latch

Example Sentences

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"It's remarkable how people latched onto it from as far away as New York and Hong Kong."

From BBC

Mother and Father crisscrossed the floorboards, wiggled the front door latch, listened to the individual creak of each stair.

From Literature

The Citrini selloff latched onto the market’s recent paranoia that artificial intelligence could ravage established players in a range of industries.

From Barron's

I forgot all about the stick and was trying to reach around behind me and get ahold of the monkey’s tail when another one darted in and latched onto my leg.

From Literature

I fumbled behind me until I found a latch.

From Literature