sustenance
sustento
definition
noun
poor rural economies turned to potatoes for sustenance
food and drink regarded as a source of strength; nourishment.
translation of 'sustenance'
noun
sustento,
sostenimiento
example
These sad, determine men have found that their one-time hobby has become a must have matter of 'sustenance' , like karmic nourishment for their soul.
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.
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.
If the money's not spent on essentials like a €7 beef roll a decent investment if you need 'sustenance' after a night drinking outdoors in Shop Street then it's gambled.
After all, ‘the motivation of the cook to offer 'sustenance' is as nourishing as the food prepared’.
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.
After all this is the thing that you use to buy the food that gives you 'sustenance' .
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.
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.
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.
This last feature also had the unintended consequence of reducing the inflow of remittances form foreign workers, which has been an important source of 'sustenance' of Pakistan's balance of payments.
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' .
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.
They inherited a tradition of faith and fatherland which gave them strength and 'sustenance' wherever life took them.
Although it lives in a muddy place, a swan can pick up the right food for its 'sustenance' .
he kept two or three cows for the 'sustenance' of his family
Two hours before boarding and it's into the junk food emporium upstairs for 'sustenance' .
Organic farming, various types of assistance to local families in need, and practical schemes for family 'sustenance' became my immediate tasks.
Nature, for them, is not just a source of 'sustenance' , but an intrinsic part of their lives.
the 'sustenance' of democracy
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.
poor rural economies turned to potatoes for 'sustenance'
People can and do draw 'sustenance' from many sources.
As Scottish children rely on low-grade processed foods and fizzy drinks for daily 'sustenance' , the devastating effects are beginning to show.
The perfect delivery method for food is unquestionably a sandwich - almost all sources of 'sustenance' are improved by inclusion in such a meal.
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.
The Association argued that this definition would include non-military assistance and humanitarian aid such as medical assistance, 'sustenance' and disaster relief.
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.
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