Definition of abiding
: continuing for a long time : enduring an abiding interest in nature
abidingly
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Examples of abiding in a Sentence
I have an abiding interest in animal welfare—it's not just a phase I'm going through.
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Nobody much until now has taken seriously the idea that the 45th president is a man of deep and abiding faith who is just misconstrued as a heathen.
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One of the abiding ironies of the Wrigley Ocean Marathon: An event designed to highlight the hospitable climate of Catalina played out under brutal conditions.
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The two share a long and abiding respect for each other, perhaps even friendship.
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The fountain garden was one of the abiding passions of Longwood's creator, the industrialist Pierre S. du Pont, and its hydrology and lighting effects, in that time, were extremely innovative.
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Several designers were quick to pay homage to Mr. Bowie’s unique and abiding power over the British fashion industry in the last four decades.
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One of this nation’s most abiding myths is that social origins don’t matter.
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Origin and Etymology of abiding
Middle English abydynge, from present participle of abiden “to abide”
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