All 5 Uses

sustain
in
The Blood of Olympus
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All of us are drawn here, sustained not only by Gaea's power, but also by our strongest desires.
p. 26.1

sustained = provided support or necessities
Michael Varus had told him that the spirits here were sustained by their strongest desires.
p. 33.8 *

sustained = supported (kept in existence)
The god Terminus sustained a magical barrier around the camp, but it slowed the destruction for only a moment.
p. 61.4

sustained = provided support or necessities
My boy Leo built a good ship, but it won't sustain that kind of stress.
p. 450.8 *

sustain = continue to survive (with)
It had drained her worse than the last time she'd used her power, to sustain her pegasus Scipio during their journey across the Atlantic.†
p. 54.2

Definitions:

(1) (sustain as in: sustained by her faith)
provide support or necessities
(2) (sustain as in: sustained through the ages)
to continue through time
(3) (sustain as in: sustained wounds)
to suffer (as of injury, damage, or loss)
(4) (meaning too rare to warrant focus)
Less commonly, sustained can be voiced by a judge in a court of law to indicate that an objection is upheld.