sustenance
Example Sentences
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Accordingly he offers a deeply interior, inward-looking turn that emphasizes how Willy has withdrawn from life and the sustenance of human connection.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 10, 2026
Ukrainians have historically relied on villages for shelter and sustenance during crises, a practice continuing amid current attacks.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 10, 2026
If everything else on the table was, by consensus, borderline inedible, securing salmon in the morning wasn’t just sustenance.
From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026
Floreana's native species, Chelonoidis niger niger, was driven to extinction in the 1840s by sailors who took thousands from the island for sustenance during long voyages.
From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026
Richard Parker had been a zoo animal as long as he could remember, and he was used to sustenance coming to him without his lifting a paw.
From "Life of Pi" by Yann Martel
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The Hunger Games
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