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Example sentences for "depended upon"

  • It is incredible, if their account is to be depended upon, what a prodigious number of those creatures were destroyed.

  • The only item besides passengers to be depended upon on the return trip, was wheat.

  • Mine was long enough, but unfortunately it had the same dimensions both ways, and was not to be depended upon in these finer transactions.

  • From Kingstone-upon-Thames, the following Letter is very particular, and the truth of it may be depended upon.

  • Wooddeson From Minehead in Somersetshire, and Swanzy in Wales, the following Accounts are to be depended upon.

  • Knowlton's men, who had done nobly, were ready for another brush, and there were troops at hand who could be depended upon to behave well under any circumstances.

  • If the row-boats only were to be depended upon, all the troops could not be ferried over before morning.

  • Yet Washington, strangely, we may say, expressed the conviction that he could hold both provided his troops could be depended upon.

  • This rule of constancy is rarely broken and may generally be depended upon.

  • This rule is so constant that it may be depended upon.

  • The good breeder watches what kind of squabs each pair produces and keeps selecting the best from time to time until he has a loft full which may be depended upon.

  • Whatever it was, Joan concluded, it could not be depended upon.

  • He had come into the game and, once in, Martin could be depended upon.

  • Doris could be depended upon for a few strenuous months if her friends turned to and helped her as they should.

  • Martin had the look in his eyes with which he scanned the face of a patient who could not be depended upon to describe his own symptoms.

  • Mexican sheep herders could not be depended upon to protect their flocks from bears.

  • The open glade in the forest was favorable for herding the sheep at night, and the dogs could be depended upon to guard the flock, and in most cases to drive predatory beasts away.

  • These two denizens of the woods could be depended upon to espy the wariest hunter and make known his presence to their kind.

  • We depended upon Harper's Ferry and Berlin for supplies until the Manassas Gap Railway was reached.

  • These brief summaries are reliable from the absence of all exaggeration, but cannot be depended upon by the historian, for a very singular reason, namely, that almost invariably the Confederate successes are understated.

  • At Chancellorsville and elsewhere the odds had been nearly as great, and a glance at his gaunt veterans showed him that they might still be depended upon for a struggle as obstinate as any in the past history of the war.

  • As a fielder he was very fair, and as, a batsman above the average, so far as strength went, though not always to be depended upon as certain to land upon the ball.

  • He was always to be depended upon, worked hard, was a sure catch, a good fielder and a first-class wielder of the ash.

  • I was to manage this club and manage that club; I was to play here and play there, and, in fact, there was scarcely anything that I was not going to do if the reporters' statements could be depended upon.

  • He was a conscientious player, however, and one that could always be depended upon to play the best ball that he was capable of.

  • The general opinion about these persons is that they love turning things over, and that their truth cannot be depended upon.

  • When he first came to the throne, he reminds the nun, he was only sixteen, and, quite naturally in his inexperience, depended upon a man of more knowledge than himself.

  • I think, Mrs. Daney, that I may be depended upon to follow my own inclinations in this matter.

  • Her woman's intuition told Nan that Donald McKaye was not to be depended upon to conserve the honor of the McKaye family by refraining from considering an alliance with her.

  • If I am called upon to approve illiberal or sham legislation, then I am not to be depended upon.

  • On more than one occasion its life depended upon a single hand, and once it was decided that that hand should be withdrawn.

  • If I am called upon to support a reactionary and antiquated policy, then I am not to be depended upon.

  • Parliament as a member who could not be depended upon.

  • But Memorial Church could be depended upon to remedy that very soon, for they were contemplating a great revival meeting to begin as soon as a competent evangelist could be secured.

  • An engineer in charge of large gangs in Galveston says he never would employ Negroes if he could help it, because they cannot be depended upon to rush work in an emergency.

  • While durability and substantiality are no doubt excellent features of machinery of all kinds, and in connection with British-made goods have always been much depended upon, it is quite possible to carry the virtue too far.

  • The hills which surround the plain of San Salvador are covered with verdure, which keeps its colour and freshness owing to the heavy dews which fall and the absence of dust, while a fair amount of rain can always be depended upon.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "depended upon" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
    chronic diseases; considering everything; dear godfather; depended upon; evergreen tree; fair view; feet black; good account; great masses; hurt them; leaved variety; more difficult; much nearer; peace footing; physiological units; posterior margin; promised myself; pure cultures; quite sure; sacred right; trodden under; your brother