How to Use to let in a Sentence

to let

phrase
  • Those guys don’t want to let up.
    — Lori Riley, Hartford Courant, 10 Feb. 2026
  • No time to let the bread rise for hours?
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • Just try not to let it get stuck in your head.
    — Vogue, 8 Feb. 2026
  • Take your time to let the pork chops sear and brown.
    — Kimberly Holland, Southern Living, 4 Oct. 2025
  • So what took her so long to let her voice be heard?
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
  • The ride is just long enough to let the nerves set in.
    — Danielle Parker, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • Take a moment to let that sink in.
    — Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 29 Oct. 2025
  • All of us will refuse to let that happen.
    — Stephanie Murray, AZCentral.com, 18 Sep. 2025
  • Then, flip it over to let the bottom side dry.
    — Jennifer Beck Goldblatt, Architectural Digest, 31 Oct. 2025
  • When is the right time to let go versus fight for it?
    — Kennedy French, Variety, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Learning when to push back and when to let things be.
    — Valerie Mesa, PEOPLE, 29 Jan. 2026
  • People can say all kinds of things to let you down easy.
    — Souvankham Thammavongsa, New Yorker, 22 Mar. 2026
  • The idea is to let the star of the plate speak for itself.
    — Shivani Vora, Forbes.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Cars along the way stopped to let the long line of cyclists pass.
    — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 6 Nov. 2025
  • Or, wear it on its own to let the top take center stage.
    — Averi Baudler, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Meanwhile, her dad does not want to let go of her or the shop.
    — Chris Jones, Chicago Tribune, 5 Sep. 2025
  • Life has too many blessings to bring to your door to let this linger.
    — Magi Helena, Dallas Morning News, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Gap’s Cashsoft line has yet to let me down.
    — Annie Blackman, InStyle, 28 Jan. 2026
  • Bertuzzi refused to let the Hawks fall again.
    — Kalen Lumpkins, Chicago Tribune, 5 Jan. 2026
  • In order to let go of what happened to me.
    — Sara Holdren, Vulture, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Which is a terrible thing to let a kid buy.
    — Outside Online, 21 Jan. 2026
  • Winter may not be ready to let go of Ohio just yet.
    — Brandi D. Addison, Cincinnati Enquirer, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Are they supposed to let a 5-year-old child freeze to death?
    — Hallie Golden, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • Make this recipe a few hours ahead of time to let all of the flavors meld.
    — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 11 July 2026
  • Misty Combs wasn’t about to let the patient die.
    — Michael Collins, USA Today, 11 Sep. 2025
  • And now, to release it into the world is to let go.
    — Ellise Shafer, Variety, 3 Nov. 2025
  • This wasn’t a group exhaling to let go of old pain.
    — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 9 Feb. 2026
  • Don’t hesitate to let your hair down and loosen up a bit.
    — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The best move is just to let officers know ahead of time.
    — Iona Brannon, Travel + Leisure, 31 Aug. 2025
  • His window was open to let in the wind that was just picking up.
    — Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025

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