Noun
The act of sustaining; support; maintenance; subsistence; as, the sustenance of the body; the sustenance of life.
That which supports life; food; victuals; provisions; means of living; as, the city has ample sustenance.
Source: Webster's dictionaryYou shall create beauty not to excite the senses but to give sustenance to the soul. Gabriela Mistral
No religion has mandated killing others as a requirement for its sustenance or promotion. Abdul Kalam
When more of the people's sustenance is exacted through the form of taxation than is necessary to meet the just obligations of government and expenses of its economical administration, such exaction becomes ruthless extortion and a violation of the fundamental principles of free government. Grover Cleveland
People often become scholars for the same reason they become soldiers: simply because they are unfit for any other station. Their right hand has to earn them a livelihood; one might say they lie down like bears in winter and seek sustenance from their paws. Georg Christoph Lichtenberg
Live near water, and ask not about sustenance. Omani Proverb
By cultivating bottom land, you gain sustenance and goods. Sicilian Proverb