To deny sustenance to the Army of Northern Virginia, Sheridan determined to take the entire harvest of the Shenandoah Valley.
Source: tatoeba (2028535)
Sustenance
//ˈsʌs.tə.nəns//
Synonyms for "sustenance" (130 found)
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Closest matches (26)
Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
moral supportmotheringnoshnurturepabulumpapperpetuationperseverancepersistenceprice supportprogressprogressionprolongationprotractionprovenderprovisionprovisionspsychological supportpursuancerations
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refectionrefreshmentreliancerepetitionrunsaltscoffsecurity blanketspreadstaying powerstraight coursesubsidizationsubsidysubsistencesubventionsuccorsupportive relationshipsupportive therapysustained actionsustainingsustainmentsustentationtabletender loving caretlctuckeruninterrupted courseunremittingnessupholdingupkeepviandsvictualsvittlesway
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1 entriesderived
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4 entriesTranslations
34 translations across 20 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- διατροφή noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Bengali
3 entries- জীবিকা noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- রিজিক noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- রুজি noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Bulgarian
2 entries- издръжка noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- препитание noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 维持生计 noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Finnish
1 entries- ylläpito noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
French
1 entries- fondement noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Galician
1 entries- mantenza noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
German
2 entries- Nahrung noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- Verpflegung noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Hebrew
1 entries- פַּרְנָסָה noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Icelandic
4 entries- fæði noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- matur noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- næring noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- viðurværi noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Irish
1 entries- cothabháil noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Italian
1 entries- sostentamento noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Latin
1 entries- pābulum noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Māori
1 entries- manapou noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Nahuatl
1 entries- itaca noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Navajo
1 entries- yistʼé noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Russian
1 entries- пропита́ние noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- pòdrška noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- pȍtpora noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- по̀дршка noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- по̏тпора noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Spanish
4 entries- mantenencia noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- sostenimiento noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- sustentamiento noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
- sustento noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Turkish
1 entries- geçim noun (something that provides support or nourishment)
Sample sentences
11 total sentences available.
It was a source of sustenance.
Source: tatoeba (6107447)
Tom kept two or three cows for the sustenance of his family.
Source: tatoeba (6107461)
For sustenance I am content with milk, cheese, hard bread, and light wine, the usual food of such rustics as we are; and whilst I share it with you, Chloe, I have no thought as to what the rich man may eat.
Source: tatoeba (6212439)
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