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subsisting

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That’s a tall order for anybody, particularly a celebrity who’s subsisted on a diet of praise since he was a teenager.

In order to play the gaunt Woodroof, McConaughey went from 182 pounds to 135, subsisting on what he calls “a controlled diet.”

Soon he was subsisting largely on sugared espresso, canned sardines, and peanut butter.

He was subsisting on frogs, edible roots, and water from the river.

But the novelty of Mosby's mode of warfare consisted chiefly in the manner of subsisting, quartering and protecting his men.

In relation to the still subsisting war in Europe, my proclamation of the 22d of April, 1793, is the index to my plan.

We crawled from place to place, subsisting upon leaves, and now and then begging of the natives a morsel of cocoa-nut.

Is it guiding, controlling, giving the rule to commerce, as a subsisting thing or is it putting an end to it altogether?

The men go entirely naked, subsisting themselves by hunting and fishing, and passing much of their time in idleness or war.

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On this page you'll find 82 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to subsisting, such as: awake, conscious, viable, live, animate, and breathing.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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