- past perfect progressive of depend.
Example Sentences
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After almost a year, Hickman stopped sending the quotes, but Williams texted to keep them coming because he had been depending on those words.
From Washington Post • Jul. 5, 2021
He had been depending on a British high court judge – "his lordship" as he chose to put it – to give him the justice he sought.
From The Guardian • Jun. 26, 2012
In May this year M&B told investors it had ditched its long-standing auditors Ernst & Young, upon whom shareholders large and small had been depending to ensure a true and fair set of accounts.
From The Guardian • Jul. 17, 2011
That made her cry, because she had been depending on me.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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That made her cry, because she had been depending on me.
From "Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" by Jonathan Safran Foer
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