Sustained

//səˈsteɪnd//

"Sustained" in a Sentence (11 examples)

Such drastic economic growth cannot be sustained.

The vision of the Olympics had sustained him.

He sustained an injury which will take a month to heal completely.

There must be a sustained effort to listen to each other; to learn from each other; to respect one another; and to seek common ground.

We don't have a mechanism for sustained funding.

Due to the catastrophe caused by the huge tsunami, damage was sustained by the nuclear reactor as well as explosions at the nuclear power plant.

Since a large area was devastated by the Tohoku earthquake of 2011, a sustained help effort is sought.

Perpetual devotion to what a man calls his business, is only to be sustained by perpetual neglect of many other things.

The driver sustained multiple injuries.

"Objection!" "Sustained!"

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Similar studies of rats have employed four different intracranial resorbable, slow sustained release systems—surgical foam, a thermal gel depot, a microcapsule or biodegradable polymer beads.

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