How to Use latch on in a Sentence

latch on

verb
  • The fish latched on at the surface, in plain sight.
    — Ben East, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Use the winding lever to advance the film to make sure it's latched on properly.
    — ABC News, 11 Mar. 2026
  • As the moon meets Mercury, your restless mind latches on to an idea or task.
    — Usa Today, USA Today, 15 Apr. 2026
  • Another tick will latch on, and your immune system will reignite.
    — Burkhard Bilger, New Yorker, 29 June 2026
  • While the girl kicked and laughed, the water, stirred from its sleep, latched on to her ankle and then swallowed her whole.
    — Tochi Eze august 5, Literary Hub, 5 Aug. 2025
  • The invention of the term was, in their own words, a ploy to give the music press a story to latch on to.
    — Thomas Smith, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
  • In the months since the skit appeared, real-world businesses have latched on to the concept.
    — Lavender Au, The Dial, 7 Oct. 2025
  • When a good deal is found, though, Californians seem to latch on and stay put.
    — Jonathan Lansner, Oc Register, 17 Oct. 2025
  • This time, CaBot latched on to the pertinent data and did not seem to make anything up.
    — Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
  • The water and agitation can help to remove ticks that may have latched on, but isn’t a guarantee.
    — Alice Park, Time, 30 Mar. 2026
  • Why would Hill stay in Miami instead of trying to latch on with a contender?
    — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Humans should check any crevices where the parasites can latch on, including the back of the knees, waistband, groin area, armpits or scalp.
    — Lauren Penington, Denver Post, 14 May 2026
  • Gary especially latches on to this scenario and starts to get deep into the doomsday-prepper world.
    — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Trump latched on to those concerns in an August 7 post demanding that Tan resign.
    — Michelle L. Price, Fortune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Fans latched on too, humming the tune, playing the video — of players and supporters soaking up the scene — on repeat ever since.
    — Henry Bushnell, New York Times, 24 June 2026
  • To ease your mind and keep your baby safe, baby-proofing the house is a smart idea, including putting latches on doors and covers on outlets.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
  • At that point the decision was made to part ways with Buehler, and the club opted to release him in hopes of giving him enough time to latch on with a new team.
    — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 31 Aug. 2025
  • Their drama is supposed to be, in some ways, better than our own, giving us normies something to latch on to during the mundanity of our lives.
    — Fran Hoepfner, Vulture, 7 Jan. 2026
  • Clearly this is a complicated issue, and will definitely give me pause the next time my baby latches on.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 18 Dec. 2025
  • Ticks tend to perch on ankle-level vegetation with their upper legs outstretched, waiting to latch on to an unsuspecting dog or human.
    — ABC News, 25 Apr. 2026
  • But before Revolution Medicines, companies had struggled to find molecules that could latch on to and shut down a protein.
    — Jason Mast, STAT, 8 June 2026
  • Ludmila tied it in the 81st by latching on to a long ball and stabbing a low shot past Courage goalkeeper Casey Murphy.
    — Theo Lloyd-Hughes, Chicago Tribune, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Ticks tend to perch on ankle-level vegetation with their upper legs outstretched, waiting to latch on to an unsuspecting pet or human, so try to walk in the middle of paths.
    — Mike Stobbe, Twin Cities, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Non-padded practices almost always favor defensive linemen, who have less for O-linemen to latch on to as the pass rushers try to speed-rush their way into the backfield.
    — Joseph Person, New York Times, 23 June 2026
  • Social-media-influencer culture also latched on to the phrase for its own attentional ends, as did brands, the indefatigable scavengers.
    — Ian Bogost, The Atlantic, 12 Dec. 2025
  • The White House has publicly latched on to Ukraine’s past battlefield difficulties or structural weaknesses as leverage to strike a hasty peace deal.
    — Clare Sebastian, CNN Money, 19 Dec. 2025
  • On that occasion, Torres latched on to a pass from Steven Gerrard, sped away from defender Tal Ben Haim and then opened up his body to find the far corner.
    — James Pearce, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026
  • If the killers really were motivated by nostalgia, as Mindy suggests in her perfunctory (but mercifully brief) meta-monologue, there would be a thematic through-line to latch on to.
    — Louis Peitzman, Vulture, 27 Feb. 2026
  • While security physically handled the situation, the internet latched on to a young woman wearing a red headscarf who followed to verbally reprimand him.
    — Jennifer Zhan, Vulture, 16 Oct. 2025
  • Earlier this week, Kimmel latched on to Trump’s inability to tell the difference between a cognitive assessment test and an IQ test.
    — Emily Zemler, Rolling Stone, 30 Oct. 2025

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