In obtaining guaranties we must rely upon acts rather than professions, and light our footsteps by “the lamp of experience.
For legitimate State authority you must rely upon the loyal voters.
It was a false and dangerous system--and the event has proved its unsoundness--for new companies to rely from the outset upon this source for the means of construction.
Not only did I rely upon Berkley for my passport, the certificate of my character, but likewise for the revictualing of my purse.
Germany, on the other hand, possessed a great advantage in that her military preponderance enabled her to rely with absolute certainty on her Austrian ally.
It seems pretty certain that the present Government, in spite of the great election successes gained by the Conservative party, will still retain a slight majority if it can rely on the Nationalist vote.
Governments at that period lasted for thousands of years; men could rely on the stability of things, and great enterprises could be undertaken and carried to a successful termination.
If an impartial and fair-minded author were to take up such a work, it might serve to open the eyes of many, and show them that it is after all better to rely on Divine Providence than on such an aid to national prosperity.
After the example of what Germany has done in Luxemburg and on the French border we can no longer rely upon the presence of her Ambassador as a security against some sudden surprise.
I rely with confidence upon the loyal and united efforts of all my subjects, and I pray that Almighty God may give us His blessing.
He nevertheless felt that he must rely solely upon himself, that he would have no one to advise him, and his own discretion and wisdom would have to be depended upon under all circumstances.
Another advantage to be derived from a personal observation was that I would be necessarily forced to relyin many matters to which it would be impossible for me to devote my personal attention.
But in inculcating the principles toward this attitude, the profession must rely and can rely with confidence on the schools.
We must rely on the colleges for the production of such assistants, that they shall come to us already knowing the sweep of literature on the library shelves, already loving books and knowledge, and filled with their power.
If a state or law library is near at hand, it is far better to rely upon them as a source of reference than to duplicate such a collection on your own shelves.
Snakes rely chiefly on the sense of smell for finding their prey and their mates.
One canrely on the ingenuity of the boys of the class to procure a sufficient number of specimens.
But you must exercise him a little, for two or three days more; at the end of which, you may always rely on him afterwards.
With this introduction to the principles of my theory, I shall next attempt to teach you how to put it into practice; and, whatever instructions may follow you can rely on, as having been proven practically by my own experiments.
To solve it we will not rely upon the accidents which good fortune may now and again procure for us.
My precautions lead to nothing: the insect obstinately refuses the butcher's-broom, on which I thought that I might rely after the smilax had been accepted.
In undertaking this expedition, Sherman is too prudent a man to rely upon subsisting his army on the country.
There are four regiments forming in the neighborhood of Owensboro', near the mouth of Green River, who are doing good service, also in the neighborhood of Campbellsville, but it is unsafe to rely on troops so suddenly armed and equipped.
Rely not too implicitly on those learned books which would instruct the confiding stranger wandering amid these mountainous wildernesses.
The river Rothay, however, does not rely entirely upon this immortalised brook, but it can fairly reckon upon what can be spared from the tarns when the other gills fail in their shrunken currents.
I heartily approve of your wish to rely upon your own resources," replied Mr. King; "and I will gladly assist you to accomplish it.
You may prefer to pass in society merely as my young friend, but you are my step-son, you know; and should you at any time of your life need my services, you may rely upon me as an affectionate father.
If you do your best, you may rely upon my influence and my fatherly interest to help you all I can.
The sisters had lived in such extreme seclusion, that when sorrow came upon them, like the sudden swoop and swift destruction of a tropical storm, they had no earthly friend to rely upon but Madame Guirlande.
I am but a woman, and a weak one; but I leave not this spot with my life; and, come what may, I rely upon the most just Lord to deliver us and ye all from this tyranny.
The President was not disposed to rely upon his own judgment either one way or the other.
But the administration did not rely upon legislation alone in this emergency.
It was at Bristol that Cabot's two youngest children were born, Sebastian and Sancho, if we mayrely upon the following account given by the old chronicler Eden.
The sages could no longer trust the transmission by word of mouth; they could no longer rely on their memories, marvelous though these were.
He may have felt, too, that the fulfilment of Israel's mission did not rely on national independence and that it could preach its message in a way other than in bloody conflict.
Counsellor I have none to rely on," he is reported to have said at this time.
It was on this conversation, as Price relates it, that Monk's biographers rely to prove their case that he intended the return of the King from the first.
These men disliked and suspected Monk, and he had to rely upon those who fought for their pay, by whom he was generally beloved.
Irish talk is apt to be discursive; to rely upon a general charm diffused through the whole, rather than upon any quotable brilliancy; its very essence is spontaneity, high spirits, fertility of resource.
The leader can rely on the faithfulness of his host: the comrade is sworn to serve.
A good deed, you say, never dies; but we cannot always know--I must rely on you.
I wonder whether one can rely upon the authenticity of those signatures?
Tell the Cardinal-Prince that he may rely on me, but I hope for his active aid in return.
In that case, you may rely on Van Dael's devotedness.
They will relyupon the moon rising before we are near our friends.
You must rely upon yourself and your own exertions.
Men were beginning to see that armies raised by contract for a few months' work possessed inherent vices that made it impossible to rely upon them in small things.
Although one nation may rely on its guns more than on the rifles, or vice versa, all are agreed that at decisive range the firing line should contain as many men as can use their rifles effectually.
The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "rely" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word. Other words: pivot; rely; rest; revolve
