sustenance

Example Sentences

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In 1972, a Uruguayan rugby team crashed into the Andes mountains and, left with no other source for sustenance, the survivors fed upon those from the flight who had perished.

From Salon

It's also terrific on its own culinary volition, too, though: a perfect lunch, a simple bowl of the elixir can always provide sustenance.

From Salon

They instead want more stable funding sources that don’t pit financial sustenance against environmental.

From Seattle Times

Whatever sustenance Melugin believes he is getting from the Great Beyond appears to be working.

From Los Angeles Times

She came to the aid distribution center pulling her bicycle and left with a bag full of tinned food, her main source of sustenance these days.

From Seattle Times