How to Use lean on in a Sentence

lean on

verb
  • The teen leaned on his faith to help him through.
    — Rachel McRady, People.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • There is risk in a plan to lean on the bullpen.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
  • The tree is leaning on its wires.
    — Mamie Bah, CBS News, 14 Apr. 2026
  • Build your village and lean on it.
    — Perrie Samotin, Glamour, 8 Apr. 2026
  • Try to stay calm and lean on each other.
    — Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 9 Mar. 2026
  • There wasn’t much precedent to lean on.
    — New Atlas, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Don't be afraid to lean on your neighbors.
    — Shagun Khare, Martha Stewart, 16 Mar. 2026
  • There is not enough to lean on in between.
    — James Horncastle, New York Times, 13 Mar. 2026
  • Caglianone leaned on his teammates through the process.
    — Kansas City Star, 11 June 2026
  • Burke has leaned on her faith in the days since her daughter.
    — Alyssa N. Salcedo, jsonline.com, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Then there's the faith aspect which helps give you hope to lean on.
    — Susan Young, PEOPLE, 25 Oct. 2025
  • That will lead Seattle to lean on the run game.
    — J.j. Bailey, New York Times, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Both moms say their sons are leaning on each other.
    — Laura Bauer, Kansas City Star, 6 May 2026
  • There’s a tendency to lean on that too.
    — Lamond Pope, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2025
  • The club leaned on the brand on occasion last year, too.
    — Zack Meisel, New York Times, 24 Sep. 2025
  • Groves leaned on him for advice when picking a new school.
    — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 16 Apr. 2026
  • Try to focus on that and lean on those who love and care for you for support.
    — Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 22 Feb. 2026
  • The Rockets will lean on size in his absence.
    — Andrew Greif, NBC news, 22 Oct. 2025
  • Isolation from being the one in charge with no one to lean on.
    — Anuradha Gupta, Forbes.com, 19 Sep. 2025
  • Collins has leaned on his tenure in Congress.
    — Shannon McCaffrey, AJC.com, 10 June 2026
  • But the Hurricanes leaned on their ground game.
    — Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026
  • All while Bogart leaned on his friends in the mob to help tip the scales.
    — Ted Brown, Rolling Stone, 13 Mar. 2023
  • In the short term, providers will lean on other subsea cables and routes.
    — Kelsey Warner, semafor.com, 8 Sep. 2025
  • Snider went from being sinker-heavy to leaning on the four-seamer.
    — Sahadev Sharma, New York Times, 14 Feb. 2026
  • The plan leans on what are called general permits.
    — Alex Burton, Chicago Tribune, 28 June 2026
  • And both will likely lean on their faith to make it through this transition.
    — Jackson Thompson, FOXNews.com, 23 Sep. 2025
  • Cyrus' arm is wrapped around Jonas, who is leaning on her shoulder.
    — Skyler Caruso, PEOPLE, 1 June 2026
  • So builders have leaned on incentives for more than a year just to keep homes selling.
    — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 1 June 2026
  • From that point forward, leaning on her to save me at school wasn’t an option.
    — Michaela Trimble, Vogue, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Over the last nearly three decades, she's leaned on her faith and her family.
    — Ashley Grams, CBS News, 15 Apr. 2026

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