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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Yet Kornyev, too, has an abiding faith in their new nation.
The commission said the EU is still abiding by the accord and expected the United States to show the same commitment.
From Barron's
Clinton banged her fist on the table and said, "it doesn't matter. We are all abiding by the same rules".
From BBC
What Mr. Smith calls “the hard and abiding work” is “to listen to everything, including—especially—everything in you that you would rather ignore.”
Yoshizawa and Yokohama bring abiding tenderness to their characters’ friendship while refusing to allow either protagonist to be reduced to a simple set of qualities.
From Los Angeles Times
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