How to Use keyhole in a Sentence

keyhole

noun
  • But the big keyhole was plain, oiled, in use.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2025
  • The keyhole racerback and loose hem both let the breeze flow through.
    — Laura Lajiness Kaupke, Women's Health, 9 Aug. 2023
  • The balding spot on the back of his head was shaped like a keyhole.
    — Literary Hub, 4 Aug. 2025
  • When you're done, hang it as art using the keyhole cutout on the back of the frame.
    — Brittney Morgan, House Beautiful, 18 May 2022
  • Make the cutouts with a small paring knife or narrow saw, such as a keyhole saw.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 26 Oct. 2022
  • The keyhole cutout feels modern and fresh while the twist knot bandeau has a retro vibe.
    — Staff Author, Peoplemag, 19 June 2023
  • There’s also a fun keyhole cutout in the back, which helps keep you cool at the beach or by the lake.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 11 June 2023
  • The floor-length gown also featured a keyhole cutout.
    — Emma Banks, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Calvin Johnson was harder to lock down than a door with no keyhole.
    — Greg Moore, The Arizona Republic, 21 Aug. 2022
  • The dress was complete with a keyhole held together by a gold clasp.
    — Hannah Jackson, Vogue, 29 Nov. 2023
  • The bikini top straps were down and tied to form a keyhole at her bust, with the strings hanging down.
    — Aimée Lutkin, ELLE, 9 July 2023
  • Essentially, the keyhole for the mice cells is the wrong shape for the virus to open.
    — Amanda Morris, azcentral, 10 June 2020
  • The wound looked like a gill on a fish, a slim keyhole weeping bright capillary blood.
    — Daniyal Mueenuddin, New Yorker, 23 Nov. 2025
  • Issues have also arisen in Hawaii, where the same keyhole wasp has been found.
    — Mike Cherney, WSJ, 23 Nov. 2022
  • The key to the safe, which held two handguns, had allegedly been left in its keyhole.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 28 July 2022
  • While his daughter can only watch, helpless, through the keyhole of her front door.
    — Andy Meek, BGR, 28 Nov. 2021
  • Short stories at their best find keyholes into the problem, through which blasts light.
    — Jane Ciabattari september 25, Literary Hub, 25 Sep. 2025
  • The keyhole cutout on the chest adds a flirty touch without exposing too much skin.
    — Theresa Holland, Travel + Leisure, 25 July 2023
  • The long-sleeve gown featured an open neckline with a keyhole cutout, a drawstring front, and a low-cut back.
    — Hannah Oh, Seventeen, 22 June 2023
  • Kylie Jenner was a bombshell in a plunging red gown with a keyhole cutout.
    — Christina Perrier, InStyle, 15 Mar. 2026
  • Allow the polyurethane to dry overnight, then fasten the coat rack to a wall with two trim-head screws or keyhole hangers.
    — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 26 Dec. 2020
  • The upstairs unit has a private entrance and is set back from the courtyard by a deck with a keyhole ocean view.
    — Sophy Chaffee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Aug. 2022
  • Maybe Barrett couldn’t pick locks by throwing a football through the keyhole.
    — Austin Ward, ajc, 5 Sep. 2017
  • The dress was cast in a shade chocolaty brown and featured a statement-making keyhole cutout on the bodice.
    — Julia Teti, Footwear News, 20 May 2026
  • Kylie looked stunning herself, glowing in a gold gown with a risqué keyhole cutout and a super-high leg slit.
    — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Oct. 2019
  • Megan wore gray pants and a sleeveless keyhole-cutout top, with a pair of lilac pumps and a matching micro handbag.
    — Leah Campano, Seventeen, 28 Jan. 2022
  • Pull a thread, push open a door, turn a corner, look through a keyhole, and countless stories spill out like treasure.
    — Stanley Stewart, Condé Nast Traveler, 22 Mar. 2021
  • On some level, to read anything is to press your face to the keyhole of other people’s fantasies.
    — Katy Waldman, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2021
  • Warsh’s statement is also a keyhole into how his friends and mentors have helped shape his career.
    — Eleanor Pringle, Fortune, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Oh, and Tom wants a threesome only if the third watches from the bathroom’s keyhole.
    — EW.com, 19 Oct. 2019

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