How to Use bide in a Sentence

bide

verb

• Chinese leaders today no longer cite Deng’s maxim about hiding one’s strength and biding one’s time.
  — Lee Hsien Loong, Foreign Affairs, 4 June 2020
• Geisler had to bide her time to get noticed in the Bears' program.
  — Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2020
• Right now, both the Rockets and Wall are happy to wait and bide their time.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 4 Oct. 2021
• Haskell has a cannon for an arm and the legs to bide him time on the field to make plays with his receivers.
  — Richard Obert, The Arizona Republic, 22 Aug. 2020
• Wall will not play and will bide his time until a buyout.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 20 Oct. 2021
• Brown and Murray weren’t content to bide their time or wait their turn.
  — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 29 Apr. 2022
• The patience to bide his time behind Frank Gore as a rookie.
  — Akeem Glaspie, Indianapolis Star, 22 Dec. 2019
• In his first scene, Tom buys Logan a watch for his birthday; a sign of the man biding his time.
  — Josh Wigler, The Hollywood Reporter, 29 May 2023
• Liam is the sort of character who bides his time, waiting for his chance.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 3 July 2023
• Shannon had booked a few nights in a motel to bide time while Jeremy looked for a new place to camp.
  — Author: Eli Saslow, Anchorage Daily News, 13 June 2021
• Norby is far from the only prospect biding his time in the minors.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2023
• One game has a tendency to bleed into the next as the best teams bide their time before the playoffs.
  — Rob Mahoney, SI.com, 12 Aug. 2019
• Tom Thibodeau’s team is one biding time for its stars to return to form.
  — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 27 Feb. 2024
• Thousands of families bide their time in hostels, or in tents along the beach.
  — New York Times, 1 Oct. 2021
• Deng Xiaoping had warned his colleagues to lie low and bide their time.
  — Tunku Varadarajan, WSJ, 25 Nov. 2022
• Talking on phones or walkie-talkies: Some hunters bide their time in stands playing games on their phones or surfing the web.
  — Star Tribune, 5 Nov. 2020
• In his first 15 seasons with the Dodgers, Kershaw could have bided his time to prepare for the next encounter with Moreno at third.
  — Jorge Castillo, Los Angeles Times, 5 Apr. 2023
• The ghosts of those massacred lived on, and some of the children and grandchildren of the slaughtered would bide their time, waiting to fight once again.
  — Christopher Dickey, New York Times, 6 Apr. 2018
• Another sloppy performance that doesn't bide well for the Tar Heels over the long haul.
  — Paul Newberry, ajc, 10 Sep. 2022
• For now, the new Bulls brain trust only can bide its time until the NBA decides on a starting date for next season.
  — Paul Sullivan, chicagotribune.com, 7 Oct. 2020
• The console has been among the hottest tech products this year, as families stuck at home due to quarantine turned to video games to bide the time.
  — Brett Molina, USA TODAY, 24 Sep. 2020
• Yet, while his fans crave more releases from him, the veteran pianist prefers to bide his time.
  — George Varga, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Apr. 2023
• Until then, the Lakers will bide their time by enjoying life on and off the basketball court.
  — Mark Medina, USA TODAY, 14 Sep. 2020
• Overcautious clubs bide their time with pitching prospects these days.
  — Dallas News, 9 Apr. 2022
• The architect of China's opening, Deng Xiaoping, spoke of the need for China to hide its strength and bide its time.
  — Fareed Zakaria, CNN, 20 Nov. 2021
• Only the Dodgers have scored more runs than the Padres, who managed to bide time until their slugger truly arrived.
  — Bryce Miller Columnist, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Aug. 2020
• The Spaniard had endured a frustrating spell away from the pitch due to Atletico's transfer ban and had to bide his time until the first of January.
  — SI.com, 5 Jan. 2018
• Readers are brought face to face with the crushing loss of loved ones, hatred from long-time neighbors, love that must bide its time, and age-old questions about evil.
  — Sarah Schutte, National Review, 13 Feb. 2022
• The game itself, which was surely the initial plan before the phone call heard ’round the world, is just a ruse at this point, biding time until Heather is ready to lay it all out.
  — Tom Smyth, Vulture, 2 Jan. 2024
• Engineers worked to divert rainwater from the caves in order to bide time.
  — Ellen Wexler, Smithsonian Magazine, 28 July 2022

Last Updated: 26 Oct 2024