SUSTAINED in a Sentence
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119 example sentences for SUSTAINED, such as:
1. These four posts sustain the entire building.
2. I only had a little chocolate to sustain me on my walk.
3. He was sustained by the unflagging support of his family.
4. The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year.
5. The appalling defeat I then sustained returned to torment me.
2. I only had a little chocolate to sustain me on my walk.
3. He was sustained by the unflagging support of his family.
4. The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year.
5. The appalling defeat I then sustained returned to torment me.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SUSTAINED
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sustained
a. maintained at length without interruption or weakening
a. (of an electric arc) continuous
Classic Sentence: (85 in 6 pages)
1 Some were sad and silent, others gay and contemptuous of hardships, but the thought that it was all over and they were going home was the one thing that sustained them.
2 The three mates quailed before his strong, sustained, and mystic aspect.
3 Subject to this, and other the like interruptions now and then, a conversation was sustained between the two parties; but at intervals not without still another interruption of a very different sort.
4 The physical need for sleep began to overtake her; the exuberance which had sustained and exalted her spirit left her helpless and yielding to the conditions which crowded her in.
5 Just then, a warrior of powerful frame, darkened the door, and stalking silently among the attentive group, he seated himself on one end of the low pile of brush which sustained Duncan.
6 How long the nerves of Heyward would have sustained him in this extraordinary situation, it might be difficult to decide, for, happily, he soon found relief.
7 The appalling defeat I then sustained returned to torment me.
8 Topsy was cited, and had up before all the domestic judicatories, time and again; but always sustained her examinations with most edifying innocence and gravity of appearance.
9 He sustained a first rate character, both for intelligence and principle.
10 With indomitable patience and perseverance, Jefferson Hope possessed also a power of sustained vindictiveness, which he may have learned from the Indians amongst whom he had lived.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
Context Highlight In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
11 He had large boots lined with fur, and a belt around his waist, which sustained a small knife, together with a case for writing materials, but no weapon.
12 He chose a new and a tough spear, lest the wood of the former might have been strained in the previous encounters he had sustained.
13 Yet, even at this disadvantage, the Templar sustained his high reputation; and had not the girths of his saddle burst, he might not have been unhorsed.
14 Hitherto, Rowena had sustained her part in this trying scene with undismayed courage, but it was because she had not considered the danger as serious and imminent.
15 The whizzing of shafts and of missiles, on both sides, was only interrupted by the shouts which arose when either side inflicted or sustained some notable loss.
Example Sentence: (34 in 3 pages)
1 But he has sustained his fierce social conscience from young adulthood through old age.
2 The chant is certain to be sustained until the International Board announce their decision at their annual meeting in Auckland next April.
3 We don't have the confidence that the UN will carry through a sustained program.
4 The love and support of his family sustained him during his time in prison.
5 He was sustained by the unflagging support of his family.
6 Four police officers sustained serious injuries in the explosion.
7 At least one-third of all women over ninety have sustained a hip fracture.
8 He sustained injuries to his arms, legs and several internal organs.
9 Now the cheers and applause mingled in a single sustained roar.
10 In his apology, Mr. Williams said that he had been on a different helicopter, behind the one that had sustained fire, and that he had inadvertently “conflated” the two.
11 The documents also chronicle GCHQ's sustained struggle to keep the large store of sexually explicit imagery collected by Optic Nerve away from the eyes of its staff.
12 President Bush said the attacks will be sustained, comprehensive and relentless.
13 I only had a little chocolate to sustain me on my walk.
14 These four posts sustain the entire building.
15 The economy looks set to sustain its growth into next year.