How to Use key to in a Sentence

key to

verb

• Both facets were key to landing the city a spot on the list.
  — Maia Pandey, Journal Sentinel, 13 Aug. 2024
• What was the key to making that work for you, that job?
  — Scott Feinberg, The Hollywood Reporter, 10 July 2024
• Boyd’s health will be a key to the Cubs’ chances in October.
  — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 20 July 2025
• The choice of a locally hardy plant is the key to its health and yield success.
  — Associated Pess, Orange County Register, 30 May 2024
• Asheville and the surrounding area will prove key to the outcome.
  — Bill Barrow, The Denver Post, 13 Aug. 2024
• Sport will be key to the success of the new media venture.
  — Diksha Madhok, CNN, 29 Feb. 2024
• The key to prevention is keeping the rooms in your house dry and cool.
  — Jamie Kim, Good Housekeeping, 22 Apr. 2023
• The key to a great view is a dark location away from city lights and clear skies.
  — Daisy Dobrijevic, Space.com, 13 Feb. 2025
• Pike Street has been key to Lewisburg’s hopes since its creation in the 1840s.
  — The Enquirer, 3 Apr. 2024
• Another key to excelling in the red zone comes with the run game.
  — Varun Shankar, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
• At the end of the day, her key to pulling off a high-impact outfit is to simply go with the flow.
  — Michelle Lee, Peoplemag, 4 Nov. 2023
• One key to quieting the boom comes from the plane’s design.
  — Monica Rodman, Washington Post, 18 Mar. 2024
• So, policy changes are the key to getting a deal to help Ukraine.
  — ABC News, 24 Dec. 2023
• The elephant stem cells also hold the key to the mammoth’s rebirth.
  — Katie Hunt, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
• The key to the battle circuit is the the rapper’s training data set.
  — C. Brandon Ogbunu, WIRED, 11 Aug. 2023
• The paper was key to her career, and she was doubled over with stress.
  — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 30 Sep. 2023
• No matter your kitchen setup, a good set of knives is key to easy prep work.
  — Sara Coughlin, SELF, 9 July 2024
• This old-fashioned trick is the key to a long-lasting bouquet.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 21 July 2024
• Weaver said with a smile when asked what the key to efficiency is.
  — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 22 May 2025
• The key to a successful drug business, Joe says, is to work with the right people.
  — John Koopman, Rolling Stone, 21 Sep. 2023
• Maybe that’s the key to unlocking the best version of McNeil.
  — Abbey Mastracco, New York Daily News, 26 June 2025
• Her love and joy must be the key to her forever young beauty!!!
  — Josh Hammer, Newsweek, 23 Dec. 2024
• The victim was said to have handed over a luxury watch, a wallet and the keys to the Rolls-Royce.
  — Rosemary Feitelberg, WWD, 9 Dec. 2024
• The key to their family secrets is waiting in the 1980s.
  — Maureen Lee Lenker, EW.com, 23 July 2024
• The key to styling TikTok Hair is bringing out that texture.
  — Garrett Munce, Men's Health, 18 Apr. 2023
• Cam and the other male then battered Jovanovic and took the keys to his car before driving away with his car.
  — Amy Lavalley, Chicago Tribune, 18 Mar. 2026
• Sporty jackets, argyle sweaters, and pleated midiskirts were key to last season’s modern prep revival.
  — Laura Jackson, Vogue, 18 Mar. 2026
• Then click the + and - keys to increase or decrease the speed gradually.
  — Mark Marino, Bon Appetit Magazine, 18 Mar. 2026
• Unselfishness, Parish said, was the key to that legendary run.
  — Zack Cox, Boston Herald, 18 Mar. 2026
• What other elements were key to bringing this scary world of mercenaries to life?
  — Georg Szalai, HollywoodReporter, 18 Mar. 2026