- present participle of subsist.
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
Chavez, who had lost 35 pounds after subsisting only on water, was too weak to speak.
From Los Angeles Times ● Mar. 29, 2024
With Gaza’s economy decimated, few Palestinians have regular incomes and most are either depleting their savings or subsisting on handouts.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 6, 2024
The ancient Japanese developed some of the oldest pottery in the world and settled as hunter-gatherers in villages subsisting on Japan’s rich seafood resources, long before the arrival of food production.
From "Guns, Germs, and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies" by Jared M. Diamond
