reliance
Example Sentences
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The national power in these departments is one of our firmest reliances for prosperity and security.
From Time Magazine Archive
The conventional reliances of the past�a large army, navy and air force�are obsolete.
From Time Magazine Archive
My friend, Dr. Harold Williams, tells me that among his main reliances for tired and overwrought women are the reading of children's books, and working in the garden.
From Why Worry? by Walton, George Lincoln
At the same time, her reliances seemed slipping away from her.
From The Other Girls by Whitney, A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train)
I am compelled, by experience, to distrust all such reliances.
From The Great Speeches and Orations of Daniel Webster With an Essay on Daniel Webster as a Master of English Style by Webster, Daniel
Vocabulary lists containing reliance
Talk Like Shakespeare Day, List 7
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