latch

Example Sentences

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It only took the rapid forward two minutes to open the scoring after he beat the offside trap to latch on to Dan Burn's through ball before coolly picking out the bottom corner.

From BBC • Feb. 18, 2026

Air India, owned by the Tata Group conglomerate, said it had launched a precautionary fleet-wide re-inspection of the switch latch.

From Barron's • Feb. 3, 2026

Like the most treacherous toadies from literature — Iago, Wormtongue, Tywin Lannister — Miller managed to shove aside rivals to latch onto his master’s ear and guide him toward more evil.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 29, 2026

Compared to the finger-thin latch mechanism, the heft of the door is astounding.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jan. 1, 2026

After a deep breath and a wish with all of my body that no one is in the yard, I carefully lift the latch to the door in the tall wooden fence.

From "A Step from Heaven" by An Na