latch

Example Sentences

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But it was only a few years ago, when online communities of so-called incels started latching onto evolutionary psychology’s story of close relationships that he began to see the EvoScript as dangerous.

From Los Angeles Times

Only when the front door is closed and latched does Mom attempt a smile.

From Literature

Fear of being alone and abandoned was like a wall preventing him from experiencing the magic that had latched on to him.

From Literature

“The door was latched and everything. And he’s still too little to walk, anyway. His eyes aren’t even open yet.”

From Literature

Shaw has once again chosen to latch on to Third Point’s dangerously misguided effort to have CoStar Group abandon Homes.com.”

From The Wall Street Journal