Example Sentences
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Cramped inside vessels overladen with precious cargo, crewmembers subsisted on a miserable diet of hardtack, an unleavened bread, and salted meat and fish that routinely spoiled and left many gravely ill.
From Barron's ● Apr. 28, 2026
The pet-food company Evermore is extolling the benefits of sous vide–cooked turkey, lamb, chicken and beef; the founders are so passionate about these “human grade” recipes that they personally subsisted on them for 31 days.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 28, 2026
Even Oliver, a man who long subsisted on dips, has nothing bad to say.
From Salon ● Nov. 1, 2025
Instead, his family largely subsisted on bread, he said.
From BBC ● Oct. 17, 2024
Their mounts subsisted on the tough brown devilgrass that grew in dumps at the base of rocks and dead trees.
From "A Clash of Kings" by George R.R. Martin
