Temporary cessation or suspension.
1 A Froome win leaves the race result in abeyance pending the ruling.
2 While the wind was in abeyance the men got the sails spread.
3 It's French, I fancy; and for the moment it is in abeyance .
4 Also it is misleading to say that civil life was in abeyance .
5 The school, the houses were hidden, and all civilization seemed in abeyance .
6 The apartment proved to be entirely suitable for a king in abeyance .
7 In May, the court granted a 60-day abeyance , which expired this month.
8 For a century and a half it has remained in practical abeyance .
9 The question of the sale of the picture, however, remained in abeyance .
10 Happily, the question of who should be bride was left in abeyance .
11 He is mad from the beginning, but his madness is in abeyance .
12 But sometimes the gift lay in abeyance for weeks, even for months.
13 I doubt indeed if during any sleep, thought is quite in abeyance .
14 His softer emotions were in abeyance , but he told himself no lies.
15 The Latin element remained silent, passive, in abeyance , undergoing an important transformation.
16 The question therefore fell into abeyance for a time on that account.
Другие примеры для термина "abeyance"
Grammar, pronunciation and more
Translations for abeyance
Abeyance в диалектах
Соединенные Штаты Америки