How to Use letter in a Sentence

letter

1 of 2 noun
  • What do the letters need to say?
    Mikey O'Connell, HollywoodReporter, 19 May 2026
  • Phone calls give way to letters.
    Angelica Leicht, CBS News, 10 Apr. 2026
  • Most letters came from the heart.
    Mark Dent, HubSpot, 26 Sep. 2025
  • Words must be of four or more letters.
    Kathleen Saxe, Mercury News, 25 June 2026
  • Huynh said she was not asked to write the letter.
    Kara Scannell, CNN Money, 3 Oct. 2025
  • The letter is in the word, but in the wrong spot.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • The game will present you with a six by eight grid of letters.
    Paul Tassi, Forbes.com, 9 July 2026
  • These can be 4 to 7 letters long.
    Erik Kain, Forbes.com, 27 June 2026
  • But a letter made public has let many fans down.
    The Athletic Colleges Staff, New York Times, 10 Oct. 2025
  • Not all of the letters are in such light spirits.
    Sam Peters, CNN Money, 10 June 2026
  • Welch led the group of Democrats who signed the letter.
    Scott MacFarlane, CBS News, 26 Jan. 2026
  • And do it by phone or in person rather than via a letter.
    Chicago Tribune, 7 May 2026
  • Some of the letters were written in blood.
    Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Tap the letters or the up and down carat on the display line.
    Cody Godwin, USA Today, 4 June 2026
  • Read the full text of the letter below.
    William Earl, Variety, 1 Mar. 2026
  • Of course, these letters had nothing to do with all that.
    Literary Hub, 10 June 2026
  • Working from a short side, fold dough in thirds like a letter.
    Shilpa Uskokovic, Bon Appetit Magazine, 1 Feb. 2026
  • The full letter can be read below.
    Joe Otterson, Variety, 23 Mar. 2026
  • Amidst the silver chains was one hung with the letters of his first name.
    Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 19 Aug. 2023
  • Bloomberg was first to report the letter.
    Ashley Capoot, CNBC, 24 June 2026
  • Yaro said Horner had left the letters laid out on a bench in the cell.
    Matthew Ablon, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • But the two four-year letters aren’t the only ones pulling their weight.
    Ishmael Johnson, Dallas Morning News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • My love letter has been written.
    Literary Hub, 3 June 2026
  • Hope this helps your letter writer.
    Eric Thomas, Sun Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2026
  • Neither of my children even knows how to send a letter.
    Marla Jo Fisher, Oc Register, 20 May 2026
  • That letter was a North Star to me at that time of my life.
    Melissa Ruggieri, USA Today, 16 June 2026
  • And then, Draper got a letter from a lawyer.
    Lyz Lenz, Rolling Stone, 28 May 2026
  • The idea, Angie, is to just write a letter to a friend.
    Angie Martoccio, Rolling Stone, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The letter was found in his car after the shootings.
    Chloe Atkins, NBC news, 11 June 2026
  • Hang it next to the Morgan letters.
    Brian Moylan, Vulture, 31 Oct. 2025

letter

2 of 2 verb
  • Williams earned high grades, tested well, and lettered in two sports.
    Emma Seiwell, New York Daily News, 13 June 2026
  • There are a variety of fonts and lettering styles to choose from, as well as colors.
    Rima Suqi, Forbes.com, 12 Apr. 2025
  • Those aren’t bad odds in my book, which makes the thank-you letter a thumbs-up response to being rejected.
    Amy Lindgren, Twin Cities, 2 May 2026
  • Goodrich also lettered in softball and track and field, earning all-state honors as a sprinter.
    Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 20 June 2025
  • Besides football, Floyd lettered in basketball and track and field in high school.
    Christopher Kuhagen, Journal Sentinel, 17 Jan. 2024
  • The sign had been hand-lettered by the tower’s architect, Mary Colter.
    Bay Area News Group, Mercury News, 2 July 2026
  • Letters tell stories—within each letter, and from letter to letter.
    Literary Hub, 13 July 2026
  • The Leapfrog Group awards hospitals letter grades twice a year based on patient safety.
    Lisa Schencker, Chicago Tribune, 29 July 2025
  • His name will be lettered on the exterior of the main building above the existing signage.
    Hannah Elsmore, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 July 2026
  • Cotton terry hoodies showcase each color in hue and name, with the logos on the front and colors’ names lettered on the back.
    Angela Velasquez, Sourcing Journal, 22 Aug. 2025
  • The layout of the site looks somewhat like a curved and backwards letter L and is a tight fit, according to the letter.
    Nick Rosenberger, Idaho Statesman, 21 June 2024
  • At Food Spot, they’re displayed in that style, but with the description lettered above in white, on a blue background.
    Lucas Kwan Peterson, Los Angeles Times, 4 Oct. 2023
  • Williams played three seasons at Mizzou after lettering two years at Oregon.
    Quentin Corpuel, Kansas City Star, 4 May 2025
  • These included stunning shots of Rihanna dancing around a bonfire, letter her hair fly in the beach breeze, and singing toward the waters.
    Rosa Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 4 Nov. 2022
  • Choose from 28 accent colors and include optional personalization with white and gold lettered beads to spell out their name.
    Maria Conti, Better Homes & Gardens, 25 Sep. 2025
  • Kelce lettered in football, basketball and baseball at Cleveland Heights High School.
    ABC News, 27 May 2026
  • Phil Bucklew Bucklew lettered three years on the football team and two years on the basketball team at Xavier in the 1930s.
    Shelby Dermer, The Enquirer, 19 July 2023
  • Robinson lettered in four sports at UCLA before breaking baseball’s color barrier.
    John Marshall, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2023
  • Lujack, who hailed from Connellsville, Pennsylvania, was only the third player in Notre Dame history to letter in four sports.
    Victoria Hernandez, USA TODAY, 25 July 2023
  • The sign is approximately 10 inches wide by 15 inches tall, and has lettering approximately one inch tall.
    Natalie Wallington, Kansas City Star, 19 Jan. 2024
  • Stone, who lettered in track, football and baseball at Bradley University, scored 31 touchdowns during his four seasons as halfback with the Bears.
    Marianne Mather, Chicago Tribune, 25 Apr. 2023
  • At Stanford, Brodie lettered in football (1954-56) and golf (1955-56).
    Cam Inman, Mercury News, 23 Jan. 2026
  • Quill Pen Taylor mostly sits out the album, playing the role of the silently supportive bridesmaid, lettering the invitations alone by candlelight.
    Rob Sheffield, Rolling Stone, 7 Oct. 2025
  • The results can be startling, as when the artist produces a sort of board game in which such conspiracy-buff tropes as crop circles, crisis actors and Pizzagate are lettered around a core filled with churning internal organs.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
  • At the time, Connor Sturgeon was entering the school as a 6-foot-4 starter who’d lettered in track and basketball as a sophomore, while a younger brother was in the middle school feeder program.
    The Courier-Journal, 16 Apr. 2023
  • Dain Blanton—At Pepperdine, lettered for four seasons (1991-94) as an outside hitter.
    Assistant Sports Editor, Los Angeles Times, 18 June 2026
  • The comics are illustrated by Hitch (The Ultimates), colored by Brad Anderson, and lettered by Rob Leigh.
    Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 14 Nov. 2025
  • Crudo e Nudo’s chalkboard menu, hand-lettered each morning, often features more than 20 sea species at a time, all from waters between Baja and Monterey and all chosen because that happens to be what the boats brought in.
    David Hochman, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
  • Felder, an architect with an obsessive streak, thought extensively about the design of his banner, ultimately opting for a white sign with lettering the precise shade of blue as the Star of David on the Israeli flag.
    Eyal Press, New Yorker, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Samia Bzioui evokes her Moroccan roots, international migration and an in-between sensibility with a midair piece comprising a bundle of cotton hanging on a pole lettered with Arabic text.
    Mark Jenkins, Washington Post, 31 Mar. 2023

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