subsisted

He was changed, He no longer constituted a proper body, such as subsisted after the combination with it of the divine body.

NPNF2-08. Basil: Letters and Select Works 1895

These recruits are clothed, equipped with arms and ammunition, and "subsisted" with daily rations of rice, oil, etc., but are not otherwise paid.

The English Governess at the Siamese Court Being Recollections of Six Years in the Royal Palace at Bangkok Anna Harriette Leonowens 1874

We subsisted on little food, clothing and medical care.

Ralph Levenberg: Congress Is Missing in Action for the POWs/MIAs Ralph Levenberg 2011

Confederate soldiers subsisted on a pint of corn meal, a quarter pound of beef, and an occasional cup of sorghum per day.

Between War and Peace Col. Matthew Moten 2011

These qualities were so important to Maddux, it was almost as though he subsisted on them entirely.

In the Time of Bobby Cox Lang Whitaker 2011

According to these urban sophisticates many of them transplants from the hinterlands themselves, we Hoosiers subsisted on potato-chip casserole.

Day of Honey Annia Ciezadlo 2011

The Tasmanians subsisted largely by hunting seals, red-necked wallabies (a close relative of the kangaroo), and wombats (a four-legged, furry marsupial).

In the Valley of the Shadow James L. Kugel 2011

Washington sent a wampum belt and speech to the sachems of the Tuscaroras in August, “to assure you of our real friendship and love—and to confirm & strengthen that chain of friendship, which has subsisted between us for so many ages past.”

George Washington’s First War David A. Clary 2011

He hadn't been able to work since, and the family subsisted on Social Security disability and Rhonda's paltry earnings as a free-lance editor.

Whiplash William Doreski 2011

Mental Floss has subsisted with a staff of fewer than 20 people and relies on a stable of contributing journalists to fill the magazine.

British Publisher Buys Mental Floss Russell Adams 2011