subsist

Example Sentences

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These are our neighbors going to work each day but, through no shortcoming of their own, they can’t keep up with the rising cost of living and subsist paycheck to paycheck.

From Seattle Times

Selling candies, sodas and pastries to neighborhood kids, the family went from subsisting to saving for the future.

From Seattle Times

Thus she subsists on the blood of animals, a solution that becomes increasingly unworkable as her hunger increases.

From Seattle Times

Both subsist on chaos and division, drawing their popularity and power from lifting up the grievances of Republican voters who think they should win every election, even those they lose.

From Salon

The city’s main supply has been shut off at least four times, including one stretch last summer when residents subsisted without drinkable water for 45 days.

From Washington Post