Sentence examples for sustained almost from inspiring English sources

The figure below shows a sustained, almost exponential growth in tubewell use over more than three decades.

Mr. Keenan's sustained, almost androgynous voice hovers within the music, desolate but impervious to the tumult around him.

I still experience pain every day from the injuries I sustained almost 40 years ago on the field.

From a hushed, sustained, almost tearful beginning, it turned more assertive and ornate, with growls and extended slides, determined to rise above sorrow.

Carey's invention and uncompromising fidelity to character are sustained almost to the finish of "Jack Maggs". Surprisingly, the ending carries a heavy load of Dickensian sentimentality.

The backup tracks use sustained, almost viscous keyboard chords, like the slow passages of 1970's progressive rock, punctuated by sputters of bass drum.

They split advertising time 50-50 withethe networks but sustain almost none of the costs.

To sustain almost two decades as a creator among artisans is a mark of courage that makes him different from the rest.

Cautious and modest where George W. Bush was ambitious and brash, Mr. Obama still claims the authority necessary to sustain almost everything his predecessor did.

His lifelong regret (regret is hope backward, and sustains almost as well) was failing to get rich at the building of the Suez Canal.

The Senate bill, set to be voted on Tuesday, is a two-year, $109 billion deal that would create or sustain almost 3 million jobs in the next two years, according to its backers, which include Democrats, Republicans, labor unions and business groups.