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

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

It turns out that the players being labeled as amateurs and treated like normal students who are subsisting on ramen noodles were not the reason folks tuned in on Saturdays.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 31, 2023

After days of subsisting on tea, bread and onions, Abu Speitan said he was feeling dehydrated and exhausted.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 24, 2023

As if merely subsisting according to his self-imposed rules weren’t strenuous enough, Rosellini also exercised compulsively whenever he wasn’t occupied with foraging.

From "Into the Wild" by Jon Krakauer