Both Uses of
sustain
in
The Fountainhead
- He sustained the insolence of looking straight at her, he would not move, he would not grant the concession of turning away—of acknowledging that he had no right to look at her in such manner.†
Chpt 2.1 *
- It was as if from the wide living room on the first level a hand had moved slowly, shaping the next steps by a sustained touch, then had stopped, had continued in separate movements, each shorter, brusquer, and had ended, torn off, remaining somewhere in the sky.†
Chpt 4.9
Definition:
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(sustain as in: sustained by her faith) provide support or necessities