sustain in a sentence

One seal will sustain an adult polar bear for 11 days.

Life cannot be sustained for long periods without water.

The country’s sustained economic growth cannot last forever.

He sustained an injury which will take a month to heal completely.

A good lunch helps to sustain me through an afternoon of hard work.

Find someone who knows someone who has been suspended from school.

sustain Gorillas must consume huge quantities of vegetation to sustain their bulk.

A Bajan proverb observes that sustained effort is needed to achieve good results.

Our ultimate goal should be to create a sustainable world where nothing is wasted.

She sustained serious injuries to the pelvic region as a result of the car accident.

sustainability is an urgent imperative for humanity if we are to survive as a species.

usual In September of 1982, Princess Grace of Monaco died from injuries sustained in a car accident.

Our current use of fossil fuels is completely unsustainable.

We must find alternate fuels.

The cheetah can run at speeds of over 80 km/h, but can only sustain that speed for a very short time.

Unlike many Middle Eastern countries, Syria is not entirely dependent on oil income to sustain itself.

Both Britain and France sustained enormous losses in human and material resources in the First World War.

Cutting levels in our forests are unsustainably high, we are cutting too much and cutting too fast.

swallow In the U.S. today, a single farmer can sustain himself or herself and approximately 45 other people.

Maurice Strong recently stated that we are now in the first stages of a battle for the sustainability of life on Earth.

Ancient peoples in Peru would often bury food with their dead, so as to sustain them on their journey to the next life.

There is a Hebrew proverb which states that opinions founded on prejudice are always sustained with the greatest violence.



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