had been subsisting
- past perfect progressive of subsist.
Example Sentences
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So far, they had been subsisting on snacks sent through a narrower pipe inserted earlier.
From BBC ● Nov. 21, 2023
As opposed to Mr. Marin-Sotelo, who managed to make all the way to Mexico’s Pacific coastline, Mr. Callahan had less of a plan, and had been subsisting off local river water.
From Washington Times ● May 9, 2023
A vegetarian since reading Frances Moore Lappé’s "Diet for a Small Planet" in 1971, he had been subsisting on vegetables and homemade “soy grit” burgers.
From Salon ● Jan. 4, 2020
The prisoners said that they had been subsisting for weeks on less than half a pound of rice a day; for the last three days before their capture, they had had no food whatsoever.
From Time Magazine Archive
Their food supply was about reduced to nothingness as the horse flesh on which they had been subsisting was no longer available as it was fast becoming tainted.
From The Indians' Last Fight Or The Dull Knife Raid by Collins, Dennis
