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Example sentences for: latched

How can you use “latched” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Liberal social scientists latched onto Elkins' theory as a rationale for creating policies to tear down the barriers that were impeding black advancement in the 1960s.
This old exclamation, probably dating centuries back, had a sudden vogue in the late eighties and early nineties when the sports fraternity latched on to it and spread it everywhere through radio and television.
Here's an example of how De Palma works: The villain is searching for a young woman (Gugino), who, trapped in the hotel-casino, has pretended to be a whore, latched onto a fat man at a gaming table, and disappeared with him into his room.
Senate Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., latched on to this as an excuse to side with Helms.