How to Use bolt in a Sentence

bolt

1 of 2 noun

• Nan, now no longer a duchess, bolts out of the room.
  — Maggie Fremont, Vulture, 6 Aug. 2025
• Every bolt has to be shipped in.
  — M. Rajshekhar, Time, 11 Sep. 2025
• Eight bolts held his right arm intact.
  — Steve Millar, Chicago Tribune, 5 Feb. 2026
• Joseph raced from his bed to unlock the bolt.
  — Literary Hub, 16 June 2026
• One of them is seen with wire or bolt cutters.
  — Joe Holden, CBS News, 30 Mar. 2026
• Use your wrench to loosen the bolt and remove it.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
• Once cilantro bolts for the season, let the seed pods brown on the plant.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 14 Aug. 2025
• Once cilantro bolts for the season, let the seed pods brown on the plant.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
• Once cilantro bolts for the season, let the seed pods brown on the plant.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 18 Jan. 2026
• The lid has a gold bolt emblem and a black handle.
  — PC Magazine, 26 Aug. 2025
• At that point a lightning bolt forced a delay.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
• If the bolt resists, stop and reapply the oil.
  — Olivia McIntosh, Martha Stewart, 15 Jan. 2026
• At that point, a lightning bolt forced a delay.
  — Gary Bedore, Kansas City Star, 8 June 2026
• Hamilton cut the lock and some of the fence with bolt cutters.
  — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 13 May 2026
• Yet each splice had only been fitted with four bolts.
  — Oscar Holland, CNN Money, 15 Aug. 2025
• Pull the bolt towards you to secure the wings against the wall.
  — Kristina McGuirk, Better Homes & Gardens, 13 Sep. 2023
• The lightning bolts are still used as a sign of white supremacy.
  — Aria Jones, Dallas News, 3 Aug. 2023
• Got shot in his bolt cutters and fragged his traps a little bit.
  — David Hookstead Outkick, FOXNews.com, 20 Apr. 2026
• Hand-tighten the bolt back on the mower.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 8 June 2026
• The devices were wrapped in black tape with nuts, bolts and screws, as well as a fuse.
  — Los Angeles Times, 8 Mar. 2026
• After two and a half hours, when the music stops, no one bolts.
  — Tara Palmeri, Vanity Fair, 12 Jan. 2026
• Nothing carries over, not even a bolt.
  — Viju Mathew, Robb Report, 19 Nov. 2025
• Insert the bolt in the sleeve and fill in the area around it with concrete.
  — Tribune Content Agency, Baltimore Sun, 29 June 2026
• Leia grabbed a ratchet wrench and tightened some loose bolts on the ship.
  — Brady MacDonald, Oc Register, 29 Apr. 2026
• Look for one that’s durable and able to resist bolt cutters and tools.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 23 Mar. 2026
• There is no lightning bolt required.
  — Rodger Dean Duncan, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026
• Rhea has a wondrous laugh, which cracks the air like a lightning bolt of joy.
  — Britt Lower, Time, 15 Apr. 2026
• This is your moment to sift through the noise and find the lightning bolt of truth.
  — Dossé-Via Trenou, Refinery29, 29 Aug. 2025
• The moment a pet bolts past the last tower, the tracker goes dark.
  — Lily Mae Lazarus, Fortune, 8 July 2026
• There are three bolts underground.
  — Ivan Taylor, CBS News, 17 June 2026

bolt

2 of 2 verb

• My body was telling me to bolt.
  — Dana Goodyear, New Yorker, 22 Sep. 2025
• Some looked toward the flap of the tent, ready to bolt.
  — Ghada Abdulfattah, The Atlantic, 23 Sep. 2025
• The buck bolted from his bed just off the edge of the sendero.
  — Will Brantley, Field & Stream, 7 Sep. 2023
• When the weather warms up and gets hot, spinach tends to bolt or go to seed.
  — Lauren David, Southern Living, 18 May 2026
• Did someone do something to cause the horse to bolt?
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026
• Wait for your lettuce plants to bolt or flower.
  — Lauren Landers, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
• Neto bolted home with a feet-first slide.
  — Jeff Fletcher, Oc Register, 30 May 2026
• Many of the plants have bolted or gone to seed or withered in the heat.
  — Mary Marlowe Leverette, Southern Living, 5 Sep. 2025
• Herbs left untrimmed tend to bolt, flower and lose flavor in the leaves.
  — Lauren Jarvis-Gibson, Kansas City Star, 27 May 2026
• This horse bolted for a reason!
  — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 25 June 2026
• Two of the Navy pilots bolted from the scene.
  — Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2026
• As soon as the friend left the room, Panettiere bolted.
  — Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 19 May 2026
• Perhaps many once lived in the big city and bolted for the suburbs.
  — Charles Selle, Chicago Tribune, 13 Aug. 2025
• Clients would bolt and the company would run out of money.
  — Tom Huddleston Jr., CNBC, 21 Dec. 2025
• The shooter bolted, dropping the gun, the bag and the phone.
  — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 28 Sep. 2025
• While the driver was out of the carriage, the horse bolted.
  — Evan Simko-Bednarski, New York Daily News, 19 June 2026
• Heat also stresses the plant and can cause bolting.
  — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 7 Mar. 2026
• The ball comes in two halves that clamp around the wire and bolt together tightly.
  — Rui Bo, The Conversation, 18 May 2026
• The man fired two more shots as Kinnan bolted across the street and jumped a fence.
  — Rozina Ali, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2024
• Hot weather causes the plant to bolt quickly.
  — Michelle Mastro, Martha Stewart, 29 Apr. 2026
• His teammates peer through the lens, confirm his sighting, then bolt for the car.
  — Natalie Escobar, NPR, 12 May 2026
• These aren’t perks bolted onto a credit card.
  — Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 11 May 2026
• But right as the words left Trotter’s mouth, the man bolted down a dirt road.
  — Tj MacIas, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 29 Sep. 2025
• But this isn’t simply about bolting on features.
  — Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
• But then the film fest will bolt to YouTube through 2033.
  — Andrew Nusca, Fortune, 18 Dec. 2025
• In an instant, one of the boys grabbed the money, and the whole group bolted down a side street.
  — Jon Lee Anderson, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024
• Is the brand’s presence earned by the story or bolted onto it?
  — Jordan P. Kelley, Forbes.com, 30 June 2026
• Tour gaps usually exist to let artists recharge, not to bolt across time zones for a four-hour event.
  — Hanna Wickes, Sacbee.com, 29 Apr. 2026
• If one or two plants start to bolt, check the remainder of your crop, which may be ready to harvest.
  — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 1 Apr. 2026
• Plants are likely to grow too slowly to form good heads before bolting.
  — Barbara Gillette, The Spruce, 27 Feb. 2026