How to Use rely in a Sentence

rely

verb

• Is there any pass rush that can be relied on?
  — Jon MacHota, New York Times, 27 May 2026
• And much of the world relies on oil from the Gulf.
  — Npr Staff, NPR, 8 Mar. 2026
• Don’t rely on tone or timing to smooth it over.
  — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2026
• Many already rely on food pantries to fill the gap.
  — Marissa Meador, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
• Fans of all ages and skin types rely on the Nivea body cream.
  — Kyra Surgent, InStyle, 22 Feb. 2026
• As long as the buds stay closed, the tree has to rely on food stored up last fall.
  — Beth Botts, chicagotribune.com, 13 Mar. 2022
• Most of the best forecheckers don’t rely on big hits.
  — Corey Masisak, Denver Post, 5 Apr. 2026
• Tammy relies on all the tools in her tool kit to help her boys.
  — Libby Smith, CBS News, 22 Apr. 2026
• Don’t rely solely on your cell phone.
  — Paloma Chavez, Sacbee.com, 26 Sep. 2025
• Don’t rely solely on your cell phone.
  — Paloma Chavez, Idaho Statesman, 3 Oct. 2025
• This is the kind of stretch where the Leafs will need to rely on two goalies.
  — Joshua Kloke, New York Times, 9 Nov. 2025
• But Forest cannot rely on the old guard alone.
  — Paul Taylor, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2026
• Players rely on crutches to run but cannot use them to touch the ball.
  — ABC News, 17 July 2026
• Each of these proofs, in turn, has relied on other proofs to make its point, and so on.
  — Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
• Don’t rely on a fan if the heat index is in the 90s.
  — Allison Palmer, Sacbee.com, 24 June 2026
• Then, the liwik would have relied on metal tools to craft it.
  — Maria Mocerino, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2025
• This style may be formed when a child cannot rely on their parent to be there for their needs.
  — Allure, 21 Mar. 2022
• Some ideas rely on the first stars at the cosmic dawn to heat nearby clumps.
  — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2025
• How much to rely on that bot – and when to let go – is a moral quandary for the surgeon.
  — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 11 Oct. 2025
• Do not use soap and water to wash your face and rely on more gentle cleansers.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 23 June 2026
• And when the offer comes, don’t rely on flattery.
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• Waze can be used to find lower gas prices, but the app relies on users to report prices.
  — Dj Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 17 June 2026
• In short, a captain can be relied upon.
  — Stuart James, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
• Bees can see colors well and rely on vision to find nectar.
  — Patricia S York, Southern Living, 29 Apr. 2026
• Many drivers tend to overly rely on the system and check out.
  — Tom Krisher, Fortune, 7 May 2024
• That top line is vicious, but the Huskies need not always rely on them.
  — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• Friday night, the Bobcats will need to rely on that to come away with a win.
  — Ben Thomas | [email protected], al, 20 Oct. 2022
• In both cases, Khamenei had to rely on the Guards to crush the protests.
  — Brady Knox, The Washington Examiner, 28 Mar. 2026
• Milrem’s vision does not rely on one large group of robots.
  — Sujita Sinha, Interesting Engineering, 17 June 2026
• With a lot of the story told through the archive, Howard relied on the footage.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 24 June 2024