How to Use connect in a Sentence

connect

verb
Definition of connectnext
Synonyms for connectnext
  • The bedroom connects to the kitchen.
  • Can you connect the hose to the sprinkler?
  • The two bones connect at the elbow.
  • Connect the cable to the battery.
  • A hallway connects the two rooms.
  • The hose connects easily to the sprinkler.
  • A common theme connects the stories.
  • It's the major highway connecting the two towns.
  • I never connected you with that group of people.
  • There's no evidence connecting the company directly to the scandal.
  • The galley kitchen connects the staff quarters to the rest of the house.
    — Sara Rodrigues, House Beautiful, 30 Dec. 2018
  • And that’s the only place in the world that you’re not connected is in the sky.
    — Fortune Editors, Fortune, 8 June 2023
  • The whole show just did not connect with how it was billed.
    — George Skelton, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2021
  • It’s about exploring the space and all the things that connect through me.
    — Luke Leitch, Vogue, 20 Apr. 2021
  • But no flipping of the switch was going to connect us for the next week.
    — Danielle Braff, Houston Chronicle, 27 Dec. 2019
  • The best way is to connect with an agency that's doing the work.
    — Binghui Huang, The Indianapolis Star, 28 Sep. 2021
  • The next step is to connect all the ideas in your scaffold to the bigger picture.
    — Cheyenne Kamran, Forbes, 12 Nov. 2021
  • The broken heart could connect to the theme of heartache in her music.
    — Ariana Brockington, refinery29.com, 1 Apr. 2021
  • Propane fire pits should come with a hose to connect the propane tank.
    — Alida Nugent, Better Homes & Gardens, 30 Aug. 2023
  • The approach is a bit like finding just the dots in a connect-the-dots game.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 30 Nov. 2020
  • Find a way to connect with a student at your choice schools.
    — Diana Jones, NBC News, 12 June 2020
  • That’s what interests me the most and what connects most of my films.
    — Marta Balaga, Variety, 30 June 2023
  • Three of the last four head-to-head meetings have connected on the Over with one push.
    — Chris Wassel, USA TODAY Sportsbook Wire, 29 Nov. 2019
  • The teams also can help students connect to a group and to their school.
    — Jeremiah Sosa, The Arizona Republic, 6 Oct. 2021
  • While Pfizer did see this uptick in sales, the post is wrong to connect the dots to the vaccine.
    — Ella Lee, USA TODAY, 30 Sep. 2021
  • Stroud and Trayanum appeared to connect on a 10-yard pass play on first down.
    — Nathan Baird, cleveland, 26 Nov. 2022
  • Make time to ground, connect with the earth, and replenish your soul.
    — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 May 2022
  • But that’s not an easy thing for people to connect the dots on.
    — Catherine Ho, SFChronicle.com, 17 Aug. 2020
  • The Lite is mobile-only and does not connect to a big screen.
    — Robert Carnevale, WIRED, 27 Aug. 2019
  • By the end of the month, the idea, now connected to one disease, had taken on a life of its own.
    — Gideon Lewis-Kraus, The New Yorker, 19 June 2023

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