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Example sentences for: abide

How can you use “abide” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The Iraq bombing has been going on for two months, and the administration has not signaled any willingness to abide by the War Powers Resolution.
We further recommend that federal homeland security funds be allocated in accordance with those benchmarks, and that states be required to abide by those benchmarks in disbursing the federal funds.
We should offer an example of moral leadership in the world, committed to treat people humanely, abide by the rule of law, and be generous and caring to our neighbors.
The United States cannot see its competitiveness and prosperity erode for the benefit of developing nations that, for whatever reason, will not be required to abide by the strict impositions of a global-climate treaty.
If one can't abide “cripples,” perhaps “the temporarily disabled” might be both grammatical and still “in voice.”