Sentence examples for leaning on him from inspiring English sources

In one of the exchanges that has drawn the most attention, Mr. Hastert repeatedly went to Representative Nick Smith of Michigan, putting an arm around him as he made his case, even leaning on him at one point.

"The tests begin to become when he has a tough regulatory decision to make and the White House starts leaning on him to go one way or another," Russell E. Train, environmental administrator under Presidents Richard M. Nixon and Gerald R. Ford, said.

And Marcus will eternally view Carl as a role model, leaning on him in more ways than one.

Scoring first was Tomas Holmstrom, who pushed a one-handed shot past Irbe with Kevyn Adams leaning on him after a setup from Igor Larionov.

Wayne was just leaning on him.

Now, family and friends are leaning on him.

"What's the best thing about a new book at bedtime?" asks a volunteer to a little boy leaning on her as she holds him close.

The mother shrub he was leaning on enabled him to develop a whole race of hardy camellias that can bloom from mid-September to mid-January, and from late February to April.

Leaning on one's elbows is frowned upon.

He scribbled with a ballpoint pen, leaning on one knee.

The Americans were leaning on Unscom, freezing him out of the loop.