take nourishment
Example Sentences
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There is now a little more readiness to take nourishment.
From Time Magazine Archive
I tried to get you on the phone, but you were closed down, the exchange said, so Helen packed me off here when she was able to sit up and take nourishment.
From The Bartlett Mystery by Tracy, Louis
But the mother's words seemed to be the truth, for though the child revived, and was able to take nourishment, a fever set in, from which he did not rally.
From Prince Lazybones and Other Stories By Mrs. W. J. Hays by Hays, Helen Ashe
"Barely able to sit up and take nourishment," she admitted, demurely.
From The Common Law by Chambers, Robert W. (Robert William)
Eu pa swallow nourish; Dak -pa- nourish papa the nourishment, Min pe swallow, take nourishment.
From The Dakotan Languages, and Their Relations to Other Languages by Williamson, A. W. (Andrew Woods)
