Definitionv. lengthen or extend in duration or space
Last update: September 25, 2015
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Water sustains life. [verb]
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The author is to sustain his arguement throughout the chapter. [verb]
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You can buy inexpensive add-ons like a foot switch to give your controller keyboard a sustain pedal action, just like a piano. [verb]
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Sustain attentive listening, respond to what they have heard by relevant comments, questions or actions. [verb]
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Presuming on his disguise, and his ability to sustain the character he had assumed, he took the most plain and direct route to the place. [verb]
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How long the nerves of Heyward would have sustained him in this extraordinary situation, it might be difficult to decide, for, happily, he soon found relief. [verb]
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"Oh, gracious Mary, Mother of God, help and sustain me in my sorrow." [verb]
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It was evident that the unexpected blow had struck deep into his heart, though he struggled to sustain his misfortune with the port of a man. [verb]
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Dousterswivel's declaration contained an exaggerated account of the violence he had sustained, and also of his loss. [verb]
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This year the reverend mother was led to her seat between two nuns, who sustained her feeble limbs. [verb]
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"Write down," said the Bailie, "that, being acquainted with judicial interrogatories by long practice, and having sustained injury by answering questions put to him on such occasions, the declarant refuses." [verb]
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