How to use latch in a sentence

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• They latched onto the idea and gave it up only reluctantly.From the entry latch onto
• He was looking for someone to talk to and latched onto me for some reason.From the entry latch onto
• The guard made sure all the latches were secure.From the entry latches
• Manospheric misogyny has latched on to this "natural" order and insists on its preservation.2021, Rachel Guy, “Nation of Men: Diagnosing Manospheric Misogyny as Virulent Online Nationalism”, in The Georgetown Journal of Gender and…. From the entry manospheric
• But despite the show’s depiction of Karma as presumably straight, fans latched onto the “Karmy” pairing.2018, Annemarie Navar-Gill, “From Strategic Retweets to Group Hangs: Writers’ Room Twitter Accounts and the Productive Ecology of TV…. From the entry Karmy
• Speaking of medicine, rationalizers seem to enjoy latching on health excuses.2012, Steven D. Price, Excuses for All Occasions: Alibis Apologies and Cop-Outs That Can Get You Out of (or Into) Trouble. From the entry syndrome
• The latch leaves frostburns on his fingers but he doesn't feel them.2012, Clio Gray, The Roaring of the Labyrinth. From the entry frostburn
• At the depot, Hook climbed out, slamming the door twice before the latch took.2009, Sheldon Russell, The Yard Dog, New York, N.Y.: Minotaur Books, →ISBN, page 210. From the entry take
• I love McCoy hetsmut but sometimes I have trouble finding pairings to latch onto.2003 November 14, Farfalla [username], “Re: NEW2U TOS "Blue-eyed Satyrs" Mc/Saa [NC-17] Trek hetsmut”, in…. From the entry hetsmut
• Beth Orton has latched her acoustica onto the Chemical Brothers electronica with surprising results.1998, SPIN, volume 14, number 9, page 124. From the entry acoustica
• Jiggles of movement in the cage, and the door's latch slowly turns.1997, David Foster Wallace, A Supposedly Fun Thing I'll Never Do Again. From the entry trundly
• Last, door systems are examined, particularly locking and latching mechanisms, door openers and door closers.1988, United States. National Bureau of Standards, Journal of Research of the National Bureau of Standards, page 336. From the entry door opener
• He chuckled, took a pair of compasses and jammed them into the door above the latch.1984, Hallam Tennyson, “Needful Parts”, in The Haunted Mind: An Autobiography, London: André Deutsch, →ISBN, page 46. From the entry crotch
• In fact, uncowling such an airplane repeatedly may wear the latching or fastening devices.1980, George C. Larson, chapter 3, in Fly on Instruments, Garden City, NY: Doubleday, page 29. From the entry uncowl
• Dov slipped the chain latch into place and opened the door a crack.1958, Leon Uris, chapter 14, in Exodus, page 429. From the entry chain latch
• He went in his room, pushed the door to, without fastening the latch.1913, D[avid] H[erbert] Lawrence, “chapter 12”, in Sons and Lovers, London: Duckworth & Co. […], →OCLC. From the entry to
• Yanking the door down and securing the latch, she kicked away the ramp as she climbed into the front cab.2021, Maria Lewis, The Rose Daughter. From the entry fang it
• Harris didn’t take off the chain latch, and Rhodes could see only a bit of his face through the opening.2013, Bill Crider, chapter 16, in Compound Murder, page 176. From the entry chain latch
• One of the first critics to latch onto Where's the Rest of Me? was the journalist Jessica Mitford.2012, Craig Fehrman, “Reagan and the Rise of the Blockbuster Political Memoir”, in American Literary History, volume 23, number 3, pages…. From the entry hit job
• There was a click and the unspringing of a latch.2010, Elizabeth Mirabel Sain, Gift with Purchase. From the entry unspring
• You will find no latches or clasps.2009, Trina Lane, Shield's Submissive. From the entry eternity collar
• "She'll latch on quick when she remembers.2006, Ariana Franklin, City of Shadows, page 68. From the entry latch on
• It was route one football from Wigan with Rodallega latching onto Al Habsi's long clearance after it was misjudged by Aaron Hughes.2011 January 15, Nabil Hassan, “Wigan 1 - 1 Fulham”, in BBC. From the entry route one football
• The worms in the apple, of course, are Baby Boom liberals who latched on to the one institution they could control—the university.2007, Leonard Steinhorn, The Greater Generation: In Defense of the Baby Boom Legacy, →ISBN. From the entry worm in the apple
• Imagine the Shaw Conference Centre, he said, stacked, packed and latched with literally hundreds of booths bursting with the biggest assortment of fanboyish delights assemblable.2004 August 5–11, Minister Faust [pseudonym; Malcolm Azania], “Inside the Gethsemane of Geekitude: Walking and gawking at fanboy central…. From the entry assemblable
• As pretacked bodies approach the automatic respot line on the body build trucks, the latches that hold them to the trucks are manually released.1979, William R. Tanner, Industrial Robots: Applications, page 154. From the entry respot
• It’s something elusive that everyone has their own instinct for, and when you find designers whose instinct lines up with yours, you latch on and don’t let go.2017, Rian Johnson, “Foreword”, in The Art of Star Wars: The Last Jedi, New York, N.Y.: Abrams, →ISBN. From the entry Star Wars-y
• Stephanie didn't immediately latch onto Stormpilot after her first viewing of The Force Awakens, but now sees the developing relationship as playing on classic romantic beats.2016 February, “Stormpilot: The Breakout Couple Of 2015”, in Colorblock Magazine, page 13. From the entry Stormpilot
• They might have taken the lead when Gervinho latched on to a Mikel Arteta through ball, only for a heavy first touch to let Jussi Jaaskelainen gather.2011 September 24, David Ornstein, “Arsenal 3 - 0 Bolton”, in BBC Sport. From the entry first touch
• The holdback hook assembly is made up of four key parts : the missile holdback hook (1), missile latch finger (4), missile latch lever (6) and eccentric shaft (B).1972, Direct Support and General Support Maintenance Manual, page 35. From the entry holdback
• A sliding bolt latch is attached to the ventiplane window to engage the vertical window guide, preventing the window from being forced open from the outside.1933, The SAE Journal, volumes 42-43, Society of Automotive Engineers, page 450. From the entry ventipane
• Cleaver latched on to the idea, and within moments, the trio was swinging hard over a walking bass line — the equivalent of a blurred picture coming into unequivocal focus.2015 June 18, Nate Chinen, “Review: Eric Revis Trio Lets the Music Lead the Way at the Jazz Gallery”, in The New York Times, archived from…. From the entry trio
• A doorknob of whatever roundish shape is effectively a continuum of levers, with the axis of the latching mechanism—known as the spindle—being the fulcrum about which the turning takes place.2012 March, Henry Petroski, “Opening Doors”, in American Scientist, volume 100, number 2, pages 112–3. From the entry perpendicular
• When Kate lifted the latch and creaked open the door, it was not the buzzing of bluebottles they noticed, but the smell — a toilety smell overlaid with Jeyes Fluid.2000, Patricia O’Reilly, Once Upon a Summer, Dublin: Wolfhound Press, →ISBN, pages 134–135. From the entry toilety

Meaning of latch

1. verb To close or lock as if with a latch.
2. verb To catch; lay hold of.
3. verb To use a latch (kind of lightweight lock).

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Questions about latch in a sentence

How do you use latch in a sentence?

Latch is used as a verb and noun. For example: “They latched onto the idea and gave it up only reluctantly.”

What is a short sentence with latch?

“"She'll latch on quick when she remembers.”

What does latch mean?

Latch means to close or lock as if with a latch.