How to Use reliant in a Sentence

reliant

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• The Celtics are reliant on the three early in this game.
  — Katie McInerney, BostonGlobe.com, 13 May 2022
• After all, both the corn and the panels are reliant on the sun.
  — Sarah Bowman, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Sep. 2022
• The Bulls have been less reliant on DeRozan this season than last.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
• But Payne needs one or both to be aggressive in the paint and less reliant on the jump shot.
  — Brett Dawson, The Courier-Journal, 3 Nov. 2022
• For stretches of the season, the Sabres have been too reliant on the top line for offense.
  — Matthew Fairburn, The Athletic, 30 Nov. 2024
• His firm deals more with high-end clients that are less reliant on home loans.
  — Dallas News, 3 Mar. 2023
• Because the Dolphins are so reliant on the middle of the field, Sanders is a perfect match.
  — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 5 Mar. 2024
• Blackburn isn’t reliant on strikeouts to get the job done.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 3 Aug. 2024
• The people reliant on the platform are the ones that matter to me, and, arguably, are the ones who should matter to you too.
  — Alan Henry, WIRED, 23 Dec. 2022
• There’s a reason Ukraine was so reliant on shipping and Black Sea ports to get its wheat out of the country.
  — Tristan Bove, Fortune, 10 May 2022
• Although still reliant on the health of Joel Embiid, Philly remains a threat to win the East.
  — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 5 July 2024
• The Hurricanes are much more reliant on the 3pt shot and Texas has held teams under 30% from long distance.
  — Jeremy Cluff, The Arizona Republic, 25 Mar. 2023
• He was asked the natural follow-up: Is this team too reliant upon the three?
  — Christopher L. Gasper, BostonGlobe.com, 31 May 2023
• Bangladesh and Nepal are reliant on India for wheat imports.
  — New York Times, 14 June 2022
• The way state laws are set up, cities like Milwaukee have become reliant on those funds.
  — Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 26 May 2023
• Deer, frog, salamander and bat species are just some of the wildlife reliant on Kentucky's wetlands.
  — Connor Giffin, The Courier-Journal, 26 May 2023
• The result: The American effort to combat the flow of drugs had become more and more reliant on one man.
  — Nick Miroff, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2022
• Workers in their 20s and 30s have ended up reliant on oxygen tanks and in need of lung transplants.
  — Emily Alpert Reyes, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
• Penn State is a unicorn of a basketball team, so reliant on 3s and wide-open offense.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 11 Mar. 2023
• Football, less reliant on travel teams, costs about half as much.
  — Kurt Streeter, New York Times, 2 Dec. 2022
• Even before the war, roughly two-thirds of Gazans were reliant on food aid, according to the World Food Program.
  — Patrick Reevell, ABC News, 31 Jan. 2024
• Still, Ukraine, reliant on the West for weaponry and funding, faces short-term pressures that Russia does not.
  — Andrew E. Kramer, New York Times, 13 Dec. 2023
• The main downside is that the connection can falter since they are reliant on a strong WiFi signal.
  — Rachel Rothman, Good Housekeeping, 10 Feb. 2023
• The investment firm said HP would be reliant on stock buybacks to grow earnings per share in the coming years.
  — Alex Harring, CNBC, 27 Sep. 2024
• These are the things that have to happen in an economy that is reliant on fossil fuels.
  — Robin Rose Parker, Washington Post, 14 June 2022
• In the same way, when pop divas turn to dance for late-career musical shifts, the songs are now reliant on both club play and radio.
  — Kyle Denis, Billboard, 8 Aug. 2022
• Brokers, reliant upon deals, were forced to wait, which is something very few of us were good at doing.
  — Allen Buchanan, Orange County Register, 24 Feb. 2024
• The pines are almost completely reliant on the nutcracker because their cones do not open when the seeds are ripe.
  — Michael Kohn | The Bulletin, oregonlive, 15 Dec. 2022
• Arsenal are reliant on corners, lack cutting edge in open play and are without Bukayo Saka for the foreseeable future.
  — Liam Tharme, The Athletic, 31 Dec. 2024
• This two-hour fever dream oozes charm and originality, and its laugh-out-loud writing is complemented by an incredible voice cast featuring, but certainly not reliant on, the iconic Matt Berry.
  — Matt Gardner, Forbes, 1 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 17 Jan 2025