abide
verb (used without object)
to remain; continue; stay.
had abode
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past perfectof abide.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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"If you bring these strange looks, and this stranger silence, into festivity, we shall wish you had abode in the marshes seeking for herons, or rather for woodcocks and howlets."
From Quentin Durward by Sir Walter Scott
We decided, therefore, that we should take our course in that direction, which led past Peden's hut, where the wanderer had abode so often.
From The Men of the Moss-Hags Being a history of adventure taken from the papers of William Gordon of Earlstoun in Galloway by S. R. (Samuel Rutherford) Crockett
Arthur found Howel, where he was by the haven, by the broad lake, where he had abode.
From Brut by Eugene Mason
The good man had abode well; but what would this one with his pride and ambition?
From Ben-Hur; a tale of the Christ by Lewis Wallace
But Sir Guy would receive neither fee nor reward, and after he had abode some time with him at the court, he took his way to England.
From Legends That Every Child Should Know; a Selection of the Great Legends of All Times for Young People by Hamilton Wright Mabie
