Example Sentences

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His relatives were depending on the money he used to earn in Sudan.

From BBC • May 13, 2023

“The economic blitzkrieg, the onslaught they were depending upon, did not work,” he said.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 12, 2022

He also wanted them to know that people were depending on the proclamation to happen.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 18, 2022

She said countries like hers were depending on the summit to get it right.

From New York Times • Nov. 8, 2021

Anthony encouraged her, telling her that the women of New York were depending “upon her bending all her powers to move the hearts of our law-givers at this time.”

From "Votes for Women!" by Winifred Conkling