- present participle of subsist.
subsisting
Example Sentences
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Maekar recoils at the thought of a child of royal birth subsisting on salted beef.
From Salon ● Feb. 23, 2026
There were stories of athletes living in their cars and subsisting on food stamps.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 25, 2024
Less than two years ago, the W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner was starting her nine-year sentence in a penal colony in Russia, sewing uniforms for the Russian military and subsisting on spoiled food.
From New York Times ● May 2, 2024
He worked the tinted pools, going from subsisting like his parents and grandparents to saving.
From Seattle Times ● Mar. 13, 2024
One summer the family lived on an Indian reservation in a teepee, subsisting on government-surplus peanut butter and cornmeal.
From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell
