sustenance
Example Sentences
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Sustenance, pizza and otherwise, is of course never far from the turtles’ minds.
From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 3, 2023
If you liked this essay, consider buying "The Sisterhood of the Enchanted Forest: Sustenance, Wisdom, and Awakening in Finland's Karelia" by Naomi Moriyama and William Doyle.
From Salon • Nov. 19, 2021
Sustenance can look like bread, but it can also look like flowers, as Ms. Hesse so aptly wrote.
From Washington Post • Apr. 15, 2020
Sustenance also came from Guatemalan locals — for Carlos Martinez, a 24-year-old from Santa Barbara, Honduras, the plate of chicken with rice was the first bite to eat he’d had all day.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 20, 2018
Capt. Draper offered a small Sustenance & Pay for the Boy’s excellent Music, could he rally us upon the Fife.
From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson
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