Subsistence example sentences

Related (5): sustainability, survival, livelihood, sustenance, self-sufficiency

"Subsistence" Example Sentences

The tribe adopted a semi-nomadic subsistence lifestyle.
Their entire subsistence depended on foraging wild plants.
The family struggled to make ends meet on his meager subsistence wages.
The community resorted to subsistence agriculture to feed itself.
They lived a subsistence existence, just barely scraping by.
The people turned to subsistence fishing to survive.
Her savings dwindled, and she was forced into a subsistence existence.
Hunting and gathering provided their main subsistence foods.
They practiced slash-and-burn subsistence farming to grow crops.
Subsistence farming allowed them to grow just enough food to survive.
The hunter-gatherer society lived by subsistence means for millennia.
The community turned to subsistence farming as a last resort.
They eked out a subsistence living through odd jobs and piecework.
Poverty forced them into a marginal subsistence existence.
Subsistence agriculturalists only grow enough to feed their families.
A subsistence crisis hit the region after the failed harvest.
Extreme poverty reduced many to a subsistence level of living.
They reverted to subsistence farming when the economy failed.
Once wealthy, the family now struggled to maintain a subsistence diet.
A lack of resources meant the soldiers lived on a subsistence ration.
Traditional subsistence activities sustained the culture for centuries.
Unemployment plunged the family into a desperate subsistence struggle.
After the storm, the village returned to subsistence fishing to survive.
The project aimed to improve subsistence yields for small farmers.
The community battled chronic subsistence shortages after the war.
Subsistence agriculture provided them with barely enough to eat.
Growing fruits and vegetables allowed them a basic subsistence diet.
Inflation eroded the value of his subsistence salary.
When crops failed, they reverted to subsistence hunting and gathering.
Subsistence farming could not meet the growing population's needs.
The traditional subsistence economy could not keep up with modern times.
Their staple subsistence crops included yams, cassava and plantains.
They ate a meager subsistence diet of rice and vegetables.
Subsistence farming barely met the villagers' basic needs.
Nomadic pastoralists relied on the movement of herds for subsistence.
Seasonal migration allowed them to find enough subsistence resources.
Many people still practice subsistence agriculture for their daily needs.
Their limited resources meant a subsistence existence with little surplus.
Growing enough to eat supported a subsistence existence for her family.
Tribespeople relied on hunting, gathering and fishing for subsistence.
Subsistence crises pushed many into indebtedness and poverty.
Inflation eroded the value of his small subsistence pension.
Poverty consigned many to a marginal subsistence living.
The economy could not provide enough jobs for more than subsistence wages.
Primitive tribes met their basic subsistence needs through foraging.
The country struggled with chronic subsistence food shortages.
Families resorted to subsistence farming when they lost outside employment.
Subsistence skills allowed some groups to survive harsh environments.
Nomadic movements followed subsistence resources across the landscape.
The refugees eked out a subsistence living in the camps.
Subsistence activities provided the bulk of their caloric intake.
Their income allowed for little more than subsistence purchases.
They scraped by on a meager subsistence income from odd jobs.
Subsistence crises often followed natural disasters.
Subsistence demands shaped their seasonal movements and migrations.
Her illness meant she could no longer support herself at even a subsistence level.
She resigned herself to a marginal subsistence living in the village.
They struggled to maintain an adequate subsistence yield from their land.
Subsistence farmers operated at the bare margins of survival.
Market integration threatened traditional subsistence livelihoods.