DEPENDENCE in a Sentence

Learn DEPENDENCE from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
306 example sentences for DEPENDENCE, such as:
1. He had but to cut short this dependence on evil.
2. My wife and daughter depend on me for their living.
3. The country has a growing dependence on foreign aid.
4. Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions.
5. He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.
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Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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 Meanings and Examples of DEPENDENCE
dependence
 n.  being abnormally tolerant to and dependent on something that is psychologically or physically habit-forming (especially alcohol or narcotic drugs)
 n.  the state of relying on or being controlled by someone or something else
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  This amazing dependence Connie realized with a sort of horror.
Lady Chatterley's Lover By D H Lawrence
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
2  Fanny could not say she did not; and as they all persevered, as Edmund repeated his wish, and with a look of even fond dependence on her good-nature, she must yield.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVIII
3  Her displeasure, her penetration, and her happiness were all fearful to encounter; and the dependence of having others present when they met was Fanny's only support in looking forward to it.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVI
4  And such was Fanny's dependence on his words, that for five minutes she thought they had done.
Mansfield Park By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
5  It was Mary's hope and belief that he had received a positive dismissal from Henrietta, and her husband lived under the constant dependence of seeing him to-morrow.
Persuasion By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 10
6  This reproach of my dependence had become a vague sing-song in my ear: very painful and crushing, but only half intelligible.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER II
7  The water stood in my eyes to hear this avowal of his dependence; just as if a royal eagle, chained to a perch, should be forced to entreat a sparrow to become its purveyor.
Jane Eyre By Charlotte Bronte
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXVII
8  But Bingley has great natural modesty, with a stronger dependence on my judgement than on his own.
Pride and Prejudice By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 35
9  I believe I have been wrong in saying so much, but I hardly know what to do, and on your prudence I have the strongest dependence.
Sense and Sensibility By Jane Austen
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 27
10  The reversal of the two natures, in their relative positions, Uriah's of power and Mr. Wickfield's of dependence, was a sight more painful to me than I can express.
David Copperfield By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 35. DEPRESSION
11  He had but to cut short this dependence on evil.
Anna Karenina 3 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In PART 8: Chapter 9
12  She had discovered Melanie's strength and her dependence on it only to lose it in the moment of discovery but there was still Ashley left.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER LXI
13  Mrs. Trenor's summons, however, suddenly recalled her state of dependence, and she rose and dressed in a mood of irritability that she was usually too prudent to indulge.
House of Mirth By Edith Wharton
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 1: Chapter 4
14  Hither the faithful singing-master had now brought himself, together with all his sorrows, his apprehensions, and his meek dependence on the protection of Providence.
The Last of the Mohicans By James Fenimore Cooper
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER 26
15  Certainly these figures show the small amount of accumulated capital among the Negroes, and the consequent large dependence of their property on temporary prosperity.
The Souls of Black Folk By W. E. B. Du Bois
Context  Highlight   In VIII
Example Sentence: (96 in 7 pages)
1  He was freed from financial dependence on his parents.
2  The country has a growing dependence on foreign aid.
3  The company needs to reduce its dependence on just one particular product.
4  The clinical symptoms of magnesium excess or deficiency can be demonstrated to relate to this dependence.
5  Migration to the USA and dependence on remittance is becoming a way of life for more and more Mexicans in the central and southern parts of the country.
6  The power of either Russia or China to act independently from the United States is constrained by their economic dependence on the world's remaining superpower.
7  What is actually paid will depend on the bonus payments made at the end of the policy.
8  Place allow me to smal proud,because like you depend on.
9  Please allow me to small proud, because like you depend on.
10  I am not proud, also not commit tomfoolery, is tired of all depend on.
11  Apply yourself to true riches; it is shameful to depend upon silver and gold for a happy life.
12  Happiness doesn't depend on any external conditions.
13  Remember, happiness doesn't depend upon who you are or what you have; it depends solely upon what you think.
14  Many adults still depend on their children to work the video.
15  My wife and daughter depend on me for their living.