bated
moderated or restrained: Their solemn faces, their fidgeting, and the bated whispers in which they spoke all told of nerves strained to the breaking point.
the simple past tense and past participle of bate1.
Idioms about bated
with bated breath, with breath drawn in or held because of anticipation or suspense: We watched with bated breath as the runners approached the finish line.
Origin of bated
1Words that may be confused with bated
- baited, bated
Words Nearby bated
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How to use bated in a sentence
Throughout Christmas eve and day, the world is monitoring with bated breath.
Hawking took 10 minutes to build up the answer on his computer and the audience waited with bated breath.
We all may have waited with bated breath for Wiig's big, first post-Bridesmaids, post-SNL star vehicle.
Is Kristen Wiig Still ‘Girl Most Likely’ to Succeed? | Kevin Fallon | July 22, 2013 | THE DAILY BEASTAll was ready, and as they started a thousand eyes followed them, and with bated breath their comrades watched them as they rode.
The Courier of the Ozarks | Byron A. DunnUp early and bated at Petersfield in the room which the King lay in lately at his being there.
The Portsmouth Road and Its Tributaries | Charles G. Harper
She listened now with bated breath, thinking that by some unconscious cry she might have aroused the others.
The Dragon Painter | Mary McNeil FenollosaUp early, and bated at Petersfield, in the room which the King lay in lately at his being there.
Diary of Samuel Pepys, Complete | Samuel PepysThen, drawing near the wall in the direction from which the noise came, they applied their ears with bated breath.
The Pilgrim's Shell or Fergan the Quarryman | Eugne Sue
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