letting

Example Sentences

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“They’d much rather run the risk of hiking now and having to cut later than sitting back and letting inflation run away from them,” Pantheon’s Vistesen said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 10, 2026

The flat was advertised as being managed by a letting agent calling itself Propertiesmatter.com.

From BBC • Jun. 9, 2026

Within a few minutes, we’d hear the soft bubbling of everything cooking together, followed by a shrill whistle, letting us know that it was time to eat.

From Salon • Jun. 7, 2026

They’re not letting people compete to see if there’s somebody else who could do it better or more cheaply.

From Slate • Jun. 4, 2026

Feeling hurt all over but letting on that I hadn’t noticed anything, I handed the sack of candy to Daisy and said, “Guess what’s happened?”

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls