alimentation

Example Sentences

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Life was only a matter of intake and alimentation and reproduction.

From "The Heart is a Lonely Hunter" by Carson McCullers

Their different species are like so many blind alleys, as if, by renouncing the mode of alimentation customary amongst vegetables, they had been brought to a standstill on the highway of vegetable evolution.

From Creative Evolution by Mitchell, Arthur

The chief, if not the exclusive sources of his mental alimentation have been the Chinese Classics.

From Village Life in China A Study in Sociology by Smith, Arthur H.

The refusal, or wilful neglect, of one spouse to furnish alimentation, or support, to the other, in accordance with law.

From Marriage and Divorce Laws of the World by Ringrose, Hyacinthe

By the way, I learned a few things in an experimental process about the great subject of alimentation.

From Confessions of a Neurasthenic by Marrs, William Taylor