Get to know Depended better with 10+ real example sentences, the meaning.
Depended meaning
simple past and past participle of depend
Using Depended
- The main meaning on this page is: simple past and past participle of depend
- In the example corpus, depended often appears in combinations such as: depended on, life depended, has depended.
Context around Depended
- Average sentence length in these examples: 26.6 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Depended
- In this selection, "depended" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 26.6 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, reputation, sector, pilots, too and solely stand out and add context to how "depended" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a bonus depended on how and airmail pilots depended on a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "depended" sits close to words such as aspen, charismatic and compassionate, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with depended
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
It depended who you were, and on your means. (9 words)
Riso, 51, said they depended on donations to continue the zoo operations. (12 words)
But these were brothers bonded by agonising loss who depended on each other. (13 words)
As every preacher’s kid knows, my father’s job depended not only on his ability to project an aura of righteousness, but also on our family’s ability to project a picture of happiness — the moral outcome of a wholesome religious life. (43 words)
Kelly has pointed to his 2020 endorsement of Hagedorn to explain why he won't commit to endorsing Dorow should she prevail over him Tuesday, implying that she can't be depended on to rule conservatively from the bench. (39 words)
But the Commissioner should have focused on the side divestiture, Vidéotron’s takeover of Shaw’s Freedom Mobile, upon which the closing of the main transaction depended and which aimed to remedy competition concerns, the Tribunal contended. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
This was important since towns very often depended on a good reputation for export of a narrow range of products, on which not only the guild's, but the town's, reputation depended.
After a frantic weekend spent trying to salvage the bank, on which much of Britain’s tech sector depended for cashflow, they then had to finish Jeremy Hunt’s maiden budget.
A hundred years ago, U.S. airmail pilots depended on a coast-to-coast bread-crumb trail of arrows—though most have been destroyed, buried, lost, or forgotten.
Anna has been supported by the national disability charity Sense, who gave her two emergency grants in 2022, and she depended on foodbanks at points to get by.
As every preacher’s kid knows, my father’s job depended not only on his ability to project an aura of righteousness, but also on our family’s ability to project a picture of happiness — the moral outcome of a wholesome religious life.
But the Commissioner should have focused on the side divestiture, Vidéotron’s takeover of Shaw’s Freedom Mobile, upon which the closing of the main transaction depended and which aimed to remedy competition concerns, the Tribunal contended.
But these were brothers bonded by agonising loss who depended on each other.
Even if this was a personal loan repayment, it’s still troubling that Joe Biden’s ability to be paid back by his brother depended on the success of his family’s shady financial dealings.
He deprived them of the opportunity to practice their religion — what’s more, he obstructed the religious practice of those who depended on the victims’ presence.
In general, when people lived in rigid, hierarchical societies, depended too much on agriculture, and lived in close quarters, they faced the most destruction from these challenges.
In its ruling, the Privy Council concurred with the Court of Appeal that “the prosecution case in no way depended on the microfilm cheques, but cannot accept the Court of Appeal’s interpretation of the Act”.
It depended who you were, and on your means.
Jamal is special in how he interacts, communicates and leads those Men, he has a gift and the evidence is clear – they play for him as though their lives depended on the outcome of each game.
Kelly has pointed to his 2020 endorsement of Hagedorn to explain why he won't commit to endorsing Dorow should she prevail over him Tuesday, implying that she can't be depended on to rule conservatively from the bench.
Meanwhile others claimed it depended on if they spilled breakfast down them in the morning.
Over the years, we have depended on contributions from the Federal Government and international oil companies, as our only means for driving development.
Riso, 51, said they depended on donations to continue the zoo operations.
She had depended solely on handouts from kind people and locusts and natural vegetables for relish as she could not afford anything better.
Still, ditching coal requires supporting communities whose economies have long depended on it.
The amount you received as a bonus depended on how much you transferred over to your Christmas Cashpot with the biggest bonus being £5.
Common combinations with depended
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- depended on 162×
- life depended 9×
- has depended 8×
- who depended 7×
- lives depended 7×
- they depended 7×
- depended upon 7×
- it depended 6×
- that depended 6×
- she depended 5×