Examples of mainstay in a Sentence

Fish is a mainstay of their diet. My mother has always been the mainstay of our family.

Recent Examples on the Web The Navy air base, which opened in 1943, was a mainstay of round-the-clock, antisubmarine surveillance in World War II and the Cold War, eventually closing in 2011. — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 22 May 2022 This casual restaurant and bar offers burgers and Mexican fare by chef Libby Favela, a mainstay of the Anderson Valley community, as well as a shortlist of local wines and beers. — Lettie Teague, WSJ, 12 May 2022 There’s a wonderful cameo by a Raimi mainstay, stunning visuals, and complex worldbuilding with deep in-world lore. — Jeff Ewing, Forbes, 3 May 2022 Streetwear brand Supreme, however, regularly embarks on such partnerships—and its latest finds the NYC mainstay exploring a European sensibility. — Shelby Ying Hyde, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Nov. 2021 The family-run business became a mainstay beginning in the days when travelers were far between on SOM Center Road. — cleveland, 13 May 2022 In the over two decades since, her voice, face and reportage became a mainstay for Palestinian audiences. — Steve Hendrix, Sufian Taha, Shira Rubin, Anchorage Daily News, 11 May 2022 Over a three decade career, Olson became a mainstay of American TV series, with appearances in Have Gun Will Travel, Kung Fu, Lancer, The Virginian, McCloud, Gunsmoke, Ironside, Mannix, Maude and The Bionic Woman, among other shows. — Etan Vlessing, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 May 2022 Just as Cindy Crawford's daughter Kaia Gerber became a mainstay of the runway, so too is Brooke Shields's daughter Grier Henchy following in her mother's modeling footsteps. — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 12 Apr. 2022 See More

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