Sentence examples for had subsisted from inspiring English sources

Fresh fruits and vegetables began appearing in their refrigerator, replacing the fatty discount chicken, and the canned and frozen food they had subsisted on for years.

Most tap acts had subsisted on one surefire three-to-eight-minute act, which they had performed for their entire career.

He looked like a man who had subsisted, for a very long time, on a strict diet of the feelings of children.

He told reporters that the Palestinians in the compound were out of food and that he had subsisted in recent days on grass and lemon peels.

The family had subsisted for a while with "no earnings, no help from family or friends, and not a single dollar from welfare", says Edin, only food stamps.

The story of its ruin is simple and obvious; and instead of enquiring why the Roman Empire was destroyed, we should rather be surprised that it had subsisted so long.

Giambi has subsisted mostly on protein shakes during his illness.

Somalia has subsisted without a functioning central government for two decades.

For decades, Microsoft has subsisted on the milk of its two cash cows: Windows and Office.

Moreover, many of the Syrian Armenians in Armenia have subsisted on their savings so far.

The natural deer became venison at once, and what has subsisted ever since is now growing weary.