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Example sentences for: sustain

How can you use “sustain” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

The breaking of the piñata symbolized the struggle that man must sustain to destroy evil and receive the gifts and pleasures of God (the candy).
A short piece says there is a "child famine" in the Great Plains: North Dakota, South Dakota, Kansas, Nebraska, and Wyoming are not producing enough children to sustain their small towns.
Even minimal research should have informed him that no lead-acid battery could sustain a charge for more than a fraction of that time."
Brn-2 is related to UNC-86, which is required to initiate and sustain mec-3 expression.
Though it's hard to sustain a point of view when the goal is to be best-selling and definitive, the book's reigning mood is progressive populism tempered by realistic pessimism.