Collocations for sustain - verb
ADV.
long
The soil was so badly eroded it could no longer sustain crop production.
The soil was so badly eroded it could no longer sustain crop production.
indefinitely | still
VERB + SUSTAIN
be able/unable to, can/could | help (to) | be difficult to, be hard to, be impossible to
This relationship would be very difficult to sustain.
This relationship would be very difficult to sustain.