How to Use let on in a Sentence

let on

verb
  • Tibbets never let on about the bomb.
    — David Perlmutt, Charlotte Observer, 6 Aug. 2025
  • But Wylie rarely let on to others about the tension in his home life.
    — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
  • And is Kadri hurting more than anybody has let on publicly?
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 24 Apr. 2026
  • But is there more to Ruby’s past than Davies is letting on just yet?
    — Matt Webb Mitovich, TVLine, 23 June 2024
  • What happens next could matter far more than either side is letting on.
    — Mark Minevich, Fortune, 12 Mar. 2026
  • People around Roosevelt were in great fear of his dying, yet no one let on.
    — Rich Lowry, National Review, 13 Feb. 2024
  • Harper is mystical indeed and doesn’t let on to the fact there is more to her than meets the eye.
    — Pete Hammond, Deadline, 7 Sep. 2024
  • Her mother never let on to family whether there were any problems.
    — Jacob Beltran, ExpressNews.com, 4 Sep. 2020
  • But if any such expansion plans are in the works, Goldman isn’t letting on.
    — Josef Adalian, Vulture, 30 Oct. 2025
  • Around Notre Dame, Leonard didn’t let on how hard the transition had been.
    — Pete Sampson, The Athletic, 16 Aug. 2024
  • And the example is more complicated than his rhetoric lets on.
    — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • But as this first trailer lets on, Beetz’s character isn’t one to go down without a fight.
    — Kate Erbland, IndieWire, 5 Jan. 2026
  • But the possibility that finances in the league are tighter than is being let on is one of them.
    — Ian Nicholas Quillen, Forbes, 18 Feb. 2024
  • And the budget crunch is even more severe than the administration has let on.
    — Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 5 Mar. 2022
  • But Leland doesn’t let on that the infant may no longer be inherently bad.
    — Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 11 July 2024
  • The defendant told him there was more to their relationship than Koehler had let on.
    — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Jan. 2022
  • How to choose an olive oil worth buying Quality matters more than most labels let on.
    — Allison Palmer, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Apr. 2026
  • That's when Tommy realized just how big his father was and, yet, his dad never let on.
    — Dana Hunsinger Benbow, The Indianapolis Star, 22 Apr. 2021
  • So, uh yeah, that bad habit is a much larger problem than Exorcist Priest let on.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 18 July 2021
  • The regime’s internal records are also more ambiguous than Baram lets on.
    — Samuel Helfont, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2016
  • The modern style of these three interlocking wooden rings looks much more expensive than the price tag lets on.
    — Maya Polton, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Nov. 2023
  • There might be nuances that the previous owner didn’t let on, or the market might be changing quickly.
    — Jodie Cook, Forbes, 4 Oct. 2021
  • But the negotiators have made less progress on this issue than Zelensky has let on.
    — Simon Shuster, The Atlantic, 12 Feb. 2026
  • McDaniels didn’t let on any details about a potential timeline.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 22 Aug. 2021
  • Monica doesn’t let on and the ruse allows the estranged pair to slowly reconnect.
    — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2023
  • But Holmes, who started her page as a comedy account, is more serious about her craft than the bags let on.
    — Tiana Randall, Vogue, 11 Aug. 2022
  • Central Intelligence was both very good and better than the trailers let on.
    — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
  • Some critics let on that her wines had the complexity, tension and narrative arc of a great artwork.
    — Alex Halberstadt, New York Times, 4 July 2023
  • But Marvel Studios has yet to let on whether there even is a grand design to tie all of these strands together.
    — Adam B. Vary, Variety, 15 May 2022
  • But his left guard let on Thursday that the injury might be more serious than Rivers is revealing.
    — Jim Ayello, The Indianapolis Star, 3 Dec. 2020

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