taking nourishment
Example Sentences
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While the condition condemned victims to a lifetime of drooling and taking nourishment through an implanted tube into the stomach, his paper in the journal Surgery was virtually ignored in America.
From New York Times • Dec. 17, 2016
His husband, Jeff Woodman, said that Mr. Bernhardt had been in declining health and had stopped taking nourishment after breaking his arm in a recent fall.
From New York Times • Sep. 16, 2015
Within three days they were taking nourishment normally, and since then have gained steadily in weight�the boy even more rapidly than the girl.
From Time Magazine Archive
Now as to whether the gentleman in question actually did go thirty-six days without taking nourishment of any sort is a matter I will not discuss.
From The No Breakfast Plan and the Fasting-Cure by Dewey, Edward Hooker
After taking nourishment he fell into a quiet sleep about thirty-five minutes before his death, and while asleep his pulse ran to 120 and was somewhat more feeble.
From A Compilation of the Messages and Papers of the Presidents Volume 8, part 1: James A. Garfield by Richardson, James D. (James Daniel)
