MAINSTAY in a Sentence

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1. For now, even Mammy, her mainstay, had gone back to Tara.
2. Agriculture is still the mainstay of the country's economy.
3. Mammy had always been Wade's mainstay and her frown made him tremble.
4. This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.

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 Meanings and Examples of MAINSTAY
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mainstay
 n.  a prominent supporter; a central cohesive source of support and stability
Classic Sentence:
1  She was shining black, pure African, devoted to her last drop of blood to the O'Haras, Ellen's mainstay, the despair of her three daughters, the terror of the other house servants.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
2  Mammy had always been Wade's mainstay and her frown made him tremble.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
3  For now, even Mammy, her mainstay, had gone back to Tara.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LX
Example Sentence:
1  Agriculture is still the mainstay of the country's economy.
2  This principle of collective bargaining has been a mainstay in labor relations in this country.