How To Use Let down In A Sentence

He let down a bucket into the well to draw water.
In any unwieldy bureaucratic system there will be some in need who will be let down by officialdom. The Sun
They feel that they have been let down by the Government, the employers and now by their own union.
On the whole I found the films kind of a let down (I’ll never brag about having film in Annecy again ..) but it was worth it for one film, I think the best short film I’ve ever seen: Skhizein, which won the audience award. Sydneypadua.com » Blog Archive » Things I Draw When I’ve Had a Few
The "gharry" makes an excellent perambulating studio -- it is a small, high, wooden cab, with little lattice shutters instead of glass which pull up all round so that you can let down those you need for view, aft or forward, or at either side, and pull up the others and thus have privacy and light and air, and you need no stove or hot pipes, for you could roast a partridge inside! From Edinburgh to India & Burmah

Every year on St Paul's day, while the soloist on the ambo sang the melodies of the fourth vigiliary responsory, the Pope, entering, as we have said, into the camera confessionis, withdrew the censer - which had been let down through the hole on to the tomb of the apostle at this same Office in the preceding year, and introduced another also full of burning incense. The Station at St Paul
Lady Kicklebury wears a front, and, I make no doubt, a complete jasey; or she certainly would have let down her back hair at this minute, so overpowering were her feelings, and so bitter her indignation at her daughter's black ingratitude. The Christmas Books of Mr. M.A. Titmarsh
Many thousands felt let down by their aborted duel at York last month. Times, Sunday Times
We actually got let down by a 2.50 part on the car battery terminal that failed. Times, Sunday Times
Conservative councillors, who have been campaigning for a weekly clean, said they were dismayed by the decision and felt residents had been let down.
The sinking of bodies in water has likewise the same effect, as I remember to have heard of bottles of wine being let down into a deep well to cool, but through accident or neglect being left there for many years, and then taken out; and that the wine not only was free from sourness or flatness, but tasted much finer, owing, it would seem, to a more exquisite commixture of its parts. The New Organon
Regular meals keep the blood sugar level at a normal high, and prevents the terrible let down feeling that can result in moroseness, negativism, and sometimes even anger. Archive 2007-04-01
She was running before the wind -- yawing frightfully -- her staysail let down to act as a sort of extra foresail, -- "scandalized," they call it, -- and her foreboom guyed out over the side. Captains Courageous
In most cases this love goes unrequited, as we are constantly let down by the object of our desire. Times, Sunday Times
I'd imagine that serious fans will feel really let down.
He said: 'I have disappointed and let down a lot of people. The Sun
He said: 'The gaffer just felt a bit let down. The Sun
I let down my red hair and Max accused me of being like Circe, who turned men into brute beasts and would not let them feel love. NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
Â Again, the strength of the scripting is really let down by the pencilling (although the colors are fantastic.) Zorro #1 | Major Spoilers - Comic Book Reviews and News
The steamer's topsides were lowest just abaft the bridge and they had let down a ladder. THE MAIN CAGES
Just think of all of us who have been disappointed - let down - betrayed! Times, Sunday Times
He trudged home feeling lonely and let down.
A Fredericton university student says he turned to Islam after feeling let down by his Christian upbringing.
I'm also wondering if that was possibly done as an alternative to wearing an apron, since with the hem folded up like that any dirt would then fall on the underside of the dress or on the petticoat/underdress, and then once the chore was finished the hem could be let down again and the dirt is not visible. Modest Active Wear
This reader and her husband are among the many who feel badly let down, and I greatly sympathise with them.
There were few chimneys, except in the larger houses, and no shop windows; a large wooden shutter fixed below the window covered it at night, and in the day it was let down to hang, tablewise, as a counter whereon the goods sold by the owner were displayed. The White Lady of Hazelwood A Tale of the Fourteenth Century
While few will have the chance to build a business of this size so quickly, many will share the frustrations of being let down by those thought of as loyal supporters.
I feel badly let down by the council who should be the guardians of an important conservation area, not its despoiler.
Always a potent outlet down the right as an attacking full-back. The Sun
I should be looking forward to it, because I should have them by the end of the week, but I just feel nervous about all the details being right (if not I'll have to wait half a week to even find out) and let down by the lack of instant (or even 'soonish') feedback. Phluid61 Diary Entry
The form has been let down since and he has shot up nearly a stone but he clearly deserved the rise. The Sun
That's an ambitious enterprise and, regrettably, the work is let down from achieving such divine afflatus by sloppy editing and far too many solecisms.
The truster is at risk of being let down, disillusioned, or betrayed because the truster relies on the trusted.
I'm afraid that many of the campaigners who have been at it for years felt badly let down by your "carpetbagging" on to the issue at their expense. Mourning Common Sense
‘So those who cannot make it should not feel let down,’ he advises the aspirants.
In any unwieldy bureaucratic system there will be some in need who will be let down by officialdom. The Sun
The main let down is the auto box. The Sun
There was a single moat surrounding the castle at the base of the mountain, and a drawbridge was continually being let down to let the samurai and retainers ride across to Shintaku.
These are just a few of the instances that I can remember of being let down by the council.
Instead he went on about the excellence of the hotel cuisine, and she felt let down. YELLOW BIRD
But the film is badly let down by its third act and could have done with shaving a good half an hour off its running time.
Whatever the eventual result of these present problems, Labour MPs feel let down.
He's the sort of man who would let down the tyres on your car just out of/from spite.
Many thousands felt let down by their aborted duel at York last month. Times, Sunday Times
This could be let down by the fact that he hasn't had a big hit record for years, and he might be too frail to stage such a comeback.
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. Herescope
I can, but I didn't," continued Uncle Larry, "because my stateroom was the most for'ard in the boat, and the donkey-engine that let down the anchor was right over my head. Humorous Ghost Stories
You can't help wondering why a company that whittled Hamlet down to 90 minutes needs two-and-a-half hours for a relatively obscure Chekhov story.
He is clothed in a white tunic and embroidered cloak or mantle, and he carries a scepter in his left hand; under his seat is a leopard, and his right hand he holds toward a young man, who makes the same gesture, and he is weighing in a large scale assafoetida, which is being let down into the hold of the ship. Scientific American, Volume 40, No. 13, March 29, 1879 A Weekly Journal of Practical Information, Art, Science, Mechanics, Chemistry, and Manufactures
They feel so let down by a government that promised the earth - wonderful phrases, and grandiloquent language.
The gangplank was let down and the passengers began to get off.
'And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, 31. Expositions of Holy Scripture: the Acts
In the further wall was an alcove whose curtains, bestrung with pearls, were let down and I saw a light issuing therefrom; so I drew near and perceived that the light came from a precious stone as big as an ostrich egg, set at the upper end of the alcove upon a little chryselephantine couch of ivory and gold; and this jewel, blazing like the sun, cast its rays wide and side. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Yet those entrusted with the care of such houses feel let down by government. Times, Sunday Times
The Labour leadership has badly let down its back benches and the electorate by undoing its accomplished manifesto promise, now they stand for nothing.
There is emotional movement in your chart that embraces change and partners will sense it to let down barriers. The Sun
And a resident who fears his life will be blighted by the development says he has been let down by a faint-hearted planning committee.
However, she let down her hair about her body by way of shift, and throwing herself into the basin disported herself and dived like a duck and swam up and down, and took water in her mouth, and spurted it all over the Porter, and washed her limbs, and between her breasts, and inside her thighs and all around her navel. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
Then, somehow, I got my semihard penis in there, and I think my penis was so relieved to have made it inside that it let down its guard, spazzed out, and prematurely ejaculated. The Double Life is Twice as Good
According to longtime financial adviser Ben Schultz, Chandler "constantly" inquires as to whether any of his diversely invested mutual funds are losing money, but is always let down.
When those are consistently the responses by the "caregiving surround," a term familiarized through Self-Psychology to mean empathic based caring or lack thereof as in "non caregiving surround" experienced by the developing, helpless infant they become internalized into a solid core which that person can always return to and buttress themselves up during times of let down, hurt , disappointment and physical and psychic injury. The Full Feed from HuffingtonPost.com
He's the sort of man who would let down the tyres on your car just out of/from spite.
Skype doesn't therapeutically disinhibit patients so that they let down their guard and take emotional risks. Harmon Leon: Will Smartphones Replace the Therapist's Couch?
The astrologer was a little man, and seemed much advanced in age, for his heard was long and white, and reached over his black doublet down to his silken girdle. Kenilworth
This will mean no more steps at the entrance, wider corridors, wider doors and a toilet downstairs.
Sadly, the film is being ludicrously overhyped, and thus many may end up feeling a bit let down upon actually seeing it.
The separation between Livingston's two chief pursuers was perhaps unjust, but it lasted only until the 56th minute as Williamson's charges let down their guard.
The ease of the exchange increased my hopes of maybe getting my hands on some kind of badass weaponry later on, but I should have known I'd be let down.
She looks lovely, just a shame she is let down by her terrible attitude and diva-like behaviour onset.
Elena was aghast, Sean remained unimpressed, making Pablo feel let down. HAVANA BEST FRIENDS
Sadly, the film is let down by an excessively simple plot.
Participants value debates because candidates must let down their protective guards and speak and act outside the control of their handlers.
He said: 'My mum and dad depended on the police but they were let down. The Sun
They had been friends for many years and in all that time, Reagan had never seen Terrance let down the protective walls around him.
Particularly in the Third, he and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra are let down by the boxy recording, which swallows orchestral detail and produces unmusical balances.
Don't let down even if you're nearing the destination.
And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship Villaraigosa And Nunez Cut And Run - Video Report
She said the family made every effort to console Joyce but had been let down by his lies.
The plane let down gently before landing at the airport.
Certain paintings did look good, but they were always let down by the hang.
Some of them prime your emotions, setting you up for a let down or a purgative, thundering crash.
The lack of cable sleeving on all of the cables was a definite let down.
Yet those entrusted with the care of such houses feel let down by government. Times, Sunday Times
Rochdale Alternative Website has just published (despite time stamp from early hours) another account of Paul Rowen's Lib Dem Let Down re Gaza and of the ejection of whom they call an 'eejit' - Dave Drunkagain. Labour of Love
He said: 'I have disappointed and let down a lot of people. The Sun
We have been let down by people who should have been looking after Laura's health and welfare and we are all devastated.
There is emotional movement in your chart that embraces change and partners will sense it to let down barriers. The Sun
She wanted to have her skirt let down several centimetres.
But after a few minutes 'cogitation, I remembered that my bunks on either side of the cabin could be turned up against the bulkhead, and at each end of the bunks was a flat piece of steel fifteen or eighteen inches long which held the berth-bench when it was let down. Swept Out to Sea Clint Webb Among the Whalers
30 And as the shipmen were about to flee out of the ship, when they had let down the boat into the sea, under colour as though they would have cast anchors out of the foreship, 31 Paul said to the centurion and to the soldiers, Except these abide in the ship, ye cannot be saved. Commentary on the Whole Bible Volume VI (Acts to Revelation)
She watched in her huge dressing-table mirror as one of the maids pulled a ringlet down to its full length, each hair gleaming like gold. Uprising
Remove wheelnuts, let down tyre, put on spare.
It was customary on such occasions to wear a helmet, with a part called a vizor in front, which could be raised on ordinary occasions, or let down in moments of danger like this, to cover and protect the eyes. Mary Queen of Scots Makers of History
There is emotional movement in your chart that embraces change and partners will sense it to let down barriers. The Sun
Consumers are fed up with the major-label side of the industry, and many bands have felt let down by the indie labels.
Leaf length was measured from the tip of the terminal leaflet down to the base of the petiole at the site of attachment to the stem.
Joey is worth watching for the cast, but you will be let down by the predictable and clichéd style of humour.
She said: 'We are all heartbroken and feel let down by the system which failed our mother. The Sun
LVG had to run the gauntlet down the touchline at the final whistle as the atmosphere turned poisonous after a terrible afternoon. The Sun
Both sides showed a glimmer of promise with the occasional attack, only to be let down by poor discipline, some shoddy handling and stout defence.
While they now were making ready, there fell upon him a trance; (11) and he beholds heaven opened, and a certain vessel descending upon him, as a great sheet, bound by four corners, and let down upon the earth; (12) wherein were all the fourfooted beasts and creeping things of the earth, and birds of the air. The New Testament of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. The common English version, corrected by the final committee of the American Bible Union.
Lady Kicklebury wears a front, and, I make no doubt, a complete jasey; or she certainly would have let down her back hair at this minute, so overpowering were her feelings, and so bitter her indignation at her daughter’s black ingratitude. The Kickleburys on the Rhine
There was still a belief amongst many people that the army had not lost the war but had been let down by back-stabbing politicians.
Scott Murray is a bit worried that he's going to be horribly let down again if another no-mark triumphs.
Indeed, they were all tired from the day's travel, and soon the boys had been "shooed" away and the girls let down their hair. The Outdoor Girls in a Winter Camp Glorious Days on Skates and Ice Boats
One of the lady victims feels that they are being let down and find themselves directionless in an unsympathetic environment.
About this she bound a fillet of brocade, purfled with pearls, jacinths and other jewels, from beneath which she let down two tresses327 each looped with a pendant of ruby, charactered with glittering gold, and she loosed her hair, as it were the sombrest night; and lastly she incensed herself with aloes-wood and scented herself with musk and ambergris, and Hubub said to her, “Allah save thee from the evil eye!” The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
The outworks he found in excellent condition; the barbacan, of massive stone, seemed well enabled to resist attack, should it be made; the machinery of the drawbridge was in good order, and enabled to be drawn up or let down at The Days of Bruce Vol 1 A Story from Scottish History
He said his friend had wanted to become a chef but was let down by police, social services and the probation system. Times, Sunday Times
When such advisers fail in their duty, they let down the whole system.
Scout leaders say they feel badly let down and are concerned that if the individual packs continue to meet away from their home, their sense of group identity will disintegrate.
It was let down to the ground, and there came the "headsman," whose task it was to sever the head, with two or three swift strokes. The Jungle
There is emotional movement in your chart that embraces change and partners will sense it to let down barriers. The Sun
Mark turned his hard eyes toward the elder, and seemed to congeal into something inflexible, impenetrable, as if he had suddenly let down a cold sheet iron door between his soul and them, against which the words, like shot or pebbles, rattled sharp and unharming and fell in a shower at the feet of the speaker. The City of Fire
My vital energy has drained right out of me just when I wasn't looking, like a slow puncture in my tire, I have been let down.
When the will defies fear, when duty throws the gauntlet down to fate, when honor scorns to compromise with death - that is heroism.
There is emotional movement in your chart that embraces change and partners will sense it to let down barriers. The Sun
The Friends of Imber Church feel let down.
However, there is no need to feel let down, for our naan, roti, parathas and chapattis are a form of bread too.
I was in the city of Joppa praying: and in a trance I saw a vision, a certain vessel descend, as it had been a great sheet, let down from heaven by four corners; and it came even to me: upon the which when I had fastened mine eyes, I considered, and saw fourfooted beasts of the earth, and wild beasts, and creeping things, and fowls of the air. Acts 11.
Several Marines looked around at each other in confusion but no one let down their guard - this silence was even worse than a maelstrom of bullets.
To avoid damage and injury, the mainsprings must be let down to relieve them of their power before anything is done to the movement.
The form has been let down since and he has shot up nearly a stone but he clearly deserved the rise. The Sun
The film moves along quickly enough but just as it gets going we are let down by a weak plot finish, the usual clichés, and a big feeling of disappointment.
They feel let down by the yearly assurances that water for Tullamore households will be sourced from elsewhere.
I let down my red hair and Max accused me of being like Circe, who turned men into brute beasts and would not let them feel love. NOTHING TO WEAR AND NOWHERE TO HIDE: A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES
Aimed at the dedicated games player with crisp graphics and rapid scaling, it's let down by short battery life.
Aas soon as I let down my guard a thought of Gavin would meander into my brain and make as much noise as it could.
Finally, when the ship was well anchored and docked, the ramp was let down and the men began to file out.
Of course we have to find some way to replace all this biosphere-wrecking stuff, but we also have to keep in mind the brute reality that nature will not cease pushing to reclaim her own the very instant we let down our guard.
Any bath water we don't use over 24 hours is let down the plughole and the bath is washed before we collect that day's ‘fresh’ grey water.
Let down by a short battery life, about three hours.
He's the sort of man who would let down the tyres on your car just out of/from spite.
For a school that works so hard to keep up its good name to be let down by a few is really quite sad.
Particularly in the Third, he and the Pittsburgh Symphony Orchestra are let down by the boxy recording, which swallows orchestral detail and produces unmusical balances.
However, there is no need to feel let down, for our naan, roti, parathas and chappatis are a form of bread too.
In the darkness of the theater Kip seemed to take on some of his boyishness again, let down his guard.
There was still a belief amongst many people that the army had not lost the war but had been let down by back-stabbing politicians.
Yet those entrusted with the care of such houses feel let down by government. Times, Sunday Times
Even the oil price has let down the doomsters, who predicted that it would rise to between $40 and $80 a barrel.
The play is tolerably amusing, but it is let down by the actors' weak performances.
Are you going to let down or take up the hem of that dress?
Not that I do not say that to be 'good,' to be able to look your own ugly jowl in the face in a mirror, is pleasant enough; but, as I see the matter, it is all one to other people whether you be a cardsharper or a priest so long as you're polite, and let down your neighbours lightly. Through Russia
Now when we reached thy docks well walled, we began to launch the fastest of Sidonian ships, with her full complement of fifty rowers, and each task in due succession followed; some set up the mast, others ranged the oars with their blades ready, and stored the white sails within the hold, and the rudder was let down astern and fastened securely. Helen
Many thousands felt let down by their aborted duel at York last month. Times, Sunday Times
After being let down by its batsmen in the afternoon, India Cements bowled with discipline on a surface lacking in bounce, and fielded with a tigerish resolve to win by eight runs.
Claman sets out to explore in depth fundamental questions, but readers expecting such will be left unfulfilled and let down.
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Would Merymose, who had been so badly let down by Akhenaten himself, be able to feel any sympathy at all?
Having handled them here on the IFA show floor, we'd say they feel quite plasticky which is a bit of a let down considering their relatively high price. TrustedReviews Site-wide Feed
But what was an enjoyable ripping yarn is let down by an ending that plays out like something the screenwriter suggested for a joke. Times, Sunday Times
There are a number of options available to leaseholders who feel let down by their managing agent. Times, Sunday Times
Once again the title proved popular enough to force a sequel, which, unfortunately, was let down by the fact that the series had become a little repetitive. All - Digital Spy - Entertainment and Media News
After the fantastic second-last episode where Boyd is revealed (and blown up), this was a major let down. 2010 January « Show Me SciFi
You'll be known as the unelected Prime Minister who traded oil for justice, let down 270 innocent victims of the Lockerbie disaster, did shady deals with a tinpot dictator, and chose a 'special relationship' with Libya over our staunch friend and ally, the United States of America. A New Dark Age Is Dawning
Every goblet downed only drives his unslakeable thirst.
Unfortunately, in the past few years, she's been let down by the gradual erosion of her memory.
My own pragmatic tests show that to really put this camera to the test I need to use the best lenses at their optimum apertures, otherwise the lenses let down the imaging chip.
Let down a rope so that I can climb up.
Many thousands felt let down by their aborted duel at York last month. Times, Sunday Times
Really let down by the winners, godzilla over mario bava? and its quite obvious through these results that horror is going towards shock/torture porn and itll be that way for awhile. Congratulations, Rob Zombie!
Just think of all of us who have been disappointed - let down - betrayed! Times, Sunday Times
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Instead he went on about the excellence of the hotel cuisine, and she felt let down. YELLOW BIRD
Even Morgan partook of the change, and I well recall how he came to me just before he landed, in a kind of grenadier uniform, with sword and musket and belts, drawing himself up very stiff and proud-looking as he let down the butt-end of his firelock with a loud bang upon the deck. Mass' George A Boy's Adventures in the Old Savannah
After sitting, resting, and chatting aimlessly for a while, Kei told me she was going to sleep for a little bit, so I let her lay her sleeping pallet down on the ground and so forth.
But it conveys on Godard's part an unearned sense of being let down by them; like his revolutionism, his disillusionment with revolution has something brattish about it.
She said: 'We are all heartbroken and feel let down by the system which failed our mother. The Sun
Out of the corner of my eye, I caught sight of Fiona in her violet dress, hair let down nicely.
Let down by the game chips, roast pheasant on its own deserves a gold nutritional star. Times, Sunday Times
For Serbian elites it is the international community that must not be let down, rather than the electorate.
It's the hard-working members who pay their subs who are being let down. Times, Sunday Times
It seems the scammers are trying to get increasingly clever, and it's an interesting social engineering trick to try to get people to let down their guard by first warning them about a scam - and then scamming them anyway.
Let down a rope so that I can climb up.
At other moments - for all the Chorus's endeavours - the concert is let down by anodyne music and lyrics.
He's the sort of man who would let down the tyres on your car just out of/from spite.
He can then appeal to all those who have been let down by the parliamentary left and the parliamentary right.
Regretfully Silk let down the movable section of the abat-jour, retrieved his horsehair rope, and untied the rough limb that had served him so well. Nightside The Long Sun
With the ground underfoot very wet, players were slipping all over the park and passing moves were continually let down by poor handling.
Indeed, in certain respects the author has been let down by the publisher - the conclusion contains sections with blurred printing and poorly cut pages.
These ideas and resolutions, dejecting, yet solacing, occupied her to the forgetfulness of her intended visit, and even of Eugenia, till the words: 'Pray let me come to you, my dear Camilla!' made her let down the blinds. Camilla
It's an intensely satisfying experience, only let down by some clunky dialogue and the poor story. The Sun
Teachers who hand out misleading grades thereby allow some students, already let down by a school system that has failed to prepare them adequately, to be blindsided.
Ingeniously designed, the main cabin contained a stove, a curtained bed and cupboards whose painted doors let down into tables.
He sees a sign pointing the way to a toilet down the corridor.
He is a bit let down by the low grade he got.
Like many home-grown films, though, it is let down by uninventive dialogue. The Sun
Any whitewashing on the part of the committee, or any attempt to "let down easy" a man who has been so recreant to a great public trust, cannot fail to have a serious effect upon the fortunes of the men responsible for it, and upon any political party that may, through its control of legislative action, uphold them in such a course.
She didn't have very long hair, and it was naturally wavy, so when let down it started to frizz.
There's not enough there to carry it into the classic league, and somehow the comedy is let down by the straitjacketing of the plot.
The plane let down gently before landing at the airport.
He let down a bucket into the well to draw water.
Like the lover let down on a thousand occasions already, we wanted to believe that this time everything would be all right.
And Arsenal were let down by a goalkeeping error. The Sun

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