subsisting

Example Sentences

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Aguilar, who has two young daughters, says his family is subsisting on food banks and relies on donations for rent.

From Salon • May 2, 2026

The men ran out of food, subsisting on what they scrounged up: vitamins pills and pancake mix.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 26, 2025

Less than two years ago, the W.N.B.A. star Brittney Griner was starting her nine-year sentence in a penal colony in Russia, sewing uniforms for the Russian military and subsisting on spoiled food.

From New York Times • May 2, 2024

“No State authority,” Webster proclaimed, “can dissolve the relations subsisting between the government of the United States and individuals.”

From Slate • Jan. 26, 2024

The idea of subsisting on greenery alone — of prolonging that full-yet-empty stabbing sensation in my stomach — was totally unappealing, but the leaves would keep me alive.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer