Example Sentences

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The problem has been sustaining that success as the game progresses and making in-game adjustments to how defenses are attacking them.

From Seattle Times • Jan. 3, 2022

Foss Maritime president Will Roberts said in a statement that the shipyard has been sustaining losses for "several years."

From Seattle Times • Nov. 1, 2021

McHenry Kiwanis Club President Julianne Baron said the group has been sustaining its “small membership,” and she hopes to add members by knocking on doors.

From Washington Times • Feb. 21, 2016

It requires no effort for a man who has been sustaining the sound, shock and work of a bombardment, to fall asleep anywhere, any time, and we were soon Murphyized, as Mac expressed it.

From S.O.S. Stand to! by Grant, Reginald