( of an electric arc); " heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs"

maintained at length without interruption or weakening; " sustained flight"

( of an electric arc) continuous; " heat transfer to the anode in free burning arcs"

of Sustain

Held up to a certain pitch, degree, or level; uniform; as, sustained pasion; a sustained style of writing; a sustained note in music.

Uniform.

Kept up.

When I doubted every human being, then I thought of you, and was comforted and sustained – Old Fritz and the New Era by Louise Muhlbach

But his power is ill- sustained as the following extract will show:- Margaret. – A History of English Literature Elizabethan Literature by George Saintsbury

On the birth of her youngest child, the Lady Marian, the Countess of Pendennyss sustained a shock in her health from which she never wholly recovered: she became nervous, and lost most of her energy both of mind and body. – Precaution by James Fenimore Cooper

One of the guests, whom he had invited to meet us, understood English; and the conversation was sustained in that language, and in Spanish. – Journal of an African Cruiser by Horatio Bridge

8. What losses had North Carolina sustained in this campaign. – School History of North Carolina by John W. Moore

I should have sunk upon the floor, had he not stepped to me and sustained me in his arms. – Jane Talbot by Charles Brockden Brown

The bad character of slavery becomes yet more apparent, if we consider the manner in which it has chiefly originated and been sustained – Three Prize Essays on American Slavery by R. B. Thurston A.C. Baldwin Timothy Williston

The thought of her old father, almost helpless, and the cruel wrong they had each sustained brought a sudden flood of resentment, and borne on this same current was self- possession and assurance. – The Man from Jericho by Edwin Carlile Litsey

His faith in his luck sustained him. – A Damsel in Distress by Pelham Grenville Wodehouse

What hope had sustained him, what memory of Joan, what purpose of tenderness toward her- these hopes and memories and purposes now choked and twisted him. – The Branding Iron by Katharine Newlin Burt

She faced him as she had faced him in the old days with a courage that sustained itself. – The Keeper of the Door by Ethel M. Dell

The appearance was that of strain, of nerves stretched in some purpose long sustained – The Covered Wagon by Emerson Hough

The defences of the town were sorely tried in the Civil War, when for three weeks it sustained the attacks of the rebels. – Vanishing England by P. H. Ditchfield

I recollect asking Mr. Laurenson if he sustained any loss by treating the men with confidence and giving them the money, and to the best of my recollection he said he did not. – Second Shetland Truck System Report by William Guthrie

In theory it was supposed to be capable of being sustained in the air by virtue of the speed mechanically imparted to it, and of the angle at which its advancing under surface would meet the air. – The Dominion of the Air by J. M. Bacon

Variety takes the place of sustained attention. – Literature for Children by Orton Lowe

How am I to be sustained through this dreary journey of life? – Nature and Art by Mrs. Inchbald

Her son sustained her, and assisted her to sit down. – The Wandering Jew, Book II. by Eugene Sue

It was the prize for the best sustained character, which the host had offered his guests in a frivolous mood. – The Missing Link by Edward Dyson

" Hang it, that's a bad start," he laughed when he found the machine had sustained no injury, but it took him a good five minutes to get it up again, and after that he was more careful. – With Haig on the Somme by D. H. Parry