LET in a Sentence

Learn LET from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.

420 example sentences for LET, such as:

1. He won't let it trouble his conscience.
2. I would let them take me there in my chair.
3. The girl let her mother plug in the TV set.
4. I thought I'd let you eat your dinner first.
5. Would you please stand back and let me through.

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 Meanings and Examples of LET
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
let
 v.  allow something to happen or someone to do something
 v.  permit to enter, pass, or leave
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  "Don't let us make it tidy," said Mary anxiously.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
2  I thought I'd let you eat your dinner first.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
3  My father won't let people talk me over either.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
4  I would let them take me there in my chair.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIII
5  Martha let her knitting drop on her knee and gazed at her with startled eyes.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
6  "Please don't let her, sir," pleaded Martha.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
7  Don't let us talk about dying; I don't like it.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIV
8  He felt as if tight strings which had held him had loosened themselves and let him go.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XIX
9  No one must let him remember about having humps and dying.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXII
10  So they asked her to let them send some of their shillings to buy things.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXIV
11  You never knew, sir, perhaps, that out of doors he never would let himself be taken.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
12  Forty times I've said if you didn't let that jam alone I'd skin you.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER I
13  His aunt detected the act and made him let it go.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER V
14  Now," said Joe, getting up, "you got to let me kill you.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER VIII
15  If anybody tells, let Muff Potter do it, if he's fool enough.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER X
Example Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
16  She could at least have the good manners to let me know she won't be able to attend.
17  He who in adversity would have succor, let him be generous while he rests secure.
18  If you would build for your happiness a sure foundation, let the stone for the corner be a good reputation.
19  Life, always coming up with and leave, miss is not a fault, I have missed, just let go.
20  Taishan let the soil, so it can become bigger and bigger; river is not the small streams, so it can be so deep.
21  Don't let this interest of yours become an obsession.
22  I can't come out tonight - my dad won't let me.
23  He won't let it trouble his conscience.
24  Don't let one failure discourage you, try again.
25  I try not to let my work spill over into my life outside the office.
26  If I had known my life was going to turn out like this, I would have let them kill me.
27  Afterwards she relented and let the children stay up late to watch TV.
28  The girl let her mother plug in the TV set.
29  The committee decided to let the matter lie over until the meeting.
30  Would you please stand back and let me through.