counted on
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
With nearly half the votes counted on Tuesday night, Bass had 36.5%, Pratt 29.5% and Raman 21%.
From BBC • Jun. 3, 2026
It is the latest sign foreign luxury brands might not retain the pull -- and the cashflow -- that they counted on in the world's second largest economy in the 2010s.
From Barron's • May 27, 2026
The German defeat at Stalingrad forced Tojo to reassess his grand strategy, which counted on a German victory over Britain and the Soviet Union.
From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 6, 2026
“We saw the correlations turning long before 2022, and we’ve been consistently teaching that bonds cannot be counted on as the sole diversifier in a portfolio,” she said.
From MarketWatch • Jan. 30, 2026
I thought, and counted on my fingers, then wrote the next line.
From "The Honest Truth" by Dan Gemeinhart
![]()