depend
verb (used without object)
to rely; place trust (usually followed by on orupon ).
was depending
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past progressiveof depend.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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His op-ed was, depending on whom you asked, a frustrating or entertaining thought experiment, but it should never have been seen as real advice for the real world.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 10, 2024
“I was really upset because that was like income that I was depending on, even though it was just food stamps,” said Carney.
From Seattle Times ● Apr. 23, 2023
“I believed at that time that the only way to survive was to shift who I was depending on how dangerous of a room I was in,” he said.
From New York Times ● Mar. 2, 2023
What was worrisome was how different the information was depending on where you decided to get informed.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 18, 2022
This did worry me, because I was depending on fish to keep me alive until I got to my great-grandfather’s mountain, where I was going to make traps and catch game.
From "My Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
