Logic said the traitor was Yueh, but he held final decision in abeyance.
Herbert, Frank
Dune
Nowadays the military profession is in abeyance and the magisterial robe is the badge of honor.
Alexandre Dumas
The Count of Monte Cristo
In Bill he sensed a steadily increasing liking, held in abeyance by the subconscious taboo that affects all fathers when in the presence of men who are there because of their daughters rather than themselves.
Stephen King
'Salem's Lot
Creeds and schools in abeyance, Retiring back a while sufficed at what they are, but never forgotten, I harbor for good or bad, I permit to speak at every hazard, Nature without check with original energy.
Walt Whitman
Leaves of Grass
His mind floated in abeyance, coming back always to that horrible bottle.
Sinclair Lewis
Babbitt