Example sentences for: relies

How can you use “relies” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • While it is the responsibility of the CIO to execute the specific responsibilities of his or her position, it became clear to us during our case studies that the successful CIO relies extensively on both vertical and horizontal relationships within the enterprise in order to carry out these responsibilities.

  • The Alternative Estimate of the impact of fine particle reductions on premature mortality relies on recent scientific studies finding an association between increased mortality and short-term (days to weeks) exposure to particulate matter, while the Base Estimate relies on a recent reanalysis of earlier studies that found associations between long-term exposure to fine particles and increased mortality.

  • It rests on a contradiction: It demystifies skill and imagination, and yet relies on artists having privileged elective powers.

  • Not only is it full of cursing, ethnic jokes, prostitution, and the like, but it dares to have no laugh track and a bastard as the protagonist: "the show is truly subversive and daring in its scabrous attitude" (Caryn James, the New York Times ). A few minor complaints: 1) The show is "a little in love with its own transgressiveness" (James Poniewozik, Time ). 2) The show relies on "humiliation humor" and Entertainment Weekly 's Ken Tucker predicts that the unlikability of star Jay Mohr will sink the show.

  • The USDOL relies on private enforcement to play a major role in the overall enforcement scheme.


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