take nourishment
Example Sentences
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There is now a little more readiness to take nourishment.
From Time Magazine Archive
But the mother's words seemed to be the truth, for though the child revived, and was able to take nourishment, a fever set in, from which he did not rally.
From Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays by Hays, Helen Ashe
Patients can generally be persuaded at first to take nourishment.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
You must do your best to make him take nourishment, and keep him as warm as possible.
From A Crooked Path A Novel by Alexander, Mrs.
See two cases of patients who refused to take nourishment, Class III.
From Zoonomia, Vol. II Or, the Laws of Organic Life by Darwin, Erasmus
