nourish

Example Sentences

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That has been exacerbated, she said, by homeowners’ failure to comply with terms of the original permit, which required them to provide sand to cover the geotubes—sand that would naturally erode and nourish other beaches.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 8, 2026

These microbes generate metabolic byproducts that nourish intestinal cells and support their normal function.

From Science Daily • Feb. 25, 2026

Since the pandemic, I, too, have been relearning how to nourish a body with an immune condition that flares — and which, post-30, appreciates a little more of the good stuff.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2026

Instead of getting bogged down on the day-to-day of your job, and your growing disgust for it, fixate on your bigger purpose, said Nancy Ancowitz, a career strategist, and do something to nourish that.

From Barron's • Feb. 7, 2026

Meaningless words that didn’t nourish us, that didn’t comfort us, that kept us prisoners in her alphabet world.

From "Dreaming in Cuban" by Cristina García