How to Use let on in a Sentence

let on

verb

• The regime’s internal records are also more ambiguous than Baram lets on.
  — Samuel Helfont, Foreign Affairs, 20 Apr. 2016
• But Eli has a desire for more than he’s let on, though.
  — Julia Moore, Peoplemag, 6 Sep. 2023
• But Wylie rarely let on to others about the tension in his home life.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 11 Nov. 2022
• People around Roosevelt were in great fear of his dying, yet no one let on.
  — Rich Lowry, National Review, 13 Feb. 2024
• 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
• The Home Town star has shared clips of her singing in the past, but there's more to her passion for music than she's previously let on.
  — Nathalie Kirby, House Beautiful, 25 Aug. 2021
• The synopsis for episode 3 doesn't let on that the new women join in week 3, but the new women can't come too late in the game and still have a real chance with Matt.
  — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 18 Jan. 2021
• The defendant told him there was more to their relationship than Koehler had let on.
  — Jessica Miller, The Salt Lake Tribune, 5 Jan. 2022
• So, uh yeah, that bad habit is a much larger problem than Exorcist Priest let on.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 18 July 2021
• Knowles, in his first game with the MLS first team, didn’t let on to any sort of specialized celebration for him in the locker room postgame.
  — Andy Greder, Twin Cities, 24 Feb. 2024
• 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
• And the budget crunch is even more severe than the administration has let on.
  — Rachel Cohrs, STAT, 5 Mar. 2022
• And the example is more complicated than his rhetoric lets on.
  — Adam Taylor, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
• 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
• 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
• If there’s much nuance or ambivalence to Barbe-Nicole’s feelings about her own station, the script barely lets on.
  — Angie Han, The Hollywood Reporter, 15 Sep. 2023
• Monica doesn’t let on and the ruse allows the estranged pair to slowly reconnect.
  — Gary Goldstein, Los Angeles Times, 6 Dec. 2023
• As Sweeney says, this sort of does demonstrate the extreme power of their reach, and yet the counter-argument is, their store, their decision what to let on or kick off.
  — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 23 Sep. 2021
• 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
• 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
• An in-depth review showed the A15 Bionic is even more formidable than Apple let on.
  — Chris Smith, BGR, 19 Nov. 2021
• But the Earn program, the New York attorney general alleges, was far more risky than the marketing let on.
  — WIRED, 19 Oct. 2023
• Central Intelligence was both very good and better than the trailers let on.
  — Scott Mendelson, Forbes, 21 Oct. 2021
• However, the name doesn't let on that the hair used in the artifact is from a very famous head: President Abraham Lincoln.
  — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 1 Oct. 2021
• Her mother never let on to family whether there were any problems.
  — Jacob Beltran, ExpressNews.com, 4 Sep. 2020
• Rather than cutting some out of the sport as a sanctioning body, Penske and IndyCar could let on-track results and economics do it for them.
  — Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Dec. 2021
• What exactly Spears will say, though, Ingham didn’t let on.
  — Claudia Rosenbaum, Vulture, 23 June 2021
• But Baby Reindeer turns out to be a murkier, more insightful, and sadder show than early scenes let on.
  — Judy Berman, TIME, 19 Apr. 2024
• While she was surrounded by people in need, Nelson did not let on that her own home in Running Springs was damaged in the storm and now unlivable.
  — Nathan Solis, Los Angeles Times, 29 Mar. 2023

Last Updated: 1 Oct 2024