Waitstill certainly would never have examined Patty closely as to the state of her affections, intimate as she was with her sister's thoughts and opinions about life; she simply bided her time until Patty should confide in her.
We could have bided until we were gray, nothing would have changed father; and just lately I couldn't make Mark bide," confessed Patty ingenuously.
You are both so young, you could well havebided awhile.
Once more Prosper held to his motto--bided the time.
He bided his time, and sent the men and dogs on ahead.
I have bided long enough; now, friend Prosper, do you bide yours.
As for Prosper, he bided his time with a broken head in Peering Pool.
Never relaxing her grip on a complicated problem, watchful and active, where others were indifferent and slothful, Japan bided her time.
In China, the home of pacifism, the politicians and people bowed their heads and bided their time.
Cuchulain arose early [5]and came to his place of meeting[5] and his wrath bided with him on that day.
They bided there that night,[4] and it seemed long to Nathcrantail till day with its light came for him to attack Cuchulain.
The warriors of four of the five grand provinces of Erin bided their time in Redè Lochè in Cualnge and pitched camp and took quarters therein for that night.
I warn't sati'fied in my mind, nohow, whilst I bided down thar in Tuckaleechee Cove.
There's a hill in my kingdom has long bided his coming.
But know ye beyond peradventure that I have bided my time with good reason.
This speech brought Steve Leech’s undying hatred, though he veiled it well enough at the moment and simply bided his time.
He had made a big show of giving up when Captain Steve and Mr. Gray proved Hiram Still’s rascality; but he had bided his time, and he was getting a pretty sweet revenge.
Gorlois bided quiet in his garden, more like a leopard than a lover.
He thought much, said little, and bidedquiet for Igraine to speak.
Sylvia was again silent; but Kester, knowing her well, was sure that she was struggling to speak, and bided his time without repeating his question.
Her father would have bided too," said MacLachlan, "but that he had reason to believe she found the safety of the castle.
Nevertheless he carefully bided his time, waiting till the moment when that that he had to propose might seem not only possible to do, but, in the interest of their creed, the most desirable of all deeds.
Then when you have bided your year and kept your promise like you swore before God, I'll marry you like I promised, and we'll live here and keep the old place like it ought to be kept.
She bided her time, and affected warm regard for the youthful king, who loved her as if he had been her own son, and displayed the most tender affection for his brother.
Not long had they bided in ambush when, afar on the road, they spied a knight riding towards them.
They also began to fire, but the six, sheltered well, heard the bullets patter upon the wooden sides and they bided their time.
Innumerable tracks beside it showed that it was well patronized by the wilderness people, and the five, hiding in a clump of bushes at a point where the wind would not betray them, bided their time.
Clark, a master of border warfare, who was never tricked by them, let them go and bided his time.
He had become wonderfully vigilant, and seemed to be one who continually bided his time.
He bided it so much that he was of very little use as a member of the social circle.
Sheridan bided his time, despite the growing impatience in the country.
The Spirit of Revolution=] The people merely bidedtheir time.
Two doctors had stolen into the ship, unseen by human eye, and bided their time.
She hid them, however; only she bided her time, and then suggested the propriety of weaning baby.
He never bided verra lang in a place, but wandered frae house to house through a' the country-side: and every one treated him wi' kindness.
After the death o' Mrs. Stuart, Geordie an' his father bided a' their lane.
Then from the south along the mountain crests came another people, a squat and murderous people, who watched us from the ridges and bided their chance.
Could you not have bidedquietly till Shalah gave the word?
That seemed good to the king, and Heregar and I rode to find him, crossing the tidal ford at Combwich, where we heard from village folk who had returned that the Danish lord bided in Heregar's house beyond the fort.
Four days we bided there, till we knew that the great Danish host was on its march homewards, and then Guthrum and his comrades must join it.
The Danes went overboard, swimming or sinking, as their fate might be, and only the slain bided before us.
I bidedat Cabourn for the night, and your messenger came on with me.
The rest of our crew took refuge on the fore deck, and there bided after that.
Now, Alsi knew that only one could be meant--namely, the hermit who bided at Cabourn.
Now the princess went to sleep again, and woke refreshed; but all day long the memory of the dream and of him whom she saw in it bided with her, until it was time for her to go to the great hall for the feast of the Witan.
I bided where I was, for the breath was knocked out of me for the moment.
We bided where we were, waiting to see what these men did, and soon beyond them grew the long cloud of dust starred with shifting sparks that told us that the host of Hodulf was on foot and advancing.
The king had been paying his Assyrian tribute regularly and faithfully; the prophet had centered his hope in "The Remnant" and in the crown prince, and bided his time.
Bok read them with absorbed interest, and bided his time for action.
He knew the hour would come when he could carry it out, and he bided his time.
I'm feared I come at an inconvenient time to ye, and I maybe should hae bided at your office; but they tell't me ye were out at what they ca'd a Pleading Diet.
But before she betook herself to quarters, the girlbided for a long minute on the verge of the cliff and looked off and away into the studded void beyond her.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "bided" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
