take nourishment
Example Sentences
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There is now a little more readiness to take nourishment.
From Time Magazine Archive
She is so loath to take nourishment, and when she does, is so very abstemious, that the regimen is hardly necessary.
From The History of Sir Charles Grandison, Volume 4 (of 7) by Richardson, Samuel
Patients can generally be persuaded at first to take nourishment.
From A System of Practical Medicine by American Authors, Vol. I Volume 1: Pathology and General Diseases by Various
Nature herself has undeniably impressed upon man, that she wishes him to take nourishment of different kinds.
From Popular Books on Natural Science For Practical Use in Every Household, for Readers of All Classes by Bernstein, Aaron David
For many days she lay upon the rude pallet, which was called bed at Urach, and, turning her face to the wall, refused to take nourishment.
From A German Pompadour Being the Extraordinary History of Wilhelmine van Grävenitz, Landhofmeisterin of Wirtemberg by Hay, Marie, Hon. (Agnes Blanche Marie)
