Example Sentences

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Food has nourished and sustained you for your entire life and will continue to do so.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 18, 2023

Over the years, this slice of soil has nourished wild alliums, huckleberry, sassafras — even ancient apple trees planted by those who came to claim these West Virginia acres as their own.

From Salon • Nov. 24, 2022

His belief that he has nourished society in some lasting way is as ridiculous as his intimation two years ago that the Nets could be coached by committee.

From Washington Post • Nov. 4, 2022

“We are a close family and this time of covid has nourished and nurtured a bond between us all that probably would not have existed without the lockdown,” he says.

From The Guardian • Jul. 1, 2020

Still, nothing that has nourished the soul of man can die. 

From The Religious Life of London by Ritchie, J. Ewing (James Ewing)