sustenance

Example Sentences

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In 1972, a Uruguayan rugby team crashed into the Andes mountains and, left with no other source for sustenance, the survivors fed upon those from the flight who had perished.

From Salon

It's also terrific on its own culinary volition, too, though: a perfect lunch, a simple bowl of the elixir can always provide sustenance.

From Salon

They instead want more stable funding sources that don’t pit financial sustenance against environmental.

From Seattle Times

With innovative fundraising, and with aid from foreign organizations including the Swiss group Menschen für Menschen, she built a nonprofit organization that served thousands of children, providing shelter, sustenance and schooling.

From Washington Post

In what untrained eyes see as walls of undifferentiated green, they can find sustenance ...

From New York Times