sustenance
rezeki
definition
noun
poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance
food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.
example
The craving for food, liquid 'sustenance' , was so strong that when I was visualizing the food, I felt like I could reach out and grab them.
The land they occupied, like that of their immediate neighbours, could provide no reliable source of income or 'sustenance' and the threat of starvation and eviction hung constantly over their heads.
Saddest of all, workers will continue to brave health and physical threats only to earn a meager amount of money to buy 'sustenance' for their families.
Although it lives in a muddy place, a swan can pick up the right food for its 'sustenance' .
For people with binge eating disorder, at first food may provide 'sustenance' or comfort, but later it's the focus of incredible guilt and distress.
It was a source of 'sustenance' , and nothing more.
I swear, if I find that it was emissions from my truck causing it, I will dig a hole in the backyard, climb in, and eat grubs for 'sustenance' .
They inherited a tradition of faith and fatherland which gave them strength and 'sustenance' wherever life took them.
However, when the two come together in a market-driven world, it can transform itself into the best source of 'sustenance' especially for a television channel.
People can and do draw 'sustenance' from many sources.
We watch as the family boils wallpaper for 'sustenance' from glue, chews leather from old schoolbags, grows so weak that Kolya can only stroke his toys, no longer strong enough to play with them.
They were hard times but through it all Mae showed a remarkable resilient nature, aided by her deep faith from which she drew 'sustenance' and strength.
That's their main source of alcoholic 'sustenance' : five bottles of Bud, Miller, Becks or Stella Artois will get them through even the most punishing night out.
Two hours before boarding and it's into the junk food emporium upstairs for 'sustenance' .
the 'sustenance' of parliamentary democracy
Over the next four days there was nothing for it but bed rest, regular doses of paracetamol washed down with water, and the occasional banana for 'sustenance' .
Every individual has an input and part to play in the creation and 'sustenance' of democracy.
Those living along the Genale River which borders Afder have turned to the palm trees for food, scraping 'sustenance' from the dark brown seeds with their teeth.
There was only one source of 'sustenance' for this kind of visual appetite in the textile town of Bohain-en-Vermandois, where Matisse spent his first twenty years.
Her faith was very much a central force in her life and was a source of guidance, strength and 'sustenance' over the years.
Later in the night many would retire to Deros for tea and sandwiches to give them 'sustenance' for the long cycle to some outlying parish.
Nature, for them, is not just a source of 'sustenance' , but an intrinsic part of their lives.
There are many words, many lines, that stick and stay in my memory, that provide a certain comfort, connection, 'sustenance' .
Too bad if those octogenarians served in World War II or Korea or just gave life and 'sustenance' to their families and communities for several decades.
What a frenetic picture this conjures of a cartoon chase from aisle to car, with tottering piles of Christmas 'sustenance' , food bought as if for a month-long siege instead of a few days off.
poor rural economies turned to potatoes for 'sustenance'
The Association argued that this definition would include non-military assistance and humanitarian aid such as medical assistance, 'sustenance' and disaster relief.
Insects serve as pollinators for food crops, nutritious 'sustenance' for a range of birds and mammals, and decomposers of plant and animal products.
I love Shakespeare and he is the source of absolute spiritual 'sustenance' for me - yet here I couldn't hear his beautiful language and found it utterly distorted when I could.
Organic farming, various types of assistance to local families in need, and practical schemes for family 'sustenance' became my immediate tasks.
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