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    Use "latch" in a sentence

    latch example sentences

    latch


    latched


    latches


    latching


    1. He pulled the latch on the bottom half of the door, swung the door open and was


    2. I watched as the door opened and I guess it was me that turned the latch although I don't remember doing it


    3. You latch onto anything that gives hope


    4. she stands by the door, her hand on the latch,


    5. With great care, she wound the piece of string around the nail that was the latch until she was satisfied the door was secured to her liking, and then she turned and looked at them one by one, 'I prayed for my dead husband


    6. Alessandra tried the key and we could turn the door handle and hear the latch lift and listen to the tumblers but even with all our pushing and pulling it still wouldn't budge


    7. He marched off but not before he bound the latch securely with the string, trapping me firmly inside


    8. She reached for the latch on the gate and Kai quickly laid his hand on hers stopping her


    9. She found it took quite a lot of effort and concentration to move her arm toward the latch that let her out of here


    10. He pulled on the latch handle of the top of the two stacked doors, reached in with a scoop and filled three glasses with clear tinkling shards

    11. Guskat lifted the latch and pushed the door open


    12. hand on the latch


    13. A size ten boot smacks into the woodwork, karate style, just below the latch and the door frame splinters but holds


    14. Contour formed brass balls for feet were fashioned onto the corners as added protection from idle scuffing and a brass locking latch was fitted to the front center


    15. “Open it, Harry” said Hipolyta and held out a fob chain and key for the latch


    16. The door to flat five has, rather conveniently, caught on the latch


    17. Johnny whispered something in Apollo’s ear and released the latch on his


    18. and undid the latch


    19. A second later, he clicked the key and flipped the latch loose, and then he turned to look up at her


    20. THEN BEFORE ME WAS A LOW HALF-DOOR WITH A LATCH

    21. Halfway across the room, the interior bar latch rested -- a bent piece of hardened steel


    22. Unfortunately the latch held


    23. opened the latch of the little plastic doll house


    24. She opened the latch again and the toilet seat was


    25. Behind the door Maureen stood with her hand still holding the latch


    26. After too many of those botched rescue missions, I’d learned to keep my eyes on the road and walk faster when a stray tried desperately to latch on


    27. When we stood by her cage, she stopped trying to open the latch long enough to give us an assessing glance


    28. There was no latch on the


    29. Inside the hinge and latch door of this mini chicken resort, he would set a small tray of baby chick feed, and an upside-down jar of water that would trickle out into a round dish for them to drink from and splash in


    30. Kerrin had fallen to the floor just as the apprentice had fastened the latch under her hair

    31. Bentley had reached the front door and as soon as he released the latch, Matthew Bulow barged in


    32. Suddenly Nibbles was right there with him, reaching out and pulling on the string that operated the gate latch


    33. Turning the knob, Freda released the latch


    34. loosened the safety latch to his pistol


    35. The media had dropped it completely sensing a sea change and found other juicy news to latch onto


    36. He turns and shuts the door, sliding the latch at the top to the side


    37. Her hand slid down the edge of the door until she felt the protruding latch


    38. Without taking her eyes off the man, she quickly pressed the gum against the spring latch and pushed it back into its hold


    39. Her hand moved down the edge of the door until she felt the protruding latch


    40. Suddenly the latch was thrown, and the door opened

    41. He grasped the latch, and tried to shove the


    42. As Anna hugged him, Harald slid the wooden latch on the door shut


    43. We had to put Saint Cuthbert onto the ground, as we opened the latch


    44. He fitted the heavy trapdoor back to cover the opening and tested the latch that kept it in place


    45. the subtle sounds of his testing the latch to make sure it was


    46. lever for the latch


    47. Walking to the tub he pulled the latch


    48. I watched the one shining dot on the door latch, the


    49. hadn’t even touched the key, and the door latch hadn’t budged


    50. I turned to look behind me and saw the latch twitch











































    1. "Actually, she latched onto Jorma when I moved a couple cabins down the hall where I could maintain a once a week schedule


    2. I tell her how very strong Abi is being, how she’s latched onto the idea of the little boy David saved and that this is helping her with her grief to some extent


    3. ‘Where would we live?’ … then realise that I have calmly assumed it would be ‘we’ … he’s latched onto that as well, with a delighted grin, he reaches across the table and grabs my hand


    4. " he latched on to her forearm, near where he’d grabbed her last night


    5. Ignoring a few cuts from the shards of plastic, Alan found the cover to the kvarit tank latched


    6. The thin filaments latched onto her presence and pulled, dragging her back into the Seventh World


    7. They latched onto the Chosen, searing her flesh as they dragged her towards his tree-like body


    8. and before I could react, it had latched onto my leg


    9. He hasn’t latched onto any one thing


    10. It latched onto

    11. His fibre optic rod latched on to the regulator junction point


    12. His gaze latched onto her


    13. In the confused tangle, Amaranthe grabbed someone’s crossbow even as a hand latched onto her ankle


    14. As the joey woke up it was sure it had latched on to its mother�s teat


    15. He drew the knife away from Kay’s throat, holding the torch close to her face while he quickly sheathed it and latched a firm grip on her wrist


    16. Uses include bounce-free latched switches


    17. “Are you sure, after all the things you know I’ve done, that you want to be involved with me?” She kept her gaze latched to his, nodding assent


    18. In his hands, Mike held a machine gun aimed at Truman although his eyes were latched on Beth


    19. His gaze was latched on the rearview mirror with Beth his only concern


    20. them all what was latched at her throat

    21. happened, a device was chucked at Wynne, and it latched around his neck


    22. Nik went up to one of the showers to get a closer look, and Sierra latched onto his arm and tugged him away


    23. I latched myself into that plan like it was my life saver


    24. He latched onto the Link, simultaneously issuing a frantic command to cease the Translocation and seizing the knowledge of what had happened


    25. Youssaf’s fingers latched talonlike onto her forearm as Moshe’s horse, further spooked by the close maneuver, shied sharply away


    26. broken hinge, where I latched my other hand onto the tubing as


    27. closed and latched the doors on the back of the hearse


    28. A tractor-beam from the nearest ship latched onto them and pulled them in slowly


    29. Someone had told Zoe that the dead could hear the thoughts of the living, mostly to console her, but she had latched onto the idea for dear life


    30. One by one, they ran through the magical door, and as Peter was the last to enter, the hooded figure latched onto his shirt

    31. The children held their tickets tightly, put them into their pockets, and latched them with their buttons


    32. Her mouth latched onto his


    33. Tristan, for his part, had latched onto what Resa’d said


    34. As soon as they saw her exposed nipples, they latched onto them and nursed


    35. Check that windows and doors are securely screened and latched


    36. “Elimination?” Dave latched onto the word that screamed for his next question


    37. Saul latched on to Fiona and could not be pried loose


    38. and my mouth latched on to her other breast to gently sucked her nipples


    39. One of the Swordsman women with two teen aged daughters latched on to him right when they first arrived


    40. Paul reached the office door as it swung shut, latched immediately closed

    41. latched on to his ankle


    42. The officer realized who Joey was, and latched onto his shoulder with a hand and opened the channel on the radio


    43. Instead, it went straight for his leg, latched onto it, and began gyrating and breathing hard


    44. Jeff stumbled, and Graisse latched onto his left leg and began primal, instinctual thrusts


    45. Donna latched the gate when she went through


    46. The pearl-colored teeth latched onto one of Cloud's ear lobes, nipping at it in a very sensual manner


    47. “Obviously,” Preacher Cooper mumbled sheepishly as he took a final look at the money then latched the satchel shut


    48. Having already informed the general manager of this affair so that he could prepare the staff this morning, Feltus leaned back and wiped his brow with his handkerchief then latched his thumbs under his suspenders


    49. Jose latched onto the handle above his head


    50. As Mary Catherine strode toward the telegraph office, she latched








































    1. latches and catches, it was designed to prevent the delivery of more


    2. ungraded papers into his brief case and clicked the latches shut


    3. Just undo our latches


    4. Rooms had doors with latches


    5. Troy thumped the palm of his hand against the latches, turning them free


    6. His oxygen-starved brain couldn’t remember how the latches worked


    7. In bad biting cases as soon as your puppy latches onto your hand say "No!" and quickly put your thumb inside his mouth under his tongue, and your other finger under his chin


    8. Another octopus quickly loses altitude and latches onto the back of the shark that has its member in its mouth


    9. In the session he said: ―It was a suitcase on the porch‖ and ―It was on Angela‘s lap when it exploded after two clicks of the latches


    10. Jane and Kaite are repeatedly told to stop straying from the group, a boy, maybe 17, curly brown hair has latches onto the party staying a few feet behind

    11. Robert looked at his arm and his watches were glowing in order, up to down, and so forth; the faces of the watches became brighter, and he tried to take them off, but the latches could not come off


    12. As they released the four latches securing the case and raised the cover, neither spoke a word,


    13. The electronic latches engaged on the door the Marine had closed


    14. Normally she would have commanded the latches to close


    15. He laid the case down on its side and opened the latches along its front


    16. His hands quickly went over the latches


    17. There must have been 8 latches all together, but it gave us a feeling of 20


    18. Watching him putting in latches and repairing clocks, Fernanda wondered whether or not he too might be falling into the vice of building so that he could take apart like Colonel Aureliano Buendía and his little gold fishes, Amaranta and her shroud and her buttons, José Arca-dio and the parchments, and Úrsula and her memories


    19. a code, the latches on the gate immediately snapped open,


    20. The narcissist is the one who – vocally and demonstratively – demands the undivided attention of the head waiter in a restaurant, or monopolizes the hostess, or latches on to celebrities in a party

    21. He grabs a lose strap and latches it on to the top strap


    22. The Professor frantically latches the last strap as the ship straightens


    23. Quietly standing chest-high to the doors of the 10th floor, he fingered their release latches


    24. It appeared the doors were designed to open only when two spring-loaded safety latches on opposite sides were tripped


    25. With the fingers of his other hand wedged between the doors, he lunged to grasp onto one of the greasy latches that cinched the doors closed


    26. Eugene makes a face and eases the princess' arms up around his neck, where she latches onto him again and mutters something under her breath


    27. Dawn on Monday November 28, 1853 found Olin forging wrought iron latches from strips of metal stock


    28. Jeff set the latches on the suitcase and pulled it off the bed


    29. The body of the late Senor Hirsch dwelt alone for a time in the dismal solitude of the unfinished building, resounding weirdly with sudden slams and clicks of doors and latches, with rustling scurries of torn papers, and the tremulous sighs that at each gust of wind passed under the high roof


    30. Saw him twisting the razor handle and opening the twin safety latches on the head, sliding the blade out, holding it between his thumb and forefinger

    31. Bill checked the bombs and inspected the bomb latches in the racks


    1. “I am going to hurt you!” Bob declared, his simple mind latching onto the last thing he had heard and going with it


    2. Meanwhile, my father and mother, and Hipolyta and myself were latching shutters on the house and lodges against the brutal gusts of rain, flying sideways in their flight before the terrible storm


    3. His energy took hold, latching on


    4. Latching down the top hatch he settled in the captain’s seat and ran up the various systems, using the check list he’d drawn up the previous night


    5. “He’s out of range,” she said, latching on to the explanation she wanted to believe


    6. I flew down the road and launched myself onto him, latching my arms around his chest and burying my face in his shoulder


    7. from a home office just by latching onto whatever it is that particular site is offering


    8. Arms extended, throat exposed, the death dealing Indian twisted his shoulder to ward off whatever had jumped at him, aborting the war-club‘s deadly journey but in the manner of the pit bulldog, JY touched the man‘s turning shoulder with his good forefoot and in a flash went for another hold, latching on to the unprotected right biceps muscle with vice-grip jaws


    9. When you express anger, there is a danger of presenting it too strongly due to old anger latching onto it, amplifying it


    10. There are times when latching on is very problematic

    11. He saddled the Appaloosa mare and led her out of the paddock, latching the gate behind him


    12. Softly, she lifted both the hook and the two-by-for latching the door shut


    13. Andy, his hormonal urges raging, joined in, latching tightly onto the woman’s wrists and pinning her to the floor


    14. Hitting bottom, he turned and lunged upward, latching onto the door and easing it back over the hole


    15. I’d halfway been expecting her to give me some kind of grief for not latching on to her grandson as my consort, but she only gave a chuckle and said, “Of course you are welcome here


    16. It's the worst thing in the world, when something happens that you never expected to happen, when you lose something you held so close it actually became a part of you, latching onto your heart and adding to you


    17. Carter stepped in and restrained Jordan, latching his heavily built arms around his waist


    18. I could see the meat latching onto itself


    19. Latching onto Winston Churchill’s warnings about German rearmament and tearing your hair out and saying ‘Why couldn’t they see?’ is easy from this distance


    20. Then he bent over and kissed the faded lips, and straightway made his stealthy exit, latching the door behind him

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    Synonyms for "latch"

    latch door latch clip snap secure buckle pin clamp clasp

    "latch" definitions

    spring-loaded doorlock that can only be opened from the outside with a key


    catch for fastening a door or gate; a bar that can be lowered or slid into a groove


    fasten with a latch