sustenance
Example Sentences
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Malthus argued that “the power of population is indefinitely greater than the power of the earth to produce sustenance for man.”
If everything else on the table was, by consensus, borderline inedible, securing salmon in the morning wasn’t just sustenance.
From Salon
Eagles typically only visit Big Bear to find food in the winter when their normal sources of sustenance have frozen over, according to the Friends of Big Bear Valley.
From Los Angeles Times
Few people knew it then, but “The French Chef” marked a cultural pivot point, a moment that set the stage for food to become more than mere sustenance.
The actress had suggested her character make a small Buddhist prayer every time she killed an animal for sustenance, but director Sam Raimi rejected the idea, Azizi says.
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
