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Latch is an English word with synonyms like lock or catch. Below you'll find 10+ example sentences showing how it's used in practice.

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Latch in a sentence

Related words

Latch | Latched | Latching | Latches | Latchman | Latchkey | Latchford | Latchmi

Latch meaning

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

Synonyms of Latch

door latch lock catch fasten fix secure

Related words

Other words often associated with Latch or its synonyms:

attach gimmick change difficulty fixing insecure bonded see acquire prepare muddle fastener

Using Latch

  • The main meaning on this page is: To close or lock as if with a latch. | To catch; lay hold of. | To use a latch (kind of lightweight lock).
  • Useful related words include: door latch, lock, catch, fasten.
  • In the example corpus, latch often appears in combinations such as: latch onto, to latch, latch on.

Context around Latch

  • Average sentence length in these examples: 28.2 words
  • Position in the sentence: 5 start, 9 middle, 6 end
  • Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations

Often before:

disassembly 2× style 2× kids 1× doctors 1× engineers 1×

Often after:

onto 13× cannot 1× allows 1× key 1×

Sentence patterns with Latch

These short patterns come directly from the example sentences and show how the word is often embedded:

and the latch cannot close 1× as a latch key kid 1× designed to latch onto the 1× easier to latch onto the 1× fans to latch onto 1× fastest to latch onto a 1× insecure engineers latch on to 1× interpretations that latch onto this 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a native of 1× baseball expert paul 1× but added that 1× gigabyte has also 1× giving today s 1× he s vastly 1×

Common sentence endings:

addicts to exploit 1× an audience member 1× an empty net 1× big screen stars 1× in remote areas 1× m 2 ssds 1×

Words around Latch

Just before it in the word index:

latavius 7 latavia 5 latasha 13 latas 8 latarro 2 latapy 4

Just after it in the word index:

latched 101 latches 36 latchford 5 latching 60 latchkey 6 latchman 10

Similar in corpus frequency:

abstinence 142 adventurer 142 alters 142 antrim 142 ayo 142 babajide 142

Corpus analysis for Latch

  • In this selection, "latch" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 28.2 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around the word, disassembly, style, kids, onto, cannot and allows stand out and add context to how "latch" is used.
  • Recognizable usage signals include and the latch cannot close and as a latch key kid. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
  • By corpus frequency, "latch" sits close to words such as abstinence, adventurer and alters, which helps place it inside the broader word index.

Example types with latch

The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:

Short example sentences

Let us stand united in supporting working parents, one latch at a time. (13 words)

Hollywood loves to latch onto a story or a franchise and never let go. (14 words)

In fact, there's an absence of good news for investors to latch onto right now. (16 words)

Longer example sentences

Sharing the moment to TikTok, a fan said, “I am fully convinced that Chris Pine took Hugh Grant 100% seriously and now believes he is married, in real life, to Daniel Craig,” and it didn’t take long for others to latch onto the theory. (45 words)

Titled "Of Butchers and Betrayals," the episode pushed the story forward at a pretty fast pace and, as with the first three episodes, it was loaded with Easter eggs and references for comic book geeks and other longtime DC fans to latch onto. (43 words)

It's amusing to me that defensive, insecure "engineers" latch on to my Princess Bride reference with downvotes and butthurt replies but no one has anything substantive to say about the impact of LLMs in response to the meat of my post. (42 words)

Example sentences (20)

The latches on the cover cannot be removed without the latch being locked, and the latch cannot close at all without the key.

Satisfied the gun is unloaded, the user pulls the slide back slightly, lowers the slide disassembly latch, allows the slide to ride forward, and then releases the slide disassembly latch.

Rather than using a lever-style latch as had previous Model 4 drives (various brands were used throughout its production run), the new drives used a twist-style latch that provided for more reliable clamping.

Baseball expert Paul Francis “Sully” Sullivan believes most kids latch onto Major League Baseball at age 7. It’s Sully’s Seven-Year Rule: Kids first take a favorite team and favorite player around second or third grade.

Gigabyte has also integrated its EZ-Latch M.2 mounting system into the Z790 X Gen motherboards, to simplify the installation of M.2 SSDs.

Giving today’s kids some new puppets they can latch onto and call their own would be a great way to give new life to The Muppets as big-screen stars.

He’s vastly different from Redmond (Rupert Grint), who is twitchy and disquieting, and represents one of the seeds of doubt you long to latch onto as an audience member.

Hollywood loves to latch onto a story or a franchise and never let go.

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In a sane world, the people they approach for help would give them something better than a dose of fentanyl to ease the pain, but like drug dealers, these doctors latch onto these kids as new addicts to exploit.

In fact, there's an absence of good news for investors to latch onto right now.

It has an adaptive car seal and magnet cord, which makes it easier to latch onto the trunk of a wide range of vehicles.

It's amusing to me that defensive, insecure "engineers" latch on to my Princess Bride reference with downvotes and butthurt replies but no one has anything substantive to say about the impact of LLMs in response to the meat of my post.

Let us stand united in supporting working parents, one latch at a time.

Sharing the moment to TikTok, a fan said, “I am fully convinced that Chris Pine took Hugh Grant 100% seriously and now believes he is married, in real life, to Daniel Craig,” and it didn’t take long for others to latch onto the theory.

She came on with a point to prove and did what she had to, running the fastest to latch onto a mistimed backpass and slot into an empty net.

Takachar’s novel system is designed to latch onto the back of tractors or pickup trucks, making it easy to deploy in remote areas.

There are two rather exceptional interpretations that latch onto this last point and morph it into something unnaturally beautiful.

Titled "Of Butchers and Betrayals," the episode pushed the story forward at a pretty fast pace and, as with the first three episodes, it was loaded with Easter eggs and references for comic book geeks and other longtime DC fans to latch onto.

A native of Hickory, North Carolina, Barnes grew up as a latch-key kid and relied on coaches and other educators for mentorship and guidance.

But, added, that she didn't want to latch onto trying to stay together when things had stagnated.

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Common combinations with latch

These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:

Frequently asked questions

How do you use "latch" in a sentence?
An example: "The latches on the cover cannot be removed without the latch being locked, and the latch cannot close at all without the key." This page contains 10+ example sentences with the word "latch" from authentic English texts.
What does "latch" mean?
Latch means: To close or lock as if with a latch.
What are synonyms of "latch"?
Common synonyms of "latch" include: door latch, lock, catch, fasten, fix, secure.
How many example sentences with "latch" are there?
Voorbeeldzinnen.info contains at least 10+ example sentences with "latch", drawn from a database of millions of English sentences.