sustain
Usage
What are other ways to say sustain?
To sustain, a rather elevated word, suggests completeness and adequacy in supporting: The court sustained his claim. To support is to hold up or add strength to, literally or figuratively: The columns support the roof. To maintain is to support so as to preserve intact: to maintain an attitude of defiance. Uphold applies especially to supporting or backing another, as in a statement, opinion, or belief: to uphold the rights of a minority.
Example Sentences
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“That’s why you don’t see many — I don’t know about in other industries — but you don’t see many great athletes that can sustain it for as long as he sustained it.”
From Los Angeles Times
The handover was delayed by a day over Thai concerns over alleged violations of the ceasefire, but took place after sustained Chinese diplomatic pressure to ensure the deal holds.
From BBC
Americans are rightly upset about the sustained price pinch for food, energy, housing, autos and other goods since the pandemic.
They added that the humanitarian situation in Gaza remained "catastrophic" and called on Israel's government to ensure INGOs were able to operate "in a sustained and predictable way".
From BBC
In his note Monday, Ives cited sustained demand for Palantir’s flagship AI platform.
From Barron's
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
