How to Use linchpin in a Sentence

linchpin

noun

• This witness is the linchpin of the defense's case.
• So, yeah, that’s the linchpin of the, of the plan for Northeast Ohio, a new healthcare center in Akron.
  — Laura Johnston, cleveland, 18 Mar. 2022
• And then the final linchpin around that was the VMware spin transaction.
  — Mark Maurer, WSJ, 7 Mar. 2022
• On Ozark, Garner plays the emotional linchpin of the show.
  — Chloe Malle, Town & Country, 19 Jan. 2022
• Behind the counter hung the linchpin of Uncle Sam’s business: guns.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• Will Hardy asks him to be a linchpin of the team, not a creator so much as a scoring connector.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 29 Nov. 2022
• And in that chess match, Rudy Gobert was the defensive linchpin, just stymieing the Dallas attack in the end-game.
  — Andy Larsen, The Salt Lake Tribune, 25 Feb. 2022
• Manchin and Sinema remain the linchpin for the Democrats to get the president’s agenda across the finish line in the Senate.
  — Andrew Murray, Fox News, 26 Oct. 2021
• The busters’ resident brainiac is set up to be the movie’s the emotional linchpin, the bridge between then and now.
  — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 17 Nov. 2021
• Green is the linchpin of an offensive front that led the SEC in 2020 in sacks allowed per game and yards per carry.
  — Paul Myerberg, USA TODAY, 11 Aug. 2021
• It’s the linchpin of the recent season’s biggest moments.
  — Louis Staples, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2022
• One of those linchpins is DJ Jerry, who came up in the 2010s hosting local mixtapes.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 21 Aug. 2023
• Ella Burke is the linchpin of Naperville Central’s vaunted back line.
  — Matt Le Cren, Chicago Tribune, 30 Apr. 2022
• The stunning strength made clear that a linchpin of the economy remains solid.
  — Christopher Rugaber, ajc, 5 Aug. 2022
• But it’s also seen as a potential linchpin in a future proof of MLC.
  — Quanta Magazine, 26 Jan. 2024
• And Blandine, an unlikely linchpin, brings the divine down to earth.
  — Clea Simon, BostonGlobe.com, 25 Aug. 2022
• Fear may be a linchpin of horror, but as a recent anthology attests, the true bedrock of the genre is mood.
  — Stephen Kearse, The Atlantic, 26 Jan. 2024
• A good night’s sleep is often framed as the foundation of a better life and the mattress as the linchpin of restorative, restful sleep.
  — Diana Budds, Curbed, 11 Nov. 2021
• In some ways, the most important linchpin in the rotation could be Glasnow.
  — Jack Harris, Los Angeles Times, 12 Feb. 2024
• Eichenberg could be the run-stopping linchpin needed in a defense that will spread more safety help around him to help defend the pass.
  — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 22 July 2022
• According to court documents, bite mark evidence proved to be the linchpin of the case.
  — CBS News, 14 Mar. 2022
• The wielder of that forceful grip, Vivie, is the linchpin of the story, and she is marvelously channeled here by Rachel Felstein.
  — Washington Post, 10 Mar. 2022
• As the final land acquisition piece, the car wash became a linchpin.
  — Hayes Gardner, Baltimore Sun, 8 Sep. 2022
• With its dark sense of humor and propulsive pacing, the linchpin of the series is the head outcast himself, Jackson Lamb.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 30 Nov. 2022
• Kerry has been a linchpin of the U.S. diplomatic climate team.
  — Washington Post, 10 Aug. 2021
• Being able to communicate why your way is the best way is the linchpin of marketing.
  — Alison Murdock, Forbes, 7 Oct. 2021
• That call, by a Trump friendly network, was the linchpin in everything that followed.
  — Bill Goodykoontz, The Arizona Republic, 4 Nov. 2021
• Yarom Halevy, Zdorov’s attorney, has made Kravchenko into the linchpin of his defense.
  — New York Times, 5 Aug. 2022
• In his second year as the starting center back, Studdard is the linchpin of West Aurora’s back line.
  — Patrick Z. McGavin, Chicago Tribune, 31 Aug. 2022
• As a linchpin in the agreement, members of the Sackler family would be released from the 860 lawsuits filed against them and others in the future.
  — Seamus McAvoy, courant.com, 17 Dec. 2021

Last Updated: 3 May 2024