Relied

Examples

• She is so absolutely to be relied on as that? Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Mr. Skimpole relied upon us-- Lord bless you, my dear boy! Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Each side had to train men in ability to study and expound the records which were relied upon. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• Every mile he advanced also gave us possession of stores on which Lee relied. Ulysses S. Grant. Personal Memoirs of U. S. Grant.
• The tender compassion of Jesus is recalled and relied on; the faded eye, gazing beyond time, sees a home, a friend, a refuge in eternity. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• Are coals to be relied upon? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• After that testimony from a man whose knowledge was to be relied on, the Sergeant was silent. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• While books and conversation can do much, these agencies are usually relied upon too exclusively. John Dewey. Democracy and Education.
• His skill was relied on by many paying patients, but he always regarded himself as a failure: he had not done what he once meant to do. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• This was a dire blow to poor Elizabeth, who had relied with firmness upon Justine's innocence. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• I confess to you that I had doubts, at first, whether you were to be implicitly relied upon, but now I firmly believe you are. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Geoffroy seems to have relied chiefly on the conditions of life, or the monde ambiant as the cause of change. Charles Darwin. On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection.
• The draft was duly honoured, and the attorney, finding that his strange client might be safely relied upon, commenced his work in earnest. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• She deposited her appalling doubts in my hands; she relied on my judgment, and was comforted by my participation in her sorrow. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I fancy that he had taken steps to make that draught efficacious, and that he quite relied upon your being unconscious. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• I relied on your innocence; and although I was then very wretched, I was not so miserable as I am now. Mary Shelley. Frankenstein_Or_The Modern Prometheus.
• Ah, you see he has relied on me considerably. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• The Egyptian em balmers relied on the preservative properties of common salt, wine, aromatics, myrrh, cassia, etc. Walter Libby. An Introduction to the History of Science.
• The king relied on his army, and this was usually a mercenary army of foreigners, speedily mutinous if there was no pay or plunder, and easily bribed. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• His care was the soul, to move the luckless crowd, who relied wholly on him. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• Both relied successfully upon the power of the written word to link great multitudes of diverse men together in common enterprises. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• You're more to be relied upon than silver and gold. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• If corn is not to be relied upon, what is? Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• So absolutely to be relied on as that. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• It was another huge medley of contingents, and it relied for its chief force upon that now antiquated weapon, the war chariot. H. G. Wells. The Outline of History_Being a Plain History of Life and Mankind.
• Are you sure they can be relied on? Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• Am I so little to be relied upon? Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Augusta, he said, turning pale and laying down his fork, have you any other reason for thinking that Bencomb is less to be relied on than he was? Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• To divert his thoughts from this melancholy subject, I informed Mr. Micawber that I relied upon him for a bowl of punch, and led him to the lemons. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Nearly all of these early reapers relied upon scythes or cutters with a rotary motion or vibrating shears. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.

Edited by Guthrie