sustain

In a sentence

Six example sentences with sustain, each labelled with its topic.

• A bowl of oats and dates will sustain a cyclist through four hours of climbing better than any sugary gel.

  Fitness

• Letters from home did more to sustain the winter garrison than the thin rations the supply wagons brought.

  History

• Stoic writers argued that a settled judgment can sustain a person through loss better than any comfort from outside.

  Philosophy

• Small daily rituals can sustain a person through grief, giving the morning a shape when nothing else has one.

  Psychology

• Dried apricots and a flask of tea had to sustain us across the pass until the village came into view.

  Travel

• A drip can sustain a patient who cannot swallow, supplying fluids and salts until the throat heals.

  Medicine

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More Academic words

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