depend
verb (used without object)
to rely; place trust (usually followed by on orupon ).
had depended
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past perfectof depend.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Additional targets were hit in Kuwait and the United Arab Emirates—also part of the supply chain that the Navy had depended on for decades.
From Slate ● Aug. 19, 2026
Previously, Athenian military enterprise had depended on a small elite, men wealthy enough to provide horses to serve as cavalry or to equip themselves as hoplites, a type of armored infantry.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Mar. 8, 2026
Until then, he had depended on clothes given to him, she said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jun. 7, 2023
Manveen Singh said she had no choice but to shut Tandoor Palace, her 27-year-old Indian restaurant on Fulton Street, after the pandemic took away the downtown office workers she had depended on.
From New York Times ● Sep. 4, 2021
Among the stuff reported to the class was a list of the countries that had depended on oracles to help the rulers decide how to run things.
From "The Egypt Game" by Zilpha Keatley Snyder
