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

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 mode of administration will be specially referred to under the head of alimentation.

From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various

I now fear nothing in the future, so far as health and disease are concerned, so much as excessive alimentation.

From Vegetable Diet: As Sanctioned by Medical Men, and by Experience in All Ages Including a System of Vegetable Cookery by Alcott, William A. (William Andrus)

The problem of alimentation is, indeed, one of the most essential, perhaps the most essential, in the history of humanity.

From The Pros and Cons of Vivisection by Richet, Charles