You can't subsist on roots and berries for long tme. From LearnThat.org. [ldoceonline.com]
Smallaxe, "subsist" usually entails just surviving. From Wordnik.com. [Faith-Promoting Rumor] Reference
Hence the demand for "subsist" is not necessarily a sign of absolute but only of temporary poverty. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines] Reference
After all the men had been paid, those who wished for "subsist," or advances, were desired to come forward. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines] Reference
"subsist," that is, drawing advances monthly for nearly a year, and, having a wife and children to support, had almost lost heart. From Wordnik.com. [Deep Down, a Tale of the Cornish Mines] Reference
Residents mainly subsist on cafeteria food and caffeine. From Wordnik.com. [Teaching Healthy Ways To Doctors in the Kitchen] Reference
Credit and financial markets subsist on trust and confidence. From Wordnik.com. [A Sequel to the Subprime Mess?] Reference
Now every one of these doth subsist but for a very little while. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
A country cannot subsist without liberty, nor liberty without virtue. From Wordnik.com. [The True Citizen, How to Become One] Reference
These folks subsist on politics, elections, legislation and public policy. From Wordnik.com. [Washington Disconnected] Reference
They subsist on beans and berries and speak the language of their ancestors. From Wordnik.com. [Earth's Blood] Reference
They cannot possibly subsist without a considerable quantity of this article. From Wordnik.com. [The Bounty of the Chesapeake Fishing in Colonial Virginia] Reference
O Nature! from thee are all things, in thee all things subsist, and to thee all tend. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
If Hood goes to the Alabama line, will it not be impossible for him to subsist his army?. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
The result was that it finally became possible to subsist a whole day on a single swallow. From Wordnik.com. [Daybreak; a Romance of an Old World] Reference
Most of these farmers subsist on EU subsidies, since it's cheaper to import food from abroad. From Wordnik.com. [INTO THE WOODS] Reference
Arctic animals on which they subsist and from whom they believe their ancient clans are sprung. From Wordnik.com. [The Dance Festivals of the Alaskan Eskimo] Reference
His seed shall not subsist, nor his offspring among his people, nor any remnants in his country. From Wordnik.com. [The Bible, Douay-Rheims, Book 20: Job The Challoner Revision] Reference
She could happily subsist on white rice, pasta with butter, white bread and plain chicken breast. From Wordnik.com. [Feeding kids who are polar opposites] Reference
Thehui he shanghave the ability to subsist on nothing but air and water during times of distress. From Wordnik.com. [First Lives] Reference
This, upon a supposition that the souls after death do for a while subsist single, may be answered. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
Germany: The cast of "Island Duel" (like America's "Survivor") were supposed to subsist on local fare. From Wordnik.com. [A DOSE OF REALITY] Reference
Wherein then, but in that part of thee, wherein the conceit, and apprehension of any misery can subsist?. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
Then consider the utmost bounds of time that that cause, thus and thus qualified, can subsist and abide. From Wordnik.com. [Meditations] Reference
Well, if you let that happen, you can't, I think, subsist on a tax system that's producing 18.5% of the GDP. From Wordnik.com. [Volcker Explains Why We Need Tax Increases] Reference
Use, of course, as sparingly as possible from the rations taken with you, and subsist off the country all you can. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Outside observers say the bigger worry is that too many sites are trying to subsist off the same small base of advertisers. From Wordnik.com. [Peytonplace.com] Reference
Thus the Hindoos, and contiguous Eastern nations, subsist mainly upon the cereals, in which rice plays so prominent a part. From Wordnik.com. [The Art of Living in Australia ; together with three hundred Australian cookery recipes and accessory kitchen information by Mrs. H. Wicken] Reference
Well, if you let that happen, you can't, I think, subsist on a tax system that's producing 18 and a half percent of the GDP. From Wordnik.com. [Get Briefed: Paul Volcker] Reference
Soon the men were forced to subsist on a once-daily ration of plain rice along with sweetened tea brewed from brackish water. From Wordnik.com. [Under Siege In Bethlehem] Reference
At that point the country is fertile, and an army of the size of General Scott's could subsist there for an indefinite period. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Granger's corps, so as to be able to subsist on the country, came in toward our right and the whole relieving force was directed on. From Wordnik.com. [Memoirs of the Union's Three Great Civil War Generals] Reference
Many retirees today, after long years of working in low-paying jobs, must practice old-fashioned thrift to subsist on their pensions. From Wordnik.com. [Mail Call] Reference
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