sustenance

Example Sentences

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Pro tip: If you’re driving, leave yourself some snacks that won’t melt and some waters in the car so you have some sustenance if you do get stuck.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 1, 2026

If everything else on the table was, by consensus, borderline inedible, securing salmon in the morning wasn’t just sustenance.

From Salon • Feb. 28, 2026

Floreana's native species, Chelonoidis niger niger, was driven to extinction in the 1840s by sailors who took thousands from the island for sustenance during long voyages.

From BBC • Feb. 21, 2026

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.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 12, 2026

They might help Otto, and might even give us some sustenance in the process.

From "Endangered" by Eliot Schrefer