depend
verb (used without object)
to rely; place trust (usually followed by on orupon ).
am depending
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present progressiveof depend (1st person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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“I am depending on them to do their job and do it in a fair way.”
From Seattle Times ● May 14, 2022
“I am depending upon surveys and on information that has come from the industry itself,” he said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 26, 2010
I am depending upon the firm recommitment of the two leaders and their subordinates to carry out both the letter and spirit of the Camp David agreement.
From Time Magazine Archive
I am depending on you not to make your salary list so heavy that the play will have to be taken off in a fortnight unless it attracts capacity every time .
From Time Magazine Archive
The brute knows I am depending upon him—and what on earth am I to do now about Liza?
From Uncle's dream; And The Permanent Husband by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
