How to Use abide in a Sentence

abide

verb

• But the Dude was fun, the Dude had a sharp tongue, the Dude abided.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
• What is the moral duty of the CFOs here to abide by that rule?
  — WSJ, 18 June 2017
• 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 event will abide by the state’s masking guidelines.
  — oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2022
• Many abided in the ovaries for most of the rodents’ lives.
  — science.org, 3 July 2024
• The Warriors have no choice but to abide by the same message.
  — Danny Emerman, The Mercury News, 14 Mar. 2024
• The judge makes a ruling and both sides are supposed to abide by it.
  — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2021
• In the story, the parents abide by the terms of the experiment.
  — Jill Lepore, The New Yorker, 26 July 2023
• But this is not a tour that comes even close to abiding on sound alone.
  — Chris Willman, Variety, 3 Apr. 2024
• Servers in each section will abide by the same policies.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021
• Clubs that don’t abide by the new rules could still be hit by the 10 p.m. early closing time.
  — Bryn Stole, baltimoresun.com, 15 Mar. 2022
• The team refused to abide by the new rules and were expelled from the National League at the end of the season.
  — Jeff Suess, The Enquirer, 29 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• The other five children, though, must abide by the strict schedule.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2018
• The 49-year-old coach does not abide Week 1 jitters or growing pains.
  — Edgar Thompson, orlandosentinel.com, 30 Aug. 2021
• Jones said players who do not abide by those rules would be benched.
  — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 25 Oct. 2017
• 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 | [e-mail], al, 7 Apr. 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
• Boeing had to abide by the terms of the deal through a three-year period that ended Jan. 7.
  — Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 1 July 2024
• Twist has pushed its competitors to abide by the same standards.
  — David Willman and Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 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
• If Philips fails to abide by the agreement, the company could be forced to pay up to $20 million a year.
  — Michael Korsh, ProPublica, 9 Apr. 2024
• When the left villainizes law-abiding gun owners, that sucks.
  — Glamour, 14 Aug. 2019
• Dominguez expected to have to abide by strict rules and harsh penalties as an Olympian.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2021
• 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
• But just because laws are passed doesn’t mean people will abide by them.
  — Rachel Ng, Outside Online, 27 Apr. 2022
• If the relevant statute was clear, the case determined, the agency would have to abide by it.
  — Meghan Bartels, Scientific American, 25 June 2024
• The odds are that a portion of people who are abiding by this latest flash-in-the-pan social media decree will consult generative AI.
  — Lance Eliot, Forbes, 2 Oct. 2024
• Lebanon has long accused Israel of violating its airspace and failing to abide by other provisions of the resolution.
  — Sarah El Deeb and Samy Magdy, Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 18 Nov 2024