Sustained means simple past and past participle of sustain. This page lists 20 example sentences from real texts, plus synonyms like continuous.
Sustained in a sentence
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Sustained meaning
simple past and past participle of sustain
Synonyms of Sustained
Example sentences (20)
Buyers turned to sellers and took the price back below the 100/200 hour MAs (which could not be sustained - UGH!).
A male passenger, 37, was fatally wounded, while the driver, 44, sustained a gunshot wound to the head, but survived.
As of this writing (11 a.m. Sunday), Franklin is a category 2 hurricane with maximum sustained winds of 100 mph.
A third man, who was a passenger in the car, sustained serious injuries that were not believed to be life-threatening.
Afolabi reportedly died from injuries sustained from falling in his bathroom in the early hours of Sunday, May 14, 2023.
Although none of these complaints were sustained by investigators, the pattern they form is powerful evidence.
A chihuahua sustained fatal injuries when it was attacked by an XL bully shortly before Christmas in Skellow.
Building-up of short interest indicates a bearish view of the stock, translating into a sustained correction.
Chairman who commended the author of the book assured of the party’s sustained effort for smooth transition.
A core body temp of ~111°F is lethal, so full immersion in 140°F for any sustained length of time would be.
A third pedestrian - a young boy- sustained serious injuries that are not believed to be life-threatening.
Asake visited the survivors, who sustained varying degrees of injuries, at the Sir Patrick Yakowa Memorial Hospital, Kafanchan.
A blunt force head injury which Mr Wilcox had sustained was also considered contributory to his death.
According to the lawsuit, the woman died as a result of injuries sustained in the fall at Disneyland.
All three persons sustained injuries and were taken to hospital where the cop and the passenger died.
A handful of other U.S. police forces had experimented with dogs before, but none had sustained a squad for more than a few years.
A River North building sustained major damage Thursday morning after would-be thieves crashed an SUV into it, Chicago police said.
And a sustained tightening in this reading has historically been a reliable indicator of an existing or pending economic recession.
Amanda Jacklin, a friend of the family, paid tribute to a 'beautiful girl' and said her family also sustained injuries in the crash.
Before European settlers arrived, the land Pepperwood now stewards sustained around 100 trees of varying sizes and species per acre.
Phrases with sustained
These phrases have their own page with example sentences containing the full combination:
Common combinations with sustained
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- he sustained 14×
- sustained in 13×
- sustained by 11×
- and sustained 11×
- sustained injuries 11×
- had sustained 10×
- injuries sustained 10×
- sustained winds 10×
- sustained minor 8×
- sustained serious 8×
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