How to Use unlatch in a Sentence

unlatch

verb

• Lovell was the first to unlatch his restraint belt and pop out of his seat.
  — Jeffrey Kluger, Time, 15 May 2017
• Set the tart pan on a bowl so the sides fall away or unlatch the springform side and lift it off.
  — BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2021
• A key fob button unlatches the trunk — but doesn’t cause the trunk lid to rise.
  — Charles Fleming, latimes.com, 18 Aug. 2017
• Rikki eyed the bear at the other corner of the room as her dad unlatched the cage door.
  — Chicago Tribune, chicagotribune.com, 2 June 2018
• While posing for the cameras, her left earring seemed to unlatch and fall to the ground.
  — Erica Gonzales, Harper's BAZAAR, 29 Aug. 2019
• The Clubman's doors are a sort-of-French-door arrangement that requires the right side to be open before the left side can be unlatched.
  — Drew Dorian, Car and Driver, 26 Feb. 2020
• Plus the lightweight device is easy to take with you: Just unlatch the clip and attach it to a belt, buckle, or backpack strap.
  — Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 15 Mar. 2022
• Mobbs' mother told police the 11-year-old kicked the screen off his bedroom window and unlatched the burglar bars.
  — Fernando Ramirez, Houston Chronicle, 11 Dec. 2017
• But move it across, unlatch and lift up the windows on each side on their hydraulic struts, and the entire rear of the pilothouse opens to the aft cockpit deck.
  — Howard Walker, Robb Report, 9 Nov. 2022
• Her movements must have roused the dog again because now there is a scratching at the door at the bottom of the left staircase and Dot reaches out to unlatch it.
  — Seija Rankin, EW.com, 19 Nov. 2020
• The boy eventually unlatched the window and called for help, the detective said.
  — Michael Gold, New York Times, 25 Dec. 2019
• No one noticed when 3-year-old Hobie, who knows how to unlatch the back door when Audrey and Mike Schott aren’t available, slipped out into the fenced yard.
  — Dallas News, 4 Jan. 2022
• The cages were padlocked, a measure to keep the birds from figuring out how to unlatch their enclosures and escape.
  — Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 10 May 2023
• The hot steam works against these surfaces to unlatch any dirt stuck to the ground, resulting in floors that are immaculate and free of anything sticky.
  — Amy Schulman, PEOPLE.com, 1 Mar. 2022
• Each one features purple handles that are supposed to secure the lid while leaving it easy to unlatch.
  — Ambar Pardilla, NBC News, 7 Apr. 2021
• And the top is mechanically simple—just unlatch and fold down.
  — Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2017
• And the top is mechanically simple—just unlatch and fold down.
  — Popular Mechanics, 22 June 2017
• The hot steam will unlatch stains, grease, mold, and dirt from a slew of surfaces, including hardwood, laminate, marble, and tile.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 12 Sep. 2022
• The footage, posted by Facebook user Angel Nuñez, shows the dog latched on to the man’s arm for at least 30 seconds while one officer works to unlatch the animal’s jaw.
  — Lyndsay Winkley, sandiegouniontribune.com, 18 July 2017
• Montoya noticed the trash bin was unusually heavy, unlatched the ratchet lock and found Fry’s naked body inside, covered in white paint.
  — Matthew Martinez, star-telegram, 1 Mar. 2018
• Body camera footage released by the Fort Worth Police Department shows that two officers parked a car a block away, unlatched a fence door and entered the backyard.
  — Heidi Stevens, chicagotribune.com, 15 Oct. 2019
• The carpet cleaner is equipped with five spinscrub brushes that work at multiple angles to unlatch, loosen, and remove even the deepest stains.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 13 Dec. 2022
• As someone who has struggled to put duvet covers on, this one is relatively easy thanks to the corner ties that keep the comforter in place and buttons that are easy to latch and unlatch.
  — Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 31 Jan. 2023
• What appears to be a decorative little logo above the nosepiece is in fact a button that unlatches the frame for swapping tints.
  — Outside Online, 15 May 2018
• The perpetrator gained entry by unlatching the emergency release handle of the garage door opener.
  — Deborah Kadin, chicagotribune.com, 12 Sep. 2019
• If the Russian and US segments were to unlatch and the power and communications cables linking them were severed, the most immediate need for the space station would be maintaining the station's proper altitude.
  — Eric Berger, Ars Technica, 7 Mar. 2022
• The convertible top is operated with a single switch that automatically latches and unlatches the roof.
  — John Pearley Huffman, Car and Driver, 16 Apr. 2020
• Instead the babies learned from different examples of effortful actions (opening a container or unlatching a carabineer) that the new toy probably also required persistence.
  — Julia Leonard, Smithsonian, 25 Sep. 2017

Last Updated: 24 Jul 2024