let on like

Example Sentences

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Seemed nobody had told Pastor Howard either, as he didn’t let on like he thought it was funny.

From "Moon Over Manifest" by Clare Vanderpool

Why, they just don’t let on, like she was a regular person.

From "The Poisonwood Bible" by Barbara Kingsolver

I let on like I hadn’t seen this because I knew what it was.

From "Summer of the Monkeys" by Wilson Rawls

Wanted to let on like as ef he'd run out of his own accord, with malice aforethought, you know.

From The End of the World A Love Story by Eggleston, Edward

Then you c'n let on like you're lookin' fer me because I'd robbed a hen-roost er something, an' that'll get 'em off their guard.

From The Daughter of Anderson Crow by McCutcheon, George Barr