Example Sentences

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Gen. Friedrich von Mellenthin later wrote of the French, “we never encountered a more heroic and well-sustained defense.”

From Washington Post • Oct. 15, 2021

But the more you dig for a well-sustained defense of this idea by any expert on the law of war, the more you realize how weak it is.

From Slate • Feb. 19, 2013

It’s the main, well-sustained joke in director Chris Miller’s agreeably modest film—colorful flotsam that survived the slow sinking of the Shrek series.

From Time • Oct. 28, 2011

Extra good writing and well-sustained suspense outweigh a certain terminal haziness.

From Time Magazine Archive

The committee met and passed a resolution whose closing passage read: “The men who have helped build Chicago want the fair, and, having a just and well-sustained claim, they intend to have it.”

From "The Devil in the White City" by Erik Larson