Sustaining

Examples

• He was so strong, so sustaining, and he could not be opposed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• Always, this flame had burned in his heart, sustaining him through everything, the welfare of the people. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• This new life of the Doctor's was an anxious life, no doubt; still, the sagacious Mr. Lorry saw that there was a new sustaining pride in it. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• It weighed fifty-eight pounds, had an engine of between two and a half and three horse-p ower, and a sustaining surface of sixty-six square feet. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• If it is in the way of school,' said Bradley, always sustaining his dark look at the other, and speaking in his suppressed voice, 'you may. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• I had had no purpose, no sustaining soul within me, anywhere. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• He himself called this a strong measure, but observed that his health was less capable of sustaining excitement than he had imagined. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• At first it scarcely procured me the means of sustaining life; but how savoury was hunger when I fasted in peace! Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• On the practical side these questions pass into politics, and the problem of making and sustaining efficient state administration. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Even highly critical and insurgent intelligences, in default of any sustaining movements in the soul of the community, betrayed the same disposition. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• After tests with superposed sustaining surfaces, he adhered to the single-tier plan. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• But, the old abhorrence grew stronger on her as she grew weaker, and it found more sustaining food than she did in her wanderings. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• We all felt that we had a part in the management of the place, and in sustaining its character and dignity. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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