Sample Sentences forsustenance (editor-reviewed)
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The farmers relied on the fertile land for their daily sustenance.sustenance = food
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She drew spiritual sustenance from their conversations.sustenance = support
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The charity provided essential sustenance to the families affected by the disaster.sustenance = food and resources
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Instead of living in concert with the land, instead of relying on the country for sustenance as the natives did, he attempted to insulate himself from the northern environment with ill-suited military tools and traditions. (source)sustenance = food and essential resources
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I do not know what life will be like, separated from a faction—it feels disengaged, like a leaf divided from the tree that gives it sustenance. (source)sustenance = essential support
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How would I spend the hours I now commit to combing the woods for sustenance if it were so easy to come by? (source)sustenance = food
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Louie was more concerned about sanity than he was about sustenance. (source)sustenance = food
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Having regained her energy through sustenance, Sofia now unleashed a cavalcade of Whys. (source)
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Also now I have gained on him in the question of sustenance. (source)sustenance = food needed for strength and energy
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But since we were so far out of the line of fire, the chief sustenance for any sense of the war was mental. (source)sustenance = essential resource
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Tales were told at these places that people from all over now gathered to hear, for the tales of these natives felt appropriate to this time of migration, and gave listeners much-needed sustenance. (source)sustenance = spiritual or mental support
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Surely it would need sustenance before long? (source)sustenance = food
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Nearly every religion has some liturgical or social ritual involving the coming together of the faithful to share sustenance. (source)
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I thought of sustenance for the first time. I had not had a drop to drink or a bite to eat or a minute of sleep in three days. (source)sustenance = nourishment and other things needed to support life
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That means 'Servant of the Opener of the Gates of Sustenance.'† (source)
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It didn't seem to stack up to enough sustenance for the two dozen families in our village.† (source)
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