Usage examples for dependence
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Yes, wife, I do depend on it; yes indeed, I place every dependence on my chimney. – I and My Chimney by Herman Melville
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Every endeavour is put forth to train them out of that spirit of dependence which is one of the necessary evils incident to modern missions. – India’s Problem Krishna or Christ by John P. Jones
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I am amazed to find how much of true religion may be resolved into that one word " dependence." – Memoranda Sacra by J. Rendel Harris