All 7 Uses of
sustain
in
Bleak House
- The equable manner in which Mrs. Jellyby sustained both his absence and his restoration to the family circle surprised us all.†
Chpt 4-6 (definition 1)
- Even children so require sustaining under the general excitement that a pieman who has established himself for the occasion at the corner of the court says his brandy-balls go off like smoke.†
Chpt 10-12 (definition 1) *
- You should sustain yourself better.†
Chpt 37-39 (definition 1)
- His hopefulness had long been more painful to me than his despondency; it was so unlike hopefulness, had something so fierce in its determination to be it, was so hungry and eager, and yet so conscious of being forced and unsustainable that it had long touched me to the heart.†
Chpt 49-51 (definition 2) *
- It was right that all that had sustained me should give way at once and that I should die of terror and my conscience.†
Chpt 58-60 (definition 1)
- The months were gliding away, and my dear girl, sustained by the hopes she had confided in me, was the same beautiful star in the miserable corner.†
Chpt 61-63 (definition 1)
- Something seemed to pass into my place that was like the angel he thought me, and I felt so sorrowful for the loss he had sustained!†
Chpt 61-63 (definition 1)
Definitions:
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(1) (sustain as in: sustained by her faith) provide support or necessities
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(2) (sustain as in: sustained through the ages) to continue through time