How to Use onto something in a Sentence

onto something

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• His dad had been onto something.
  — Audrey Gibbs, Nashville Tennessean, 30 Oct. 2025
• Based on these specs, Jeep might just be onto something.
  — Kevin Sintumuang, Outside, 18 Nov. 2025
• But this time, Wilson may well be onto something.
  — Phil Wahba, Fortune, 14 Mar. 2026
• The legendary agent may not have replied, but Fledgy-poo was onto something.
  — Margy Rochlin, Los Angeles Times, 8 Nov. 2022
• Some experts say bed rotters are onto something, but there may be a right way to think about it.
  — Byalexa Mikhail, Fortune Well, 10 July 2023
• Overall, Yeti is onto something with these packs.
  — Corey Buhay, Outside, 3 Mar. 2026
• Cynthia is onto something; there’s a ton of advice out there for the best way to freeze lemons and limes.
  — Chris Morris, BostonGlobe.com, 14 Feb. 2023
• Sarah might be onto something about the dopamine hit or just general parental boredom.
  — Beth Ann Mayer, Parents, 23 Aug. 2023
• Whoever first said that distance makes the heart grow fonder might have been onto something.
  — Larisha Paul, Rolling Stone, 31 Jan. 2024
• Clearly, the Egyptian queens were onto something with their soap paste made of clay and olive oil.
  — Gabi Thorne, Allure, 7 Apr. 2022
• Who knows, maybe Kardashian is onto something with this line of faux-fur string thongs?
  — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 14 Oct. 2025
• Granted, Musk is onto something here.
  — Patrick George, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2025
• But dogs also might hold onto something in their mouth as a way to control their excitement.
  — Liz O'Connell, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
• Robinson might’ve been onto something.
  — Joseph Hernandez, Kansas City Star, 6 Sep. 2025
• Your late mother was onto something about people in their mid-20s.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 27 Aug. 2023
• Your late-mother was onto something about people in their mid-20′s.
  — Amy Dickinson, Anchorage Daily News, 27 Aug. 2023
• Your late-mother was onto something about people in their mid-20’s.
  — Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 27 Aug. 2023
• Rihanna’s clearly onto something with the leather-on-leather styling.
  — Christian Allaire, Vogue, 31 Oct. 2023
• Props to Taylor, who was clearly onto something.
  — Jenna Ryu, SELF, 14 Aug. 2025
• If anything, their over-the-top opposition proves the kids are onto something.
  — Omid Malekan, Fortune, 24 Feb. 2023
• Medvedev was onto something about the courts at Indian Wells.
  — Helmuth Rosales, New York Times, 2 Sep. 2023
• The Eagles were onto something.
  — Zach Berman, New York Times, 14 Jan. 2026
• Who knows, Stewart might just be onto something here and this whisky could turn out to be the sexiest thing about him.
  — Jonah Flicker, Robb Report, 10 Sep. 2023
• Our ancestors may indeed have been onto something all those hundreds of years ago after all.
  — Abhimanyu Ghoshal, New Atlas, 12 May 2025
• There’s reason, though, to think Zajitschek and his colleagues might be onto something.
  — Saima May Sidik, Scientific American, 20 Dec. 2022
• Because that was the trend this week, and next week the same unoriginal dopes will be onto something else.
  — Matt Reigle Outkick, FOXNews.com, 15 July 2026
• To protect yourself during an earthquake, drop down to your hands and knees and hold onto something sturdy.
  — Charles Ventura, USA TODAY, 7 Aug. 2024
• Baker, as usual, was onto something.
  — Daniel Brown, New York Times, 6 Mar. 2026
• Back then, Johnson wanted to move onto something new and came to be consumed by a world of his own creation.
  — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 21 Nov. 2025
• If these two pairings keep playing at this level, the Penguins might be onto something.
  — Josh Yohe, The Athletic, 9 Jan. 2025