can't abide
IdiomsExample Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
"Two, I think, were allowed to retire. Only one received a written warning. We can't abide by that."
From BBC ● May 6, 2026
And then there are the many authors who can’t abide working in a room of their own.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 27, 2026
“It’s kind of that simple. He made some statements that we just can’t abide by and that’s why we ended the relationship. And I was fine with that.”
From Washington Times ● Nov. 10, 2022
New mom Mamie can’t abide the notion: “I want him to be free.”
From Washington Post ● Jan. 6, 2022
I believe they went to the trouble of putting an extra amount of garlic into our food; and I can’t abide garlic.
From "Dracula" by Bram Stoker
Definitions and idiom definitions from Dictionary.com Unabridged, based on the Random House Unabridged Dictionary, © Random House, Inc. 2023
Idioms from The American Heritage® Idioms Dictionary copyright © 2002, 2001, 1995 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company.
