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sustain |
Used in |
The Age of Innocence |
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- Once more on the boat, and in the presence of others, Archer felt a tranquillity of spirit that surprised as much as it sustained him. (not reviewed by editor)
- How this miracle of fire and ice was to be created, and to sustain itself in a harsh world, he had never taken the time to think out; but he was content to hold his view without analysing it, since he knew it was that of all the carefully-brushed, white-waistcoated, button-hole-flowered gentlemen who succeeded each other in the club box, exchanged friendly greetings with him, and turned their opera-glasses critically on the circle of ladies who were the product of the system. (not reviewed by editor)
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as in: sustained through the ages |
as in: sustained by her faith |
as in: sustained wounds |
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