Sentence examples for depends from inspiring English sources

"depends" is an acceptable word in written English.
It is typically used to indicate that something is contingent on something else. For example, "Will I be able to go to the party? That depends on if I can finish my work on time."

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depends

verb

Third person singular of depend

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As Pressley rightly acknowledges, the league is smothered by its dependance on a television deal which depends on four Old Firm matches every season.

The strain is likely to grow more acute as the government depends on helicopter gunships to extend its reach to parts of the country rendered impassable to logistics convoys and even armored vehicles by the rebels' improvised bombs.

Their political support no longer depends on analogizing them to private insurance.

Labour's future depends on winning more in the south, where 43% now think it deserves another spell in power.

Jake Healey, a student at the University of West England, says: "Shyness depends on the situation – meeting new people, fear of them not liking me, wanting to make a good first impression".

"It all depends on institutions, governance, planning and coordination – it's all politics," says Brouder.

"A lifestyle depends on the customs in a given country," Capello said in an interview with Rossiyskaya Gazeta.

The legitimacy of legislation used to deter terrorists depends, like all law, on popular consent.

All this, however, depends on how well the Free Syrian Army can carry itself on the field.

One source said: "It depends how important Europe becomes in the election.

Each new performer will be greeted by sighs of dis may and hoots of derision, usually during the crucial bit of dialogue on which your enjoyment depends.

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