Sustained
Sustained adjective - Maintained at length without interruption or weakening.
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Synonyms for Sustained
Worked and sustained are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Worked" instead an adjective "Sustained".
Nearby Word: sustaining
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Though they have worked odd jobs in the past, they mostly sustained themselves through crime and now live off Earl's lottery winnings, thus allowing them time to work on his list.
Source: One-Hour Work Week - If you happen to know what became of the killer whale, Keiko, who played Willy in the Free Willy films, and just how well freeing him for real worked, then the whole Free Willy trilogy becomes a sustained Funny Aneurysm.
Source: Funny Aneurysm Moment / Film -
While this probably wouldn't have worked since the Chaos Gods are sustained by emotion itself, the Chaos Gods still feared the Emperor of Mankind enough to directly interfere in the physical realm as opposed to acting indirectly through daemons and cultists just to throw a wrench in his plans.
Source: Arch-Enemy
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