How to Use sustenance in a Sentence

sustenance

noun
Definition of sustenancenext
Synonyms for sustenancenext
  • The village depends on the sea for sustenance.
  • Tree bark provides deer with sustenance in periods of drought.
  • She draws spiritual sustenance from daily church attendance.
  • The birds get sustenance, and the berries get to disperse their seeds.
    — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 19 Aug. 2022
  • The bar has a 20-foot screen and dozens more TVs across the space, plus food trucks for sustenance.
    — Emma Balter, Chron, 29 Nov. 2022
  • If this class of drugs rewires our brains and guts to think of food as just sustenance, the world will be so sad.
    — Laura Reiley, Washington Post, 2 Oct. 2023
  • The evacuees placed in them might even turn to them for sustenance.
    — Michelle Ye Hee Lee, Washington Post, 9 Dec. 2022
  • Tune in with a glass of wine on May 6th, just in time for a little Mother’s Day soul sustenance.
    — Emerald Elitou, Essence, 2 May 2022
  • That, the film suggests, keeps us alive in ways that go beyond sustenance.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Music has been like food for me, like bread, like sustenance.
    — Mary Colurso | McOlurso@al.com, al, 30 Aug. 2022
  • There’s a lot of protein for sustenance, and plenty of sugar for a quick rush.
    — Washington Post, 7 Apr. 2022
  • But that’s the point, really, to find sustenance in what has always been true.
    — Yohanca Delgado, Time, 22 Jan. 2022
  • After adult salmon have spawned and died off in the fall, the Yurok people rely on the long, ugly fish for sustenance in the winter months.
    — oregonlive, 17 June 2023
  • Food is much more than sustenance that keeps people alive.
    — Sam Boyer, cleveland, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The author sought sustenance in the language of music instead of words.
    — Michele Filgate, Los Angeles Times, 6 June 2023
  • For Emily, food, first and foremost, is sustenance and health.
    — Alex Belth, Good Housekeeping, 22 July 2022
  • Beans have been a major source of protein-rich sustenance for thousands of years.
    — USA TODAY, 12 July 2023
  • For many people, that is their only form of sustenance.
    — ABC News, 14 Aug. 2022
  • Prayers for sustenance are part of the liturgy, alongside those for peace, long life and forgiveness.
    — Sonja Sharp, Los Angeles Times, 15 Sep. 2023
  • There was also an espresso bar with more dessert, as well as crepe and croque monsieur carts for late-night sustenance.
    — Alexandra MacOn, Vogue, 8 Nov. 2023
  • All sorts of nearby fish gather, both small and large, seeking there to acquire food and good sustenance.
    — Jackie Wattles, CNN, 2 Mar. 2023
  • Cash flow management should be viewed as sailing through rough seas where one needs to keep a tab on all the dangers and plan for sustenance in the future.
    — Chris Kille, Forbes, 29 Feb. 2024
  • Jigger's, in East Greenwich, has been a source of sustenance for more than a century.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 11 June 2022
  • Sure, there was a time when man would have to exit the cave to hunt for sustenance, but today there’s Costco delivery.
    — Irv Erdos, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 May 2023
  • Consumers, many of whom count on drive-throughs for sustenance on a budget, are supersized mad about it, too.
    — Emily Heil, Washington Post, 2 Feb. 2024
  • Some are caught and become a source of sustenance for the people, and others die and become one with the environment.
    — Deepa Bharath, oregonlive, 18 Aug. 2022
  • The research is welcome for people like Arnold, the Makah fisherman, who rely on the ocean for sustenance.
    — Isabella Breda, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Nov. 2022
  • Naturally, shoppers need to find sustenance beyond the barns, tents and fields where the hunt for historic items or the deal of a lifetime await.
    — Lauren McDowell, Chron, 20 Oct. 2022
  • Hashem provides us with our sustenance and this is an opportunity for those of us with more to help those with less.
    — Judy Waldman, Sun Sentinel, 26 Apr. 2022
  • But the Antarctic Treaty didn’t extend to the waters lapping at its edge, despite the fact that most of the continent’s life-forms depend on the sea for sustenance.
    — Aryn Baker, Time, 27 Oct. 2022

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