How to Use abide in a Sentence

abide

verb

• For this reason, guests must abide by the no phone (and, therefore, no social media) policy.
  — Kerry McDermott, Vogue, 29 Mar. 2022
• Supporters of the change say the purpose of such credits is to give people in custody reason to abide by the rules.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Apr. 2022
• Molly, though, couldn't abide being confined to their Denver mansion.
  — People Staff, PEOPLE.com, 15 Apr. 2022
• Despite small dissensions, these abide in the current Congress.
  — Jackson Lears, The New York Review of Books, 6 Apr. 2022
• For both the sake of your walls and your toaster oven, do abide by the manufacturer recommendations on how far away the toaster should be placed from the wall.
  — Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2022
• Iran also refused to abide by limits on its ballistic-missile activities.
  — John Yoo, National Review, 30 Mar. 2022
• The three delegates say the maps don’t abide by Maryland constitutional guidelines.
  — Jeff Barker, Baltimore Sun, 22 Mar. 2022
• For anyone nostalgic for Gwendolyn’s personal touch, familiar faces abide at 5 Points.
  — Mike Sutter, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Apr. 2022
• This is somebody that the American people voted for who reflects something deep and abiding about American culture.
  — Foreign Affairs, 7 Nov. 2024
• To have close encounters with formidable creatures is a serious education in one’s position in the wilderness—a lesson that most people cannot abide.
  — Aaron Shattuck, Scientific American, 15 Oct. 2024
• 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
• The rules in the latter case include not just abiding by election results but also recognizing the limits the Constitution imposes on presidential authority.
  — Jacob Sullum, Orange County Register, 31 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 12 Dec 2024