Example Sentences

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The groceries weren’t glamorous, but they were sustaining.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 26, 2023

Until now there has been no conflict -- they were sustaining growth because inflation was not a problem,” O’Connor said, urging banks to better articulate which objective they were prioritising.

From Reuters • Nov. 4, 2021

The people missing out are the ones who don’t get to enjoy the awesome craft ales that were sustaining beer lovers before NE IPA was a thing, or before any of us could pronounce “gose.”

From Washington Post • Sep. 12, 2016

MAKHIJA: We looked at all middle-market firms and separated out those that had shown a 10%-plus growth in the previous year, and looking forward were sustaining that kind of growth.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 6, 2015

The frightful losses the latter were sustaining by reason of the defenders' artillery fire did not, however, disconcert them.

From The Great War in England in 1897 by Le Queux, William