Meanings of subsist almost in English

Daily papers subsist almost exclusively upon the latter; other papers require both.

The wandering Arabs subsist almost entirely upon bread, wild herbs, and milk.

They feared nothing, had nothing to lose, and could subsist almost upon nothing.

Among spiders, however, as among birds, we find that certain groups subsist almost entirely upon ants.

Indeed, the lower class of the Spaniards subsist almost entirely upon fruit, the produce of the country.

Most of the male inhabitants work on rubber & copra plantations & subsist almost entirely on rice.

The art of preserving meat in tins had not been discovered, and they were forced to subsist almost entirely upon salt meat.

Once, in time of war, a foreign army subsisted almost entirely on them.

They subsisted almost wholly on the flesh of the buffalo.

In fact, they subsisted almost entirely upon that great ruminant.

For some months Pendlam's family subsisted almost entirely upon funds advanced him by that rascal Clodman.

Economically, the connection between Ireland and Great Britain, always close, has become such that to-day Ireland subsists almost wholly upon the English market.

"You know, Doctor," said Hatteras, as they returned to the hut, "the polar bears subsist almost entirely on seals.