The land can supply everything we need for our sustenance. From LearnThat.org.
They were in want of sustenance. From Wordnet, Princeton University.
Obama, however, seems to have drawn a kind of sustenance from the dinner. From Wordnik.com. [Teacher and Apprentice] Reference
The prospect of cannibalism as a means of sustenance is always disturbing. From Wordnik.com. [Rabid Reads: "Blanket of White" by Amy Grech] Reference
If you gain sustenance from being "of" a place, you lack substance as a human being. From Wordnik.com. [Won't You Dance with Me?] Reference
In arid northern and western China, to depend on the land for sustenance is to be poor. From Wordnik.com. [Village Dreamers] Reference
This nourishing sustenance is given great importance in each of the Ages and evolves in each new Age. From Wordnik.com. [Mythology and legends of the Nahua people - part 2] Reference
They start out as mindless drones whose only purpose seems to be to gain sustenance by consuming the living. From Wordnik.com. [Book Review – Patient Zero: A Joe Ledger Novel] Reference
And anyone who would seek to keep you from this love, this light, this source of sustenance, is NEVER thinking about your well-being. From Wordnik.com. [Books Are The Love Of Strangers] Reference
It provides emotional sustenance which is essential for a life well-lived. From Wordnik.com. [Janice Taylor: The Recipe Club: A Tale of Food and Friendship] Reference
This poses a real problem, and not just from a "sustenance" point of view. From Wordnik.com. [More Pictures] Reference
People find "some kind of sustenance" in a lot of rotten places these days. From Wordnik.com. [WHEN THE BAR HAS NO LOWER TO GO ... CHOICES*] Reference
The diocese will give him a small payment, called a sustenance, Kerr said. From Wordnik.com. [Columnist: Keith Groller] Reference
It says that something is happening here, that people are finding some kind of sustenance here. From Wordnik.com. [WHEN THE BAR HAS NO LOWER TO GO ... CHOICES*] Reference
"I bring sustenance, meaning you should look more - hey, what's that?". From Wordnik.com. [Wraithbait] Reference
For several days he refused almost every kind of sustenance, being at intervals subject to fainting fits. From Wordnik.com. [Ami des enfants. English] Reference
The "natural" emotion they stimulate affords the kind of sustenance on which Nature Mysticism can thrive. From Wordnik.com. [Nature Mysticism] Reference
And they allowed us but halfe a pound of bread a man in a day without any other kind of sustenance, water excepted. From Wordnik.com. [The Pirates' Who's Who Giving Particulars Of The Lives and Deaths Of The Pirates And Buccaneers] Reference
Caston told me about the fans who came to Clifton's readings for a kind of sustenance, for the strength and humor she radiated. From Wordnik.com. [NYT > Home Page] Reference
"sustenance" does not or need not fall entirely upon the wages they earn. From Wordnik.com. [The Evolution of Modern Capitalism A Study of Machine Production] Reference
In our hour of need, she brings us fresh and nourishing sustenance. From Wordnik.com. [Arjuna Ardagh: WikiLeaks and the Road to a More Honest America] Reference
In our affluent society, few of us eat simply to ward off hunger or provide sustenance. From Wordnik.com. [Health for Life M.D.: Keeping Fit] Reference
And it wouldn't surprise me if he found real emotional sustenance and belief there, as well. From Wordnik.com. [Prophets and Politicians] Reference
Try sustenance through a straw -- crumbled cookies in thick dairy drinks that sip like a snack. From Wordnik.com. [Periscope] Reference
How could I ever have been so young to believe that sustenance and succor could be found alone?. From Wordnik.com. [Saying Goodbye] Reference
What do you think governments should do to alleviate hunger and plan for the future of global sustenance?. From Wordnik.com. [‘We Should Feel Angry’] Reference
Oscar had yet to learn fundamentals of self-sustenance, and I had to learn to stand back while he caught up. From Wordnik.com. [My Son's Unfinished Life--And Mine] Reference
Can the Tolosas, a poor family destroyed by the war, offer the twins enough emotional and physical sustenance?. From Wordnik.com. [The Lost Generation] Reference
The rising cost of sustenance can set off social unrest, especially if political systems aren't well developed. From Wordnik.com. [Cry for Me, Argentina (and Russia and China)] Reference
His other sustenance was preaching; he was a mesmerizing speaker from the age of 4, when he gave his first sermon. From Wordnik.com. [The Reinvention of the Reverend] Reference
His parents denied him a bed, a toothbrush and sustenance of any kind, be it scraps of food or a single Christmas present. From Wordnik.com. [The Author Nobody's Met] Reference
One visitor was arrested after attempting to sever the tube that supplies Blaine with water, his only source of sustenance. From Wordnik.com. [Irreverent? Or Just Boorish?] Reference
Others may point to the internet, that insatiable monster who demands constant sustenance in the form of updates and revelations. From Wordnik.com. [The geek stranglehold on cinema] Reference
Foods that I loved were replaced with the bland staples a mother buys when food becomes sustenance instead of something to be enjoyed. From Wordnik.com. [Education, the Song of Hope] Reference
But, I told the group, my parents had created an enveloping family environment that gave sustenance, structure and discipline to our lives. From Wordnik.com. [Why Service Matters] Reference
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