How to Use bid in a Sentence

bid

1 of 2 verb

• She bid for a desk and a chair.
• We did as we were bid.
• He bid and I passed.
• His company bid on the snow removal contract.
• Several local companies are bidding for the same job.
• I'll bid $100 for the lamp but no higher.
• He plans to stop bidding if the bids go over $500.
• With a wave and a smile, Hill bids us a farewell and heads into the bar.
  — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 15 Nov. 2023
• Now 20 years gone by, the time has come for the Hub to bid the Quebec kid adieu.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 25 July 2023
• The police bid to use the overhead cameras is still in the works.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 June 2023
• To no surprise, Stewart made a dessert to bid farewell.
  — Antonia Debianchi, Peoplemag, 1 Feb. 2024
• Fans of both will get the chance to bid on this one-of-a-kind necklace at a Phillips sale held in Hong Kong on May 23.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 21 Mar. 2023
• And at the end of it all, the storm’s clouds bid adieu with an offering of a brilliant sunset.
  — Ian Livingston, Washington Post, 17 Jan. 2024
• In recent years, bidding wars were one of the factors that drove up rental prices.
  — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2023
• Comrades, don't miss out on your chance to bid for this rare collectible.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 20 July 2023
• Blue’s bid came in at $6 billion; SpaceX bid $2.9 billion.
  — Christian Davenport, Washington Post, 19 Dec. 2023
• The lawsuits gave those descendants the choice to either sell their stake in the land or bid for it at auction.
  — Guthrie Scrimgeour, WIRED, 14 Dec. 2023
• Choose the right detergent and bid adieu to bad odors forever.
  — Amber Smith, Discover Magazine, 11 Apr. 2023
• Meet with the authors and bid on a chance to appear in their upcoming novels.
  — Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 Nov. 2023
• The city also would have to put a contract out to bid to hire a service provider to run the operation, adding more time to the process.
  — Gary Warth, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2023
• And these are just a handful of the vehicles that bid adieu following the 2023 model year.
  — Brendan McAleer, Car and Driver, 15 Aug. 2023
• After a ten-year run, the Rolls-Royce Wraith is finally bidding adieu for good.
  — Caleb Miller, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2023
• The 44-year-old governor isn't expected to launch his White House bid for at least two more months.
  — Steve Peoples, ajc, 27 Mar. 2023
• North in today’s deal then bid three diamonds with this hand.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 1 Mar. 2024
• In today’s deal, East bid three spades (preemptive) with this hand.
  — Frank Stewart, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
• Creator and showrunner Jesse Armstrong felt strongly that the end of the fourth season was the right time to bid farewell to Succession.
  — Max Gao, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Apr. 2023
• But the Chiefs are playing in their fourth Super Bowl in five years and bidding for their third championship.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 9 Feb. 2024
• And Kendall Jenner bid adieu to fashion month in a green striped pajama spent and a solid case for a weekend spent in bed.
  — Calin Van Paris, Vogue, 7 Oct. 2023
• In recent weeks, Reynolds, 46, and Snoop, 51, joined separate groups bidding on the franchise.
  — Sean Neumann, Peoplemag, 8 May 2023
• Win that and the Chiefs will be appearing in their fourth Super Bowl in five years, bidding for a third modern title.
  — Blair Kerkhoff, Kansas City Star, 25 Jan. 2024

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bid

2 of 2 noun

• He made the opening bid.
• She had the highest bid.
• Bids for the painter's work have been quite high at recent auctions.
• The company is accepting bids for the renovation project.
• He made a bid of $100 for the painting.
• The bids must be approved by the court, which is scheduled to hold a hearing Dec. 12.
  — Paul Berger, WSJ, 5 Dec. 2023
• The top six in the point standings earn an automatic bid to the team.
  — Kevin Reynolds, The Salt Lake Tribune, 17 July 2023
• Ten teams, two measly bids, and nothing better than a No. 8 seed.
  — Jon Wilner, The Mercury News, 12 Feb. 2024
• Saudi Arabia has been holding talks with the Houthis in a bid to exit the war.
  — Tom Perry, The Christian Science Monitor, 19 Dec. 2023
• Then the team went out and won the tournament, securing an NCAA bid.
  — The Arizona Republic, 19 Mar. 2024
• In fact, Uber is adding taxis to its app in a bid to offer a helping hand to its former rival.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 8 Feb. 2024
• Peltola is the only Democrat who has announced a bid for the seat.
  — Misty Severi, Washington Examiner, 15 Nov. 2023
• Its bid for that even didn't succeed, but Whistler did host some of the events of Vancouver's 2010 Winter Olympics.
  — Julia Eskins, Travel + Leisure, 3 Nov. 2023
• And the company’s bid for a comeback will be watched by many more eyes than were trained on its humble start.
  — Julia Moskin, New York Times, 16 June 2023
• Lake is widely expected to launch a bid for the U.S. Senate in Arizona in the coming months.
  — Virginia Chamlee, Peoplemag, 23 June 2023
• When the second round of the 2023 playoffs began, the Avs were at home, stewing that their repeat bid had ended so soon.
  — Corey Masisak, The Denver Post, 7 Mar. 2024
• White, who hit his ninth home run of the season leading off the game against Brady Tygart, made a bid for a three-run home on a 1-1 pitch from McEntire.
  — Bob Holt, arkansasonline.com, 31 Mar. 2024
• The reverse stock split is a bid to boost WeWork’s ailing stock price and save its shares from getting delisted.
  — Samantha Delouya, CNN, 18 Aug. 2023
• Of the 39 House members who have announced their retirements so far, 12 have launched bids to run for the Senate instead.
  — Cami Mondeaux, Washington Examiner, 8 Jan. 2024
• Sykes, by contrast, has pulled in $1.9 million for her reelection bid so far.
  — Nathaniel Rakich, ABC News, 18 Mar. 2024
• Christie will announce his bid at a town hall-style event in New Hampshire, a key early primary state.
  — Tal Axelrod, ABC News, 6 June 2023
• Donors have so far continued to pour money into her bid, giving her the cash to keep going.
  — Michael Gold, New York Times, 24 Feb. 2024
• The move comes three weeks after a judge denied a bid by co-defendant Mark Meadows, Trump's former chief of staff, to have his case moved.
  — Olivia Rubin, ABC News, 28 Sep. 2023
• Authorities say the thieves broke into the house in July 1969 in a bid to steal a coin collection, but were foiled by a burglar alarm.
  — Matthew Brown, Fortune, 30 Jan. 2024
• This spring, the Norwegian government announced its bid for the 2025 forum.
  — Justin Ling, WIRED, 11 Oct. 2023
• That’s the starting bid, at least, for a one-bedroom, one-bath condo there, which is going up for auction this afternoon.
  — Curbed, 3 Jan. 2024
• Harris was featured 13 times in a video announcing Biden’s re-election bid.
  — Astead W. Herndon, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2023
• The council on Monday agreed to reconsider the bid, with none of its 15 members objecting.
  — Rachel Pannett, Washington Post, 11 Apr. 2024
• At first, Respironics rejected the Dutch company’s bid, but finally agreed to sell in 2007 under the threat of a takeover, McGinnis said.
  — Debbie Cenziper, ProPublica, 27 Sep. 2023
• Homes with rooms painted in dark, dusky shades commanded higher bids than those with lighter interiors, the study found.
  — Elizabeth Napolitano, CBS News, 20 June 2023

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