Sentence examples for was sustaining from inspiring English sources
verb
To maintain, or keep in existence.
The controller of BBC English regions, David Holdsworth, said BBC local radio was "sustaining growth well".
Hall said that the hardest part of the project was sustaining life underground.
"In 1940 I hated nazism, yet every day I was sustaining myself by listening to Beethoven and Haydn," he said.
There were other hints yesterday that Mr. Giuliani was sustaining his new image as a more sensitive, compassionate mayor.
Within a year so, his work was sustaining comparison with that of major figures in the continental avant-garde.
The work was sustaining for me; I didn't have a sense of personal crisis because I was so energized by what we were doing in Act-Up.
The objection was sustained.
By contrast, bidding here was sustained.
His outrage was sustained and severe.
The applause was sustained and heartfelt.
The injury was sustained outside the centre".
