How to Use rely in a Sentence

rely

verb

• With a lot of the story told through the archive, Howard relied on the footage.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 June 2024
• Dykes said the team would need to rely on their strengths: speed and getting the ball down the field.
  — Dallas News, 23 Dec. 2022
• Hence, the keyboard doesn’t need to rely on the PC’s graphics card to run the video.
  — PCMAG, 20 Dec. 2022
• Friday night, the Bobcats will need to rely on that to come away with a win.
  — Ben Thomas | [e-mail], al, 20 Oct. 2022
• The Buckeyes may soon need to rely on the freshman in a bigger way.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 12 Nov. 2022
• Somebody is dead, and the details are sketchy, with only the word of the prison system to rely on.
  — John Archibald | [e-mail], al, 21 Oct. 2022
• That top line is vicious, but the Huskies need not always rely on them.
  — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• Still, most rely on a wiping pad that sits on the sidelines of N.B.A. arenas.
  — Kris Rhim, New York Times, 27 May 2023
• That’s because the birds rely on the termites to maintain the structure and keep it intact.
  — Carlyn Kranking, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Sep. 2024
• The Giants need to get off to a good start and not rely on the third quarter, though that has proven to be a reliable script.
  — Kyle Neddenriep, The Indianapolis Star, 24 Mar. 2023
• Many drivers tend to overly rely on the system and check out.
  — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 7 May 2024
• For the Armstrong family’s side of the story, Chim had to rely on the public record.
  — Chris Klimek, Smithsonian Magazine, 15 May 2023
• Both victims relied on the the train or bus, and were killed in an unprovoked attack.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 20 May 2024
• The medical examiner in the case relied on the lung float test.
  — Duaa Eldeib, ProPublica, 28 Nov. 2023
• Not a frame of this film is set in Japan; Nolan relies on his leading man to suffer the fallout in spirit.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 20 July 2023
• Far from all CEOs rely on intuition and the echo chamber in the return to office.
  — Gleb Tsipursky, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2023
• The coaches agreed that the Jaguars and Rebels rely on offenses that are productive from the top of the order through No. 9.
  — Mike Perrin | , al, 4 May 2023
• Most of us rely on counter-top air poppers or microwaves to whip up a tasty popcorn snack.
  — Jennifer Ouellette, Ars Technica, 27 Dec. 2022
• Yeni’s mother, Leticia, relied on her daughter to help care for the rest of the family.
  — Stephania Taladrid, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• The latter relies on a 48-volt setup that adjusts stiffness to better balance the car at speed in the turns.
  — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 13 Feb. 2024
• Reese will rely on those returning players to help newer and younger Terps get up to speed, the coach said.
  — Taylor Lyons, Baltimore Sun, 11 Feb. 2023
• There will be times the Celtics need to rely on their defense, which has been better in December.
  — Gary Washburn, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Dec. 2022
• Rookie watch Da Silva, the No. 18 pick, relied on his craftiness in the paint and ability to cut.
  — Jason Beede, Orlando Sentinel, 27 Dec. 2024
• But while water mills rely on the movement of the tide, PacWave will be focusing on surface waves in the open ocean, Hales said.
  — Julia Jacobo, ABC News, 4 Dec. 2024
• Both teams will need to rely on Week 18 and a little help to firmly lock up their playoff seeding.
  — Jaylon Thompson, USA TODAY, 3 Jan. 2023
• The building still relies on old boiler systems for heat.
  — Angela Palermo, Idaho Statesman, 16 May 2024
• Take the front seat in your business and know that every decision and action will rely on you.
  — Pascal Bachmann, Forbes, 13 Feb. 2023
• The Navy relied on her to help understand the tides and the beaches that officers would be facing in the Pacific.
  — Time, 1 Aug. 2023
• The traditional Lebanese houses with green shutters and red-tiled roofs were now splattered with mustard-yellow signage for OMT, one of the services the diaspora relies on to send money home from abroad.
  — Youmna Melhem Chamieh, Harper's Magazine, 2 Jan. 2025
• The industry and exhibitors rely on the streamer who is committed to theatrical for mass appealing and mid-mass appealing counterprogramming.
  — Anthony D'alessandro, Deadline, 1 Jan. 2025

Last Updated: 19 Jan 2025