Though the family often subsisted on government relief, much of the money went for art supplies.

In parts of Western Nepal, many indigenous families subsist as farm laborers.

For years the family subsisted on little more than bread and tea.

I expected that Deborah's family, like many I encountered in inner cities, subsisted on all the high empty calories that food stamps could buy.

Hodgson's father died shortly thereafter, of throat cancer, leaving the family impoverished; while William was away, the family subsisted largely on charity.

Her young family subsisted on food stamps and vouchers from the federal subsidy program, WIC.

Over the eight years of their marriage, the family subsisted on welfare and Mike's occasional earnings as a freelance mechanic.

Neither worked, and the family subsisted on welfare.

Even during the rainy season, the soil is often too dry to grow corn or other vegetables, and her family must often subsist on milk.

Health workers almost never visit the shantytowns, where unemployment is almost universal and families subsist on government handouts.