abiding
Americanadjective
adjective
Other Word Forms
- abidingly adverb
- abidingness noun
- nonabiding adjective
- nonabidingly adverb
- nonabidingness noun
- unabiding adjective
- unabidingly adverb
- unabidingness noun
Etymology
Origin of abiding
Example Sentences
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For all its verbal vaudeville, though, this holiday pageant occasionally hints at Thomas’s abiding theme, death.
Since then, she's been a practising member of the LDS - which, among other things, means abiding by a health code that prohibits drinking tea, coffee and alcohol, and eating meat sparingly.
From BBC
"This is about values and abiding by a legally binding agreement."
From BBC
We have an abiding affection for lone geniuses, men who go solo.
From Los Angeles Times
The breadth of McCartney and Wings’ abiding work is presented in breathtaking high fidelity, no less, affording listeners a sense of the energy, urgency, and passion inherent in the group’s finest moments.
From Salon
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