How to Use abide in a Sentence

abide

verb

• The event will abide by the state’s masking guidelines.
  — oregonlive, 25 Feb. 2022
• The judge makes a ruling and both sides are supposed to abide by it.
  — Ashley Luthern, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Nov. 2021
• 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
• Servers in each section will abide by the same policies.
  — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2021
• 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
• Jones said players who do not abide by those rules would be benched.
  — Drew Davison, star-telegram, 25 Oct. 2017
• What is the moral duty of the CFOs here to abide by that rule?
  — WSJ, 18 June 2017
• Twist has pushed its competitors to abide by the same standards.
  — David Willman and Joby Warrick, Anchorage Daily News, 11 Apr. 2023
• Parents and staffers must abide by their choice for at least the first full semester of school.
  — Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 30 June 2020
• The other five children, though, must abide by the strict schedule.
  — Dana Rose Falcone, PEOPLE.com, 14 June 2018
• But the Dude was fun, the Dude had a sharp tongue, the Dude abided.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 20 Sep. 2023
• 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
• Students who worked part time for the university had to abide by dress codes.
  — Brandi Kellam, ProPublica, 22 Dec. 2023
• But just because laws are passed doesn’t mean people will abide by them.
  — Rachel Ng, Outside Online, 27 Apr. 2022
• Future owners would be required to abide by the agreements.
  — Paul A. Smith, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 21 Oct. 2021
• Dempsey is willing to abide but doesn’t want to see everything change at once.
  — Kelly Wynne, Peoplemag, 18 Sep. 2023
• When the left villainizes law-abiding gun owners, that sucks.
  — Glamour, 14 Aug. 2019
• 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
• Dominguez expected to have to abide by strict rules and harsh penalties as an Olympian.
  — Julie Jag, The Salt Lake Tribune, 2 Aug. 2021
• The impact will depend on how keenly employers abide by the law.
  — Jiyeun Lee, Bloomberg.com, 31 Jan. 2018
• Others piled on, some suggesting the paper should close rather than abide by the new law.
  — Washington Post, 21 Mar. 2022
• This work takes time to absorb, but holds abiding value.
  — Julia Couzens, sacbee, 26 Oct. 2017
• Just training a cat to wear a harness can take weeks — and some cats simply won’t abide it.
  — Lila Seidman, Los Angeles Times, 2 Nov. 2023
• Does your manager abide by these promises, or strive to?
  — Julia Wuench, Forbes, 2 May 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
• Most people are abiding by the restrictions and major cities are like ghost towns.
  — Fox News, 21 Mar. 2020
• The law would not interfere with a law abiding citizen's right to bear arms.
  — Sara Ervin Walser, Laurel Leader, 5 Apr. 2018
• No contestant or lead has to abide by the rules, most of which are unwritten anyway.
  — Ben Flanagan | [e-mail], al, 31 Dec. 2020
• You will not only be required to abide by them, but also enforce them.
  — Sandra Gutierrez G., Popular Science, 1 Oct. 2020
• And with community comes rules by which all members must abide.
  — Tanya Klich, Forbes, 19 Mar. 2021

Last Updated: 27 Mar 2024