Sentence examples for leaning on them from inspiring English sources

Back up to it and put both crutches in one hand, leaning on them slightly and placing your injured foot in front of you.

"We thought if we just keep leaning on them, we're going to get that opportunity.

The partners also develop a close relationship with the government, leaning on them for the areas where the government excels; namely, farmer mobilization, communication, and messaging.

Anxiety has spread at the networks as journalists worry that their born-again bosses will start leaning on them to cut costs and produce more fluff.

He has shown little respect for the European political elite that sets the tone at Davos, leaning on them to contribute more to NATO.

Use the support mechanisms in place – they're there for a reason and leaning on them doesn't make you any less efficient or effective, quite the opposite.

Leaning on one's elbows is frowned upon.

"We'd like to do as much of this as possible," this official said, though he acknowledged that "frankly our agencies need a little leaning on to get them to come around".

"A mediator listens to both sides and then shuttles back and forth between the two rooms like Henry Kissinger, leaning on each of them to give in bit by bit until a deal is reached," McNeil wrote.

A mediator listens to both sides and then shuttles back and forth between the two rooms like Henry Kissinger, leaning on each of them to give in bit by bit until a deal is reached.

When none of them came, he angrily set out to look for them; leaning on his daughter's arm, he walked from private hospital to private hospital, but all were in ruins, and he went back and lay down in the shelter again.