Used in a Sentence

subsist

How to use subsist in a sentence. Example sentences and definitions for subsist.

Editorial note

But if not...well, we have our bread-and-butter search to subsist on.

Examples15
Definitions1
Parts of speech1

Quick take

support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

Meaning at a glance

The clearest senses and uses of subsist gathered in one view.

verb

support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

Definitions

Core meanings and parts of speech for subsist.

verb

support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

Example sentences

1

But if not...well, we have our bread-and-butter search to subsist on.

2

I subsist on 100% locally mined and tumbled Bitcoins.

3

Many workmen could not subsist a week, few could subsist a month, and scarce any a year without employment.

4

Many workmen could not subsist a week, few could subsist a month, and scarce any a year, without employment.

5

I'm not sure why you think that humanities professors at small liberal arts colleges subsist on tax-payer money.

6

That's perfectly consistent with not making it impossible to subsist on Oreos and Kit-Kats if you're determined to do so.

7

In fact, once you've got people out of self-sufficient lifestyles, the whole cycle runs itself: laborers require money wages merely to subsist!

8

Authors subsist increasingly on goodwill as pirating their products becomes easier and easier.

9

If you subsist on calorically dense processed foods that are purposefully engineered to be high in palatability then you are more likely to overeat.

10

Plato is trying to bridge these two theories: he wants to agree with Heraclitus that the world shows massive change, but also with Parmenides that not everything changes, and that something must subsist all the changing.

11

It's not the economic crisis that's forcing these folks out, as they mostly either subsist or are independently wealthy, and they're all pretty clear about it being due to their fears for the future viability of faring the oceans.

12

If you subsist on fast food, you're obviously on your way to health problems, but those problems might not include malnutrition because even fast food inputs are complex compared to something engineered from the most primitive possible inputs to specific macronutrient ratios.

13

When I was a vegetarian, and now as a near-vegetarian, I know some people might think I'm being black and white to subsist on beans and potato salad at a catered barbecue lunch, but I think I'm being plenty "gray" by eating beans from a barbecue joint without asking why they taste so darned good.

14

There are a number of beautiful places in the United States where it is possible for a person to subsist quite luxuriously on $1200/mo and preserve the ability to throw parties for friends, buy books and tools, etc. As of January a person with such income will have free Medicare in Oregon.

15

He sees then that a system of nature could indeed subsist with such a universal law although men ... should let their talents rest and resolve to devote their lives merely to idleness, amusement, and propagation of their species- in a word, to enjoyment; but he cannot possibly will that this should be a universal law of nature, or be implanted in us as such by a natural instinct.

Frequently asked questions

Short answers drawn from the clearest meanings and examples for this word.

How do you use subsist in a sentence?

But if not...well, we have our bread-and-butter search to subsist on.

What does subsist mean?

support oneself; "he could barely exist on such a low wage"; "Can you live on $2000 a month in New York City?"; "Many people in the world have to subsist on $1 a day"

What part of speech is subsist?

subsist is commonly used as verb.