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sustain

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sustain
Music the prolongation of a note, by playing technique or electronics


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In buying spectacles the needless outlay for the right lens soon reduced him to poverty, and the Man to Whom Time Was Money had to sustain life by fishing from the end of a wharf.
Fantastic-Fables by Bierce, Ambrose View in context
" "Forbear," said the Miller to him, "harping on what was of yore, for it is the common lot of mortals to sustain the ups and downs of fortune.
Fables by Aesop View in context
Pickwick, though able to sustain a very considerable amount of exertion and fatigue, was not proof against such a combination of attacks as he had undergone on the memorable night, recorded in the last chapter.
The Posthumous Papers Of The Pickwick Club by Dickens, Charles View in context
 
 
 
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