subsist
Example Sentences
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They had subsisted on leftovers and the occasional McDonald’s takeout from Window Rock.
From Literature
Maekar recoils at the thought of a child of royal birth subsisting on salted beef.
From Salon
Per capita disposable income in cities is less than $700 a month, while in the countryside as many as several hundred million people subsist on just a few dollars each day.
Even Oliver, a man who long subsisted on dips, has nothing bad to say.
From Salon
The men ran out of food, subsisting on what they scrounged up: vitamins pills and pancake mix.
From Los Angeles Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
