Definitions For Sustained

adjective

  • (of an electric arc) continuous
  • Maintained at length without interruption or weakening

verb

  • To provide what is needed for (something or someone) to exist, continue, etc.
  • To hold up the weight of (something)
  • To deal with or experience (something bad or unpleasant)

Is Sustained a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
10
Words with Friends
12

The word Sustained is worth 10 points in Scrabble and 12 points in Words with Friends

Examples of Sustained in a Sentence

  • Hope sustained us during that difficult time.
  • The roof, unable to sustain the weight of all the snow, collapsed.
  • The army sustained heavy losses.

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