How to Use onto something in a Sentence

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• The public began to sense that Mr. Birinyi was onto something in the 1990s.
  — Alex Traub, New York Times, 30 Aug. 2023
• Cynthia is onto something; there’s a ton of advice out there for the best way to freeze lemons and limes.
  — Chris Morris, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
• The legendary agent may not have replied, but Fledgy-poo was onto something.
  — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
• Clearly, the Egyptian queens were onto something with their soap paste made of clay and olive oil.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Apr. 2022
• The Romans were onto something, as the midday slump seems to roll in like clockwork at around 3 p.m.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 28 June 2023
• The lunatics who follow QAnon may just be onto something, in other words: The truth is out there.
  — Alex Shephard, The New Republic, 8 Apr. 2022
• The first sign that Erez Lieberman Aiden and his team were onto something special was the ice age beast’s hairdo.
  — Richard Stone, science.org, 11 July 2024
• Some experts say bed rotters are onto something, but there may be a right way to think about it.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 10 July 2023
• Brandon Hyde might have been onto something… Been that kind of night for Larry Vanover.
  — Matt Weyrich, Baltimore Sun, 8 Aug. 2024
• Who knows, Stewart might just be onto something here and this whisky could turn out to be the sexiest thing about him.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2023
• Perhaps Tom Cruise and James Cameron were onto something.
  — Hilary Lewis, The Hollywood Reporter, 12 Mar. 2023
• Medvedev was onto something about the courts at Indian Wells.
  — Helmuth Rosales, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• The tee was onto something: e-bikes are the top-selling electric vehicle in the United States.
  — Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Dec. 2022
• Whoever first said that distance makes the heart grow fonder might have been onto something.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
• Sarah might be onto something about the dopamine hit or just general parental boredom.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Aug. 2023
• The Little Engine that Could, in other words, was onto something.
  — Lizz Schumer, Good Housekeeping, 7 June 2022
• If anything, their over-the-top opposition proves the kids are onto something.
  — Omid Malekan, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2023
• There’s reason, though, to think Zajitschek and his colleagues might be onto something.
  — Saima May Sidik, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2022
• Your late mother was onto something about people in their mid-20s.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2023
• Your late-mother was onto something about people in their mid-20′s.
  — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
• Your late-mother was onto something about people in their mid-20’s.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2023
• And competitors, like Sunkist, know the Resnicks are onto something, and are already trying to churn out their own versions.
  — Laura Smythe, Forbes, 23 Mar. 2023
• Stand with the balls of your feet on a block a few inches off the ground, holding onto something for support, but keeping the majority of your weight in the balls of your feet.
  — David Otey, Men's Health, 14 Dec. 2022
• That may sound like the understatement of the century, but Zhao was onto something.
  — Stephanie Zacharek, TIME, 17 July 2024
• Bill Burr is onto something about how the new culture of control messes with the heads of ordinary people.
  — Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 19 Oct. 2023
• To protect yourself during an earthquake, drop down to your hands and knees and hold onto something sturdy.
  — Charles Ventura, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
• Rihanna’s clearly onto something with the leather-on-leather styling.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2023
• Your grandparents were onto something with those early-bird dinners: The best time to eat the evening meal is four hours before bedtime.
  — Julie Jargon, WSJ, 4 Jan. 2024
• The other day an acquaintance turned me onto something called the Beer & Brewing podcast, and I’ve since been schooled on the nuances of chillers in beer production.
  — Vulture, 25 Jan. 2024
• Turns out, the TikTokers may be onto something − and red light has been on dermatologists' radars for a while.
  — USA TODAY, 25 July 2023

Last Updated: 5 Dec 2024