sustentation
Example Sentences
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Soon Premier Mussolini ascended this mighty sustentation, planted himself on an imperial-seeming musnud.
From Time Magazine Archive
Perhaps a little sustentation of life to the country will be obtained by a wretched peace.
From Lord Chatham His Early Life and Connections by Rosebery, Archibald Phillip Primrose
But the writer has perhaps learned to regard two glasses of meridian wine as but a moderate amount of sustentation.
From Dr. Wortle's School by Trollope, Anthony
Thorold Rogers justly remarks that the strength of communism lies in the misconduct of administrations, the sustentation of odious and unjust privileges and the support of what are called vested interests.
From The Railroad Question A historical and practical treatise on railroads, and remedies for their abuses by Larrabee, William
The air-ship, unlike the aeroplane, is not dependent upon its engines for its power to remain in flight, but derives its sustentation from the hydrogen gas with which it is filled.
From The New Gresham Encyclopedia. Vol. 1 Part 1 A to Amide by Various
