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
• Some ideas rely on the first stars at the cosmic dawn to heat nearby clumps.
  — Paul Sutter, Space.com, 21 Apr. 2025
• 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
• India has not had to rely on Russia for a veto since the end of the Cold War.
  — Sumit Ganguly, The Conversation, 14 Apr. 2022
• That’s led to panic for many patients who rely on the drug.
  — Sonja Sharpstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 11 July 2022
• But the Mets rely on the depth of their lineup instead of one hitter.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 22 Apr. 2025
• The Detroit Tigers were forced to rely on their bullpen for six innings.
  — Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 16 Apr. 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
• This style may be formed when a child cannot rely on their parent to be there for their needs.
  — Allure, 21 Mar. 2022
• That top line is vicious, but the Huskies need not always rely on them.
  — Kat Cornetta, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Feb. 2023
• But injuries to Lovett and Verse have forced the Seminoles to rely on younger talent.
  — Matt Murschel, Orlando Sentinel, 8 Oct. 2022
• 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
• With city pools not opening for a while longer, some Chicagoans might choose to rely on public pools in the suburbs to beat the heat.
  — Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 16 June 2022
• 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
• People must rely on each other to ease the pain of McAdam's passing.
  — Rae Johnson, The Courier-Journal, 13 May 2022
• 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
• Trust in the Lord with all your heart; don’t rely on your own intelligence.
  — Elizabeth Berry, Woman's Day, 11 July 2022
• 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
• In Watson’s absence, the Browns will run the ball a lot, and rely heavily on their tight ends in the passing game.
  — cleveland, 9 Sep. 2022
• People who live along the Mekong rely on the river’s bounty for food and income.
  — New York Times, 18 May 2022
• Will people rely too much on AI assistants to get through the day?
  — Wyles Daniel, USA Today, 17 May 2025
• For the past three years, New York City beaches have relied on drones to detect sharks and riptides, and now the gizmos are being used to drop flotation devices on swimmers in trouble.
  — Henry Alford, New Yorker, 14 July 2025
• The proof relied on the same commonsense assumption that Paul and his colleagues had made decades earlier: Algorithms can’t store new data in space that’s already full.
  — Ben Brubaker, Wired News, 13 July 2025