Antonyms for sustained

Grammar : Adj

Spell : suh-steyn

Phonetic Transcription : səˈsteɪn

Definition of sustained

Origin : late 13c., from Old French sustenir "hold up, endure," from Latin sustinere "hold up, support, endure," from sub "up from below" (see sub-) + tenere "to hold" (see tenet). Related: Sustained; sustaining.

adj maintained

Example sentences :

She might die, and if he ever returned it would be to realize the loss he had sustained.
Extract from : « Brave and Bold » by Horatio Alger

Mr. Disraeli's motion was lost, and the ministry was sustained.
Extract from : « The Grand Old Man » by Richard B. Cook

This fact is sustained by evidences teeming upon us from every point of the compass.
Extract from : « Ridgeway » by Scian Dubh

A surprise, followed by a sustained attack, has been resisted.
Extract from : « The Story of the Malakand Field Force » by Sir Winston S. Churchill

A new Ahasuerus, cursed by inexpiable crime, yet sustained by a great purpose.
Extract from : « Green Mansions » by W. H. Hudson

I had no appetite for breakfast, and life was sustained principally by drink.
Extract from : « Ned Myers » by James Fenimore Cooper

But this spiteful idea could not be sustained in face of the aspect she had now assumed.
Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler

But with the exception of a few cuts and bruises this was all the damage he had sustained.
Extract from : « Life And Adventures Of Martin Chuzzlewit » by Charles Dickens

The very humblest may be sustained by the proper indulgence of this feeling.
Extract from : « Self-Help » by Samuel Smiles

Through them all she was sustained by the consciousness of her rectitude.
Extract from : « Imogen » by William Godwin

Synonyms for sustained

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