- present tense form of sustain (3rd person singular).
sustains
Example Sentences
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He told me his Aztec rain god was painted in recognition of the agricultural economy that sustains the students’ families.
From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 27, 2026
“Snowflake and Datadog have seen a reacceleration of revenue from AI. And so we have to see if that sustains, but that’s the best sign you could hope for,” he says.
From MarketWatch • Jun. 2, 2026
But unlike the tradwife with her gaggle of youngsters underfoot, the orangutan mother sustains this intense caretaking by spacing her kids seven or so years apart.
From Slate • May 10, 2026
“When support is extended across the income distribution, it sustains demand that firms can then use to pass on higher costs—forcing monetary policy to tighten more than it otherwise would,” she said in Berlin.
From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026
I have to focus harder on the work, on my work, because the work is what sustains us.
From "The Wrong Way Home" by Kate O’Shaughnessy
