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
• Any gaps in clothing offer ticks a chance to hop over and latch on, and tucking your pants into your socks eliminates that critical pants-to-socks gap.
  — Maggie Slepian, Travel + Leisure, 23 July 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
• Maridueña played Jaime Reyes, a recent college graduate who gains superpowers when an alien scarab latches on to him.
  — Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 14 July 2026
• 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
• With time running out for the hosts, Simonsson latches on to a neat through ball from Gunnar Gren and clips a finish beyond Gilmar.
  — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 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
• Mbappe’s second goal against Sweden summed up their razor-sharp connection, latching on to the end of a clever reverse pass and finishing confidently into the far corner.
  — Eduardo Tansley, New York Times, 19 July 2026