Example Sentences

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“It was wonderful being part of the energy that was sustaining people in the process of getting out to the polls,” Lawrence said.

From Seattle Times • Oct. 29, 2020

When Fitzpatrick was growing up on the South Side, the Government Accountability Office estimated Chicago was sustaining nearly $100 million in flood damage every year—not counting the cost of pollution.

From Slate • Jan. 2, 2019

While they fixed dinner—steak, baked potatoes, and salad—Hall said that the hardest part of the project was sustaining life underground.

From The New Yorker • Jan. 22, 2017

Airbus's chief operating officer, John Leahy, speaking aboard the flight from Toulouse, said that 40% of the A380 was British-made and that Airbus was sustaining 100,000 jobs in the wider supply chain.

From The Guardian • Jul. 4, 2013

It was sustaining, and it was always enough.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama