BID in a Sentence

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173 example sentences for BID, such as:

1. He bid us keep in a ready posture.
2. She bid frantically for the old chair.
3. So one of Dolius's sons went as he was bid.
4. He made a bid for freedom by climbing over the wall.
5. A German firm launched a takeover bid for the company.

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 Meanings and Examples of BID
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
bid
 v.  make an offer of; propose; offer in words; declare, as a wish, a greeting, a threat, or defiance
Classic Sentence: (148 in 10 pages)
1  My sons," said he, "make haste to do as I shall bid you.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK III
2  Now goddess," he answered, "there is something behind all this; you cannot be really meaning to help me home when you bid me do such a dreadful thing as put to sea on a raft.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK V
3  You seem to be a sensible person, do then as I bid you; strip, leave your raft to drive before the wind, and swim to the Phaeacian coast where better luck awaits you.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK V
4  But be sure and do as I bid you, for you seem to be a sensible person.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK VI
5  So one of Dolius's sons went as he was bid.
The Odyssey By Homer
Context  Highlight   In BOOK XXIV
6  I bowed and waited, thinking she would bid me take a seat.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  I took her hand in mine, and bid her be composed; for a succession of shudders convulsed her frame, and she would keep straining her gaze towards the glass.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
8  He was unfit for attending to such matters then, but he bid me speak to his lawyer; and at length permitted me to go.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVII
9  Isabella was dead; and he wrote to bid me get mourning for his daughter, and arrange a room, and other accommodations, for his youthful nephew.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
10  I bid the trembling and bewildered child get down, and enter.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
11  I bid her be cautious lest she got a fall, and she nimbly disappeared.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
12  He bid her add a spoonful of wine from a bottle on the table; and having swallowed a small portion, appeared more tranquil, and said she was very kind.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIII
13  I trotted up their garden, and was turning round to the back, when that fellow Earnshaw met me, took my bridle, and bid me go in by the front entrance.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
14  He bid me be silent; and then, for the first time, allowed himself a glance round the room and a look at the pictures.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIX
15  Earnshaw rose, too, and bid her come to the settle, and sit close by the fire: he was sure she was starved.
Wuthering Heights By Emily Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
Example Sentence: (25 in 2 pages)
1  Does not bid good-bye forever, our hand connecting rod walks together.
2  Thornbury has announced a takeover bid of a regional TV company.
3  He was a prime mover in the bid to get better pay for West Indian cricketers.
4  She bid frantically for the old chair.
5  The Chinese climbers are determined to bid for the highest mountain in the world.
6  A German firm launched a takeover bid for the company.
7  He urged further interest rate cuts in a bid to kick-start the economy.
8  A finance house made a bid to buy up the entire company.
9  He made a bid for freedom by climbing over the wall.
10  He has submitted a bid to resuscitate the struggling magazine.
11  He bid us keep in a ready posture.
12  Her suicide bid was an attempt to run away from reality.
13  He was given the job as a reward for running a successful leadership bid.
14  "Then you and I must bid good-bye for a little while?" "I suppose so, sir."
15  The auction is over and the winning bid was 1000 dollars.