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Another word for sustain

Verb

  1. To keep in a condition of good repair, efficiency, or use

    2. See also:

    keep

  2. To hold up

    3. See also:

    over

  3. To keep from yielding or failing during stress or difficulty

    4. See also:

    help

  4. To put up with

    5. Idioms:
    See also:

    accept

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Sentence Examples

  • She sighed, no longer able to sustain her hope.

  • We don't have the people or supplies to sustain ourselves on the regular army side.

  • These passages inspire a hope, but do not sustain a certainty.

  • But his character was too weak to sustain the part.

  • But then, not being married, how could he understand what was required to sustain a marriage?

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