How to Use connect in a Sentence
connect
verb- The bedroom connects to the kitchen.
- Can you connect the hose to the sprinkler?
- The two bones connect at the elbow.
- Connect the cable to the battery.
- A hallway connects the two rooms.
- The hose connects easily to the sprinkler.
- A common theme connects the stories.
- It's the major highway connecting the two towns.
- I never connected you with that group of people.
- There's no evidence connecting the company directly to the scandal.
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The bot won’t connect the dots for you.
—Cheryl Robinson, Forbes.com, 9 Sep. 2025
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Propane fire pits should come with a hose to connect the propane tank.
—Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2023
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But that’s not an easy thing for people to connect the dots on.
—Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 17 Aug. 2020
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Fans couldn’t help but connect dots between the post and the song.
—Amber Corrine, VIBE.com, 7 Oct. 2025
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But these cities be connected like that.
—Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 16 June 2026
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But the smarter play is to keep looking for the fresh thing that connects.
—John Warner, Chicago Tribune, 31 Jan. 2026
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The two tried to find out more about the young man, hoping to reach out and connect.
—Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 21 Oct. 2025
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The brand of milk shown in the photo was not connected with the study.
—New York Times, 31 May 2024
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The best way is to connect with an agency that's doing the work.
—Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Sep. 2021
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But no flipping of the switch was going to connect us for the next week.
—Danielle Braff, Houston Chronicle, 27 Dec. 2019
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If this occurs, the coupling may no longer be able to connect.
—Timothy Dale, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Aug. 2024
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The teams also can help students connect to a group and to their school.
—Jeremiah Sosa, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2021
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Our team connects us to one another, to our city.
—Erendira Rendon, Chicago Tribune, 8 Feb. 2026
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The broken heart could connect to the theme of heartache in her music.
—Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 1 Apr. 2021
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The galley kitchen connects the staff quarters to the rest of the house.
—Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful, 30 Dec. 2018
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That’s what interests me the most and what connects most of my films.
—Marta Balaga, Variety, 30 June 2023
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The death of a man found near train tracks is believed to be connected.
—Meredith Deliso, ABC News, 12 May 2026
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This is a team that has connected with each other [and] the staff.
—Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 9 June 2026
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Donilon’s grounding in polling did more than connect him with Biden.
—Dan McGowan, BostonGlobe.com, 5 Mar. 2021
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The workers made sure to connect in some small way with their customers.
—Literary Hub, 20 May 2026
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