How to Use reliant in a Sentence

reliant

adjective

• The Bulls have been less reliant on DeRozan this season than last.
  — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 24 Mar. 2023
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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
• 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 actors seem to be having fun, which makes a big difference in a film so reliant on special effects.
  — Christian Holub, EW.com, 29 Mar. 2023
• But the offensive formula, albeit more reliant on midrange jumpers and points in the paint, is similar to a year ago.
  — Jake Adams, The Courier-Journal, 15 Mar. 2023
• An industry that became reliant on franchises to sell tickets learned the hard way about too much of a good thing.
  — Rebecca Rubin, Variety, 28 Dec. 2023
• The Russian side, too, has been heavily reliant on artillery.
  — Mithil Aggarwal, NBC News, 1 Mar. 2023
• Even water supplies are reliant on energy from the sun to function.
  — Chao Deng, WSJ, 18 Oct. 2023
• The menu is somewhat reliant on kale but also keeps romaine, spinach and arugula in heavy rotation.
  — Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 15 June 2023
• On the surface, Eli Lilly’s announcement is wonderful news to the millions of patients who are reliant on its medicine.
  — Charlotte Kilpatrick, The New Republic, 3 Mar. 2023
• But unlike some of the other states, Michigan is still deeply reliant on coal, which provided the single largest share of its energy mix in 2021.
  — Jeremy Beaman, Washington Examiner, 18 Apr. 2023
• However, as Yong Cheng and Gao Wei become more and more reliant on it, a darker secret about it is being revealed.
  — Sophia Sun, Variety, 6 Nov. 2023
• And even as the state has implemented reforms that would have made seclusion less common, the Bean Center remained reliant on the practice.
  — Paige Pfleger, ProPublica, 16 Nov. 2023
• Many factories are reliant on each other for parts, Barra said.
  — Tom Krisher, ajc, 16 Sep. 2023
• Ford is reliant on Tesla to make enough adapters to meet demand — and the company is expecting supply to be limited in the early stages.
  — Andrew J. Hawkins, The Verge, 29 Feb. 2024
• Their legislation would also loosen rules around Union Square to help the struggling district be less reliant on big retail stores.
  — J.d. Morris, San Francisco Chronicle, 27 Mar. 2023
• His district, which borders New York, includes of a lot of commuters reliant on public transportation and working roads and bridges.
  — Lisa Hagen, Hartford Courant, 2 Jan. 2024
• Investors are reliant on ratings and need up-to-date information on their holdings.
  — Nic Querolo, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2023
• In doing that, there’s a bit of irony in San Diego becoming more reliant on Metropolitan.
  — Michael Smolens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 13 Dec. 2023
• My fingers fold the paper into a series of squares and triangles that are reliant on patience and precision.
  — Mallary Tenore Tarpley, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2023
• Apple allegedly undermines apps, products and services that could make a user less reliant on the iPhone, the release said.
  — Abigail Celaya, The Arizona Republic, 21 Mar. 2024
• As a result, the entirety of the look, everything from the couture confections to the subtle glow of the model's visages, was heavily reliant on catching the light down the runway at the show's venue, the Musée Rodin.
  — Roxanne Adamiyatt, Town & Country, 7 July 2023

Last Updated: 3 May 2024