Bidding has 2 syllables and the stress is on the first syllable.
| # | Sentence | |
|---|---|---|
| 1. | Is anyone else bidding? | |
| 2. | Money cannot be got at bidding. | |
| 3. | He was bidding for popular support. | |
| 4. | Klava is bidding farewell to her husband. | |
| 5. | The people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. | |
| 6. | Why, of course, the people don't want war. Why would some poor slob on a farm want to risk his life in a war when the best that he can get out of it is to come back to his farm in one piece? Naturally, the common people don't want war; neither in Russia nor in England nor in America, nor for that matter in Germany. That is understood. But, after all, it is the leaders of the country who determine the policy and it is always a simple matter to drag the people along, whether it is a democracy or a fascist dictatorship or a Parliament or a Communist dictatorship. [...] Voice or no voice, the people can always be brought to the bidding of the leaders. That is easy. All you have to do is tell them they are being attacked and denounce the pacifists for lack of patriotism and exposing the country to danger. It works the same way in any country. | |
| 7. | The client chose my competitor's inferior and more expensive proposal out of loyalty. Good luck getting competitive bidding on your next big project! | |
| 8. | Most analysts expected that Tom's offer would set off a new round of bidding for Mary. | |
| 9. | Now there came a time when it became necessary for the merchant to leave his home and to travel to a distant Tsardom. He bade farewell to his wife and her two daughters, kissed Vasilissa and gave her his blessing and departed, bidding them say a prayer each day for his safe return. | |
| 10. | A lot of people ask me whether bidding goodbye to youth means old age is near. |