bate
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Onlookers would bate their breaths and await his pronouncements.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026
He’ll bray, he’ll bate, he’ll prate, he’ll Berate, and he’ll inveigh, Then once we’ve been diverted, he’ll cause a new melee.
From Washington Post ● Dec. 13, 2018
Please roll your drums, bate your breaths and hook your tenters—these are the 2017-’18 PGA Tour “Mid-Season” Awards.
From Golf Digest ● Jul. 5, 2018
As “Mr Dooley,” the comic, fictional creation of Finley Peter Dunne, wryly observed: “There’s wan thing about th’ Irish iv this town…they give picnics that does bate all.
From Time ● Mar. 17, 2015
If a falcon is hooded she will not bate, that is, she won’t fly off your fist and hang head down by her jesses, beating her wings and hurting herself.
From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
My 8-year-old Lego-maniac son waited with bated breath for two new Lego Smart Play Star Wars sets—Luke’s X-wing and Darth Vader’s TIE fighter—to come in the mail.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 18, 2026
Until then, I’ll just have to wait with bated breath.
From Salon ● May 23, 2026
He snatched provisional top spot in beautiful, sunny conditions, but could only watch with bated breath as his understudy took to the start hut.
From Barron's ● Feb. 7, 2026
Like the audience, Bell Media executives are waiting with bated breath for the next chapter of “Heated Rivalry.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Feb. 3, 2026
A new gold Flash appears right after: families, glued to the TV as they wait with bated breath and watch the news.
From "Split the Sky" by Marie Arnold
There was a noticeable bating of breath as she acknowledged that she and Trump had their differences.
From BBC ● Jul. 16, 2024
Martin hit .377 with three homers and 11 RBIs in 16 games this year, leaving him with a career bating line of .368/.474/.532 with 14 homers and 76 RBIs in 140 games for the Commodores.
From Reuters ● Jun. 11, 2020
A hawk cannot escape by bating, because its owner holds its jesses—slim leather straps attached to bands the bird wears on its ankles.
From The New Yorker ● Mar. 2, 2015
He said he would have no problem completing his rehabilitation by throwing live bating practice and simulated games, a plan Yankees Manager Joe Girardi agreed with.
From New York Times ● Aug. 22, 2012
She hung upside down, bating with her wings.
From "The Once and Future King" by T. H. White
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