sustained by
Example Sentences
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Most injuries were sustained by the rider - only 5% were pedestrians that had been hit by an e-scooter - and the most common cause was falling off the e-scooter.
From BBC ● Aug. 11, 2026
Scientists believe the long lasting burst may have been sustained by three coronal mass ejections that erupted from the same region of the Sun.
From Science Daily ● May 23, 2026
Ours is a nation, Fiedler would argue, sustained by the dream of “an escape from culture and a renewal of youth.”
From The Wall Street Journal ● May 22, 2026
Cuba's electricity generation is sustained by a network of eight aging thermoelectric plants -- some in operation for over 40 years -- that suffer frequent breakdowns or must be shut down for maintenance cycles.
From Barron's ● May 14, 2026
Michael Varus had told him that the spirits here were sustained by their strongest desires.
From "Blood of Olympus" by Rick Riordan
