How to Use bide in a Sentence

bide

verb

• Geisler had to bide her time to get noticed in the Bears' program.
  — Bob Narang, chicagotribune.com, 8 Nov. 2020
• The Red Sox, for a while, were one of the teams wringing its hands and biding its time.
  — Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
• The Red Sox, for a while, were one of the teams wringing its hands and biding its time.
  — Chad Jennings, The Athletic, 14 Feb. 2025
• Right now, both the Rockets and Wall are happy to wait and bide their time.
  — Rahat Huq, Chron, 4 Oct. 2021
• And then there are the hot players that are biding their time.
  — Evan Clark, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
• And then there are the hot players that are biding their time.
  — Evan Clark, WWD, 6 Jan. 2025
• For his part, and for most of that way, Sandman was biding his time in the back of the nine-horse field.
  — Guy Martin, Forbes.com, 30 Mar. 2025
• 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
• Punk took control of the match while Reigns bided his time.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2025
• While Italy and France have spent years in the limelight, Spain was biding its time.
  — Jon Yeomans, CNN Money, 7 June 2025
• Stecher had been cleared to play since Game 4 of Round 1 but had to bide his time with the team on a winning streak.
  — Daniel Nugent-Bowman, New York Times, 12 May 2025
• 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
• Or bide your time waiting in the front room where there’s a more casual drink and snacks menu.
  — Esther Tseng, Bon Appetit Magazine, 27 June 2025
• 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
• 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
• Shannon had booked a few nights in a motel to bide time while Jeremy looked for a new place to camp.
  — Eli Saslow, Washington Post, 12 June 2021
• Norby is far from the only prospect biding his time in the minors.
  — Jacob Calvin Meyer, Baltimore Sun, 15 Aug. 2023
• As cars began stopping behind the crosswalk, the hawk seemed to bide its time.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 23 May 2025
• At the time, there was a chance that he would be taken back in by his owners, so Crawford had to bide her time.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
• At the time, there was a chance that he would be taken back in by his owners, so Crawford had to bide her time.
  — Dan Perry, Newsweek, 28 Feb. 2025
• 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
• There are certain books that bide their time, like plants, waiting decades to flower.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 3 Mar. 2025
• While fanboys are known for rushing out on opening weekend, older moviegoers are likely to bide their time and avoid the crowds.
  — Pamela McClintock, HollywoodReporter, 12 July 2025