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 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

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

So 'I was excused, and went down in the basement and said, "Now I am depending on mamma instead of God, and I will depend on God instead of mamma."

From The Man That Corrupted Hadleyburg and Other Stories by Twain, Mark