ABIDE in a Sentence

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39 example sentences for ABIDE, such as:

1. By these conditions I promised to abide.
2. I can't abide to see good victuals go to waste.
3. At last luck seemed to settle and abide with Joe.
4. Please feel assured that we will abide by our promise.
5. It's this which many see as the abiding legacy of Watergate.

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 Meanings and Examples of ABIDE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
abide
 v.  endure; put up with; bear; tolerate
Classic Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1  But she could not trust herself to say it carelessly; could not abide his certain questioning.
Main Street By Sinclair Lewis
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  Do thou abide below here, where they shall serve thee, as if thou wert the captain.
Moby Dick By Herman Melville
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 129. The Cabin.
3  I never abide in any place, sleeping or waking, without an example of this gifted work.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 2
4  Even so," said David, firmly; "I will abide in the place of the Delaware.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
5  But presently he could see that many of the men in gray did not intend to abide the blow.
The Red Badge of Courage By Stephen Crane
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 23
6  The same alarming distinction was conferred on Rebecca, in spite of her father's entreaties, who offered even money, in this extremity of distress, that she might be permitted to abide with him.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXI
7  I thank you, reverend father, but will abide by your first offer, as I see Malkin is already led forth to the gate.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XL
8  But a great deal of us is together, and we can but abide by it, and steer our courses to meet soon.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
9  She hated the change; she felt like one banished; but here she was forced to abide.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: 7 Queen of Night
10  Now that he had reached a cooler moment he would have preferred a less hasty marriage; but the card was laid, and he determined to abide by the game.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 3: 5 Sharp Words Are Spoken, and a Crisis Ensues
11  By these conditions I promised to abide.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter XV
12  Well, old chap," said Joe, "then abide by your words.
Great Expectations By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In Chapter LVII
13  Considering that you are young, and striving for a place in life, I think it would be well to say that you would readily abide by any conditions they might impose upon you.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 39. WICKFIELD AND HEEP
14  I can't abide to see good victuals go to waste.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IV
15  At last luck seemed to settle and abide with Joe.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VII
Example Sentence:
1  "Oh, don't bother ME," said the Duchess; "I could not abide figures!"
2  For that fate you have already made your choice, and must abide by it.
3  Please feel assured that we will abide by our promise.
4  It's this which many see as the abiding legacy of Watergate.
5  This leaves no doubt as to the universal and abiding significance of the Kingdom concept.