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Discover LudwigThe phrase "a single sustained" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe something that is continuous or maintained without interruption, often in contexts related to sound, effort, or attention.
Example: "The musician played a single sustained note that resonated throughout the hall."
Alternatives: "one continuous" or "a prolonged".
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And not even a single, sustained sitcom, but a medley of them.
He recalled that one car in particular, "a shitty little blue sedan," was issuing forth a single, sustained honk.
He composed a symphony consisting of a single, sustained chord followed by an equal stretch of silence.
All WITNESSES will henceforth be permitted a single, sustained, audible scream in response to the public statement that a COUPLE is engaging in sexual intercourse 24/7.
For half the piece, the second violins play a single, sustained high note: like an extra-terrestrial object orbiting the rest of the orchestra.
Starting on a single, sustained tone low in the instrument's range, the unaccompanied flute line gradually takes shape as an alluring, gently chromatic fantasy.
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Bell's single sustained what became the winning rally and made General Manager Steve Phillips look prophetic.
Risk factors associated with sustaining a single and sustaining multiple falls differ suggesting potential separate mechanisms for single and multiple falls.
Evidence supports that a single protein sustains both activities, probably in a single active center.
The slow, subdued (though amplified), almost static work is essentially a single consonant chord sustained over 45 minutes.
The result was nearly 300 Union troops dead or wounded; a single infantry company sustained a 71 percent casualty rate.
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