Sentence examples for they were sustaining from inspiring English sources

Southern California Edison and the state's other ailing utility, Pacific Gas and Electric, applied for emergency rate increases last month because they said they were sustaining huge losses.

In young skin, these dark dots had a candlestick-holder-like 3-D configuration as if they were sustaining the dermal papillae.

But then, they recalled, they were sustained by the determined mantra "Let's get back to the World Trade Center".

After Yusuf's death, his lieutenants went into hiding, but they were sustained by their loyalty to his vision.

The lender said that recent falls in buyer inquiries could also weigh on the market if they were sustained.

As the writers of "Saturday Night Live" worked on sketches deep into the night, they were sustained by something like what sustained the Lunar men and the idealists in Tübingen — the feeling that they all spoke a private language.

These injuries show no sign of having healed, meaning they were sustained immediately before death and were likely fatal.

Two them were followed by instant recessions (Reagan and Bush) and three of them, when they were sustained, were followed by bubbles which were then followed by the three worst crashes and sets of bank failures in modern times.

A federal survey found that just 8percentt of the use-of-force complaints received by large state and local law enforcement agencies in 2002 were deemed credible -- they were "sustained," in cop lingo.

PM2.5 concentrations peaked in mid-morning and they were sustained for several hours into the afternoon and evening.

Before cowbirds which are also variously known as cow-pen birds, cow buntings, or buffalo birds followed cattle, they tracked bison herds across the Great Plains, where they were sustained by the copious insects.