Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 22 Dec. 2023
  • Dempsey is willing to abide but doesn’t want to see everything change at once.
    Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
  • Future owners would be required to abide by the agreements.
    Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Others piled on, some suggesting the paper should close rather than abide by the new law.
    Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022
  • Just training a cat to wear a harness can take weeks — and some cats simply won’t abide it.
    Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
  • Dominguez expected to have to abide by strict rules and harsh penalties as an Olympian.
    Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2021
  • The impact will depend on how keenly employers abide by the law.
    Jiyeun Lee, Bloomberg.com, 31 Jan. 2018
  • This work takes time to absorb, but holds abiding value.
    Julia Couzens, sacbee, 26 Oct. 2017
  • Does your manager abide by these promises, or strive to?
    Julia Wuench, Forbes, 2 May 2022
  • The solution that makes the most sense—to let Kayla go—is one that her dad will not abide.
    Megan Garber, The Atlantic, 3 Nov. 2022
  • The law would not interfere with a law abiding citizen's right to bear arms.
    Sara Ervin Walser, Laurel Leader, 5 Apr. 2018
  • No contestant or lead has to abide by the rules, most of which are unwritten anyway.
    Ben Flanagan | Bflanagan@al.com, al, 31 Dec. 2020
  • You will not only be required to abide by them, but also enforce them.
    Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2020
  • Most people are abiding by the restrictions and major cities are like ghost towns.
    Fox News, 21 Mar. 2020
  • If any provisions don’t abide by the rules, they will probably be axed.
    Jennifer Haberkorn, Los Angeles Times, 16 Dec. 2021

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