bide
verb (used with object)
to endure; bear.
was biding
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past progressiveof bide.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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The explanation, with hindsight, is obvious: Xi was biding his time.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Apr. 28, 2026
So, it was a strange feeling to be around Barn 35 at Churchill Downs where Journalism, the 3-1 morning line favorite, was biding his time in preparation for Saturday’s 151st Run for the Roses.
From Los Angeles Times ● May 1, 2025
Fawziyah's mother Yasmin said she had encouraged her daughter to leave Anwar but she said Fawziyah was biding her time and said she knew what she was doing.
From BBC ● Jun. 22, 2023
Mr. Goldman, 43, an heir to the Levi Strauss clothing fortune, was biding his time as a legal analyst on cable television, contemplating his next career move, when he met Mr. Schiff.
From New York Times ● Dec. 2, 2019
And farther down in Southampton, Virginia, a man named Nat Turner was biding his time.
From "Kindred" by Octavia Butler
