give somebody sustenance

People here turn to the land in the hope it will give them what they find nowhere else: sustenance and a chance for a decent life.

Great music gives us spiritual sustenance and gives us hope.

It is my task to heal the injured and give sustenance to the defenders.

As he sucked, it seemed to give him carnal sustenance.

As the men went forward with their rifles and packs of ammunition, each was given sustenance.

Perhaps the blood of those who had fallen here gave them sustenance.

They were hidden away with his remains, spread around him to give sustenance during his long wait.

These gods cannot give food or sustenance; it is no good putting them at the centre of one's life because they are powerless.

If purity of dedication to art were all, the evening's last scene gives sustenance.

But you must give true sustenance to my goblin or in three months I will be free of you.