take nourishment
Example Sentences
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There is now a little more readiness to take nourishment.
From Time Magazine Archive
The child begins to take nourishment either from the mother's milk or from the milk of the cow, or other forms of food.
From A Series of Lessons in Raja Yoga by William Walker Atkinson
No persuasion could induce him to take nourishment; and it was with extreme difficulty that any food could be forced upon him.
From Observations on Madness and Melancholy Including Practical Remarks on those Diseases together with Cases and an Account of the Morbid Appearances on Dissection by John Haslam
On several occasions he refused to take nourishment for several days at a time in reaction to his delusional ideas.
From Studies in Forensic Psychiatry by Bernard Glueck
“There are just two things that every ball player is ready to do, take nourishment and nag the umpire.”
From Baseball Joe Around the World Pitching on a Grand Tour by Lester Chadwick
