DEPENDENCE in a Sentence

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I believe I have been wrong in saying so much, but I hardly know what to do, and on your prudence I have the strongest dependence.

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 Meanings and Examples of DEPENDENCE
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
dependence
 n.  reliance; lack of independence or self-sufficiency
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  This amazing dependence Connie realized with a sort of horror.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
2  Fanny could not say she did not; and as they all persevered, as Edmund repeated his wish, and with a look of even fond dependence on her good-nature, she must yield.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
3  Her displeasure, her penetration, and her happiness were all fearful to encounter; and the dependence of having others present when they met was Fanny's only support in looking forward to it.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
4  And such was Fanny's dependence on his words, that for five minutes she thought they had done.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
5  It was Mary's hope and belief that he had received a positive dismissal from Henrietta, and her husband lived under the constant dependence of seeing him to-morrow.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
6  This reproach of my dependence had become a vague sing-song in my ear: very painful and crushing, but only half intelligible.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  The water stood in my eyes to hear this avowal of his dependence; just as if a royal eagle, chained to a perch, should be forced to entreat a sparrow to become its purveyor.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
8  But Bingley has great natural modesty, with a stronger dependence on my judgement than on his own.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 35
9  I believe I have been wrong in saying so much, but I hardly know what to do, and on your prudence I have the strongest dependence.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
10  The reversal of the two natures, in their relative positions, Uriah's of power and Mr. Wickfield's of dependence, was a sight more painful to me than I can express.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
11  He had but to cut short this dependence on evil.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 9
12  She had discovered Melanie's strength and her dependence on it only to lose it in the moment of discovery but there was still Ashley left.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitche
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
13  Mrs. Trenor's summons, however, suddenly recalled her state of dependence, and she rose and dressed in a mood of irritability that she was usually too prudent to indulge.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
14  Hither the faithful singing-master had now brought himself, together with all his sorrows, his apprehensions, and his meek dependence on the protection of Providence.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
15  Certainly these figures show the small amount of accumulated capital among the Negroes, and the consequent large dependence of their property on temporary prosperity.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
Example Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
16  A lot will depend on how she responds to the challenge.
17  Eggs contain all eight essential amino acids which we depend on for good health.
18  You can always depend on Michael in a crisis.
19  Cold-blooded animals depend on the temperature of their immediate environment.
20  These charities depend on the compassionate feelings and generosity of the general public.
21  Most of the local population depend on fishing for their income.
22  He proposes unspecified tariffs on imports from Third-World nations that depend on cheap labor.
23  Animals depend on plant material for food.
24  The risk and severity of sunburn depend on the body's natural skin colour.
25  Which format a participant should choose will depend upon his or her career stage, work situation and individual learning style.
26  Half the university research posts depend on outside funding.
27  The future of the company will depend crucially on how consumers respond.
28  Many species of tree depend on the wind for pollination.
29  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.
30  And in a country where people depend on natural sources of water, people will definitely become poorer.