How to use rely in a sentence

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• With the lights out, she had to rely on touch to find her desk.From the entry touch
• Humankind relies on technology to keep average standard of living higher than it would otherwise be.From the entry technology
• The U.S. often relied on fixed elections to keep anti-communist dictatorships in power.From the entry fixed
• The lexical disambiguation relies on looking ahead to identify possible senses.From the entry disambiguation
• The studios still make films, but they rely on the strength of their distribution.From the entry studio
• In C, relying on a variable's value right after a malloc call is undefined behvaior.From the entry undefined
• Without a diploma, he relies on spiff alone to climb the corporate ladder.From the entry spiff
• The properties formerly relied on a well, but are now connected to the mains water supply.From the entry mains
• As a small nation without natural resources, Singapore relies on education and meritocracy to develop its economy.From the entry meritocracy
• Fire departments across the country have been forced to rely on rolling brownouts because of the recession.From the entry brownout
• The law firm relied heavily on Charlotte as its main rainmaker to bring in new clients.From the entry rainmaker
• The confirmation of the theory relied on evidence from the micrometazoan elements of the fossile record.From the entry micrometazoan
• Some salamanders are both gillless and lungless as adults, relying solely on cutaneous respiration to breathe.From the entry gillless
• The special forces operating in the area were relying heavily on night vision and smart weapon systems.From the entry night vision
• Patients with severe prosopagnosia rely on voice recognition to identify people.From the entry voice recognition
• Conway's construction of surreal numbers relies on the use of transfinite induction.From the entry surreal number
• The startup relied on micromentum from weekly feature releases to maintain user engagement.From the entry micromentum
• The gift shop relies on passing trade from tourists.From the entry trade
• Plants rely on the absorption of sunlight for photosynthesis.From the entry absorption
• She can be relied upon not to talk.From the entry talk
• Don't rely on that clock: it gains.From the entry gain
• The soldiers in the trenches rely on logistical support.From the entry trench
• The regime relied on political indoctrination in schools.From the entry indoctrination
• You could rely on him. His word was his bond.From the entry bond
• Jones apud Smith means that the original source is Jones, but that the author is relying on Smith for that reference.From the entry apud
• He relied heavily on the data collected by the others.From the entry heavily
• The police relied on an informer to catch the gang.From the entry informer
• Search engines rely on advanced IR techniques.From the entry IR
• Mother encouraged James to rely more on intelligence and less on testosterone to deal with the neighbor's son.From the entry testosterone
• Tom Pitella is a go-getter and does not rely on others to prove things in the field of mathematics to him.From the entry go-getter
• After failing to find a wife by 40, he had to rely on plan B, a mail-order bride.From the entry plan B
• I know I can rely on you.From the entry rely on
• Comedy often relies on flouting the norms of Gricean communication.From the entry Gricean
• It was a promise, but hedged in with so many ifs and buts that I wouldn't rely on it.From the entry hedge in
• I have given up planning altogether, relying instead on the chapter of accidents to reveal itself as it will.From the entry chapter of accidents
• File association in Microsoft Windows relies on the file extension.From the entry file association

Meaning of rely

1. verb To trust; to have confidence in.
2. verb To depend; to be dependent upon.
3. verb To be intellectually contingent from; to stem from.

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• Rely in Tamil
• Rely in Urdu
• Rely in Bengali
• Rely in Malayalam

Questions about rely in a sentence

How do you use rely in a sentence?

Rely is used as a verb. For example: “The city relies on the subway system.”

What is a short sentence with rely?

“Don't rely on that clock: it gains.”

What does rely mean?

Rely means to trust; to have confidence in.