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Usage examples of "in abeyance".
As he looked at the big whirling mechanism the strange fascination of it that had been a little in abeyance since Holroyd's death, resumed its sway.
One look at that desk was enough to tell anyone the responsibilities of Clairmont Station's CO had become more pressing, not less, with Adler's fall, but her famed irascibility was in abeyance, and her expression was compassionate.
Aubert half-snarled, his cultured Earth accent notably in abeyance.
You leave the issue of truth in abeyance while you discover what the idea is.
The Council agreed to drop that charge and to hold the second charge in abeyance, since both units seemed to have had good reason for being out after hours.
Sleep, which keeps all sorrow in abeyance, soon weighed down their eyelids.
Hold it in abeyance, or Evil will gain some measure of power o'er you and weaken the strength of your bolts!
One look at that desk was enough to tell anyone the responsibilities of Clairmont Stations CO had become more pressing, not less, with Adler's fall, but her famed irascibility was in abeyance, and her expression was compassionate.
One look at that desk was enough to tell anyone the responsibilities of Clairmont Stations CO had become more pressing, not less, with Adlers fall, but her famed irascibility was in abeyance, and her expression was compassionate.
You couldn't even tell that they were there at all, except that the first taxi, theirs, remained in abeyance at the curb.
Conjugal relations being temporarily in abeyance, there wasn't that much one could do in bed, other than read or sleep, which meant I did quite a lot of both.
Relieved that Gus was going to leave the subject of reporting the accident in abeyance, Matt grinned at him.
The zest was temporarily in abeyance, he was sunk in exhausted slumber.