DEPENDABILITY in a Sentence

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If thou meanest yonder Saxon churls," said Front-de-Boeuf, "their ransom will depend upon other terms than thine.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEPENDABILITY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dependability
 n.  the quality of being dependable or reliable
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  This gave the hunter little uneasiness, however, for there was game to be had among the mountains, and he had frequently before had to depend upon his rifle for the needs of life.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART II: CHAPTER V. THE AVENGING ANGELS
2  The whole management and organisation of this farm depend on us.
Animal Farm By George Orwell
Context  Highlight   In Chapter III
3  You may depend upon it, sir," he told Mr. Utterson: "I have him in my hand.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE CAREW MURDER CASE
4  There was never a day when, if you had said to me, 'Jekyll, my life, my honour, my reason, depend upon you,' I would not have sacrificed my left hand to help you.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
5  If thou meanest yonder Saxon churls," said Front-de-Boeuf, "their ransom will depend upon other terms than thine.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
6  That's our civilization and our education: bring up the masses to depend entirely on spending money, and then the money gives out.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 19
7  After all that I said to her as we came along, I thought she would have behaved better; I told her how much might depend upon her acquitting herself well at first.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
8  Luckily the strength of the piece did not depend upon him.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
9  Her temper he had good reason to depend on and to praise.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXX
10  This is my modest request and expectation, for you are so good, that I depend upon being treated better than I deserve, and I write now to beg an immediate answer.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
11  Yes,' said the Jew; 'that is, unless they should unexpectedly come across any, when they are out; and they won't neglect it, if they do, my dear, depend upon it.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
12  You may depend upon it,' said Giles, 'that that gate stopped the flow of the excitement.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVIII
13  'You may depend upon me, young man,' answered Mr. Bumble, bowing himself gradually towards the ladder, with excessive politeness.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVIII
14  To be able to do that, you depend upon me.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
15  To keep my little business all snug, I depend upon you.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIII
Example Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
16  He proposes unspecified tariffs on imports from Third-World nations that depend on cheap labor.
17  Animals depend on plant material for food.
18  The risk and severity of sunburn depend on the body's natural skin colour.
19  Which format a participant should choose will depend upon his or her career stage, work situation and individual learning style.
20  Half the university research posts depend on outside funding.
21  The future of the company will depend crucially on how consumers respond.
22  Many species of tree depend on the wind for pollination.
23  But pretty soon they see that long-legged undertaker make a sign to the preacher as much as to say, "Don't you worry -- just depend on me.
24  And in a country where people depend on natural sources of water, people will definitely become poorer.
25  The fraud depended on hundreds of bank accounts being opened on behalf of straw men.
26  The organization depended heavily on voluntary help.
27  Those sneaky lawyers misrepresented what occurred, made up all sorts of implausible alternative scenarios to confuse the jurors, and in general depended on chicanery to win the case.
28  It depends who will be the first to arrive there.
29  Money is neither good nor bad, but all depends on what use is made of it.
30  Success often depends upon knowing how long it will take to succeed.