Depend (upon)

Usage examples of rely.

In affairs of marriage both parties should rely to a great extent on the advice of friends, for mere marriages of inclination are often unhappy.

Relying on the anarchy in France and his arrangements with the Duke of Burgundy, and hoping by military successes to unite the English behind the house of Lancaster, Henry V took up the old war and the threadbare claim to the French crown which had not gained in validity by passing to him through a usurper.

We had relied on our current textbook understanding of the disease: Inhalational anthrax disease does not occur unless there is direct inhalation of more than ten thousand spores.

Perhaps our intelligence relied on the same methods to decide when and where to do extensive air or arty prep along the road.

Priizily because people in the market for an automobile rely upon an Mmnment that contains a lot of automobile messages--the car and assified section of the paper!

I hasted to take her my reply in my own person, and promised not to neglect her, assuring her that at all hazards she might rely on me.

The smooth, gray iron tips gleamed dully in the torchlight, round and barbless, the weapon relying on sheer force of impact, rather than the shredding effect of the warhead for its killing capacity.

The eccentric Bedwell, and the drunk pornographer Thomson, were perhaps not entirely to be relied on.

Would it be the Bellan way, with little from the Birrak, a direct shift to post-voluminates, relying on incredibly elaborate credenza to hold everything together?

Whereas Henthas could always be counted on to resort to lies, betrayal, and brutality, Numar relied on reason and persuasion.

Dismantled by Colonel James, the Blockhouse had now been put into repair, and was garrisoned and provided with ammunition, its commander being Colonel Blague, on whose courage and fidelity Charles could perfectly rely.

But experience shows that in firing it is better to rely habitually on the Breeching, and use the Compressors to assist.

Not having a cooling unit in his quarters had mattered since Kurdish rebels had knocked out the electricity three weeks before, forcing Manesh to rely on diesel-powered generators to provide electricity for the hangar and the communications bunker.

This memorial to Manion the Innocent offered comfort and protection against demon machines, but Jool Noret preferred to rely on his own fighting abilities, as he had done on Ix more than a year ago.

Margery usually dozed in her chair, and it was while dozing that Margery could be relied on to be even more indiscreet than usual.