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How to use the word abode in a Sentence?

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Those who abide in the abode of the Lord will never experience the bitterness of His wrath, nor shall they partake in its taste.

– Christen kuikoua

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3 months ago

When in the dark I wait for a trillion tiny shooting stars to sparkle around the earth and land at my humble little abode.

– Heather Lydia Thornhill

added by heatherthornhill
1 year ago

Thereafter, Hong Kong Chinese who acquire a foreign nationality of their own free will, will be deemed to have lost Chinese nationality, in strict accordance with Article 9 of the Chinese Nationality Law, when they make a conscious decision to leave and, by implication, give up on Hong Kong, it is only right that they should be asked to make their choice -- China or a foreign country -- foreign citizenship or the right of abode and the right to vote in Hong Kong.

– Regina Ip

Found on CNN
3 years ago

Kindness is my prayer. Humanity is my abode.

– Debasish Mridha, M.D.

added by anonymous
9 years ago

A man should not keep company with one whose character, family, and abode are unknown.

– Panchatantra

added by anonymous
12 years ago

As you cannot have a sweet and wholesome abode unless you admit the air and sunshine freely into your rooms, so a strong body and a bright, happy, or serene countenance can only result from the free admittance into the mind of thoughts of joy and goodwill and serenity.

– James Allen, "As A Man Thinketh"

added by anonymous
13 years ago

For if that last day does not occasion an entire extinction, but a change of abode only, what can be more desirable And if it, on the other hand, destroys and absolutely puts an end to us, what can be preferable to having a deep sleep fall on us in the midst of the fatigues of life and, being thus overtaken, to sleep to eternity

– Marcus Tullius Cicero

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Love and dignity cannot share the same abode.

– Ovid

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14 years ago

Think, in this batter'd Caravanserai Whose Portals are alternate Night and Day, How Sultn after Sultn with his Pomp Abode his destined Hour, and went his way.

– Omar Khayym

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Earth has nothing more tender than a woman's heart when it is the abode of piety.

– Martin Luther

added by anonymous
14 years ago

It is not known precisely where angels dwell-whether in the air, the void, or the planets. It has not been God's pleasure that we should be informed of their abode.

– Francois Marie Arouet Voltaire

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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