How to Use linchpin in a Sentence

linchpin

noun

• This witness is the linchpin of the defense's case.
• There's no question that the linchpin of the house is blue.
  — Krissa Rossbund, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 May 2021
• That's the linchpin of the state's plan, one that is largely unchanged since the spring.
  — Dave Boucher, Detroit Free Press, 2 Aug. 2021
• 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
• The growing Latino vote was a — maybe the — linchpin of this thinking.
  — Eric Garcia, Washington Post, 22 Mar. 2021
• In the second round against Colorado, Hintz may be a linchpin for the Stars’ success.
  — Matthew Defranks, Dallas News, 23 Aug. 2020
• On Ozark, Garner plays the emotional linchpin of the show.
  — Chloe Malle, Town & Country, 19 Jan. 2022
• Stephen Yuen [who voices the title character] was the linchpin of the show.
  — Washington Post, 1 May 2021
• Behind the counter hung the linchpin of Uncle Sam’s business: guns.
  — USA TODAY, 5 Aug. 2021
• This is why Bowser feels like a linchpin of the Ravens’ offseason.
  — Childs Walker, baltimoresun.com, 8 Mar. 2021
• The linchpin in the theory that Clare and Dale are still together, though?
  — Lydia Wang, refinery29.com, 5 Nov. 2020
• 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
• Mount takes the set pieces and is the creative linchpin linking Chelsea's midfield and attack.
  — Steve Douglas, Star Tribune, 28 May 2021
• 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
• The senior running back has been the linchpin to the Lakers’ early success.
  — Star Tribune, 19 Oct. 2020
• For the 24-year-old Poeltl, now a linchpin of the Spurs’ young core, his first career foray into free agency was a brief one.
  — Jeff McDonald, ExpressNews.com, 24 Nov. 2020
• The bedroom thing seems more a matter of degree, and so is probably the linchpin here.
  — Washington Post, 20 Nov. 2020
• The fighting threatens to destabilize Ethiopia, which has been described as the linchpin of the strategic Horn of Africa.
  — Cara Anna, USA TODAY, 28 Nov. 2020
• It’s the linchpin of the recent season’s biggest moments.
  — Louis Staples, Vulture, 26 Oct. 2022
• Good messaging has been the linchpin of these strategies.
  — Ian Beacock, The New Republic, 24 Dec. 2020
• 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
• But the Trojans still have Pola-Mao, who was already the linchpin of the secondary even before injuries swept through the depth chart.
  — Ryan Kartje, Los Angeles Times, 10 Apr. 2021
• The stunning strength made clear that a linchpin of the economy remains solid.
  — Christopher Rugaber, ajc, 5 Aug. 2022
• In the heart of California, at the place where two great rivers converge beneath the Tule fog, lies the linchpin of one of the largest water supply systems in the world.
  — Hayley Smith, Los Angeles Times, 29 Feb. 2024
• And that brings us to a linchpin of Kennedy’s efforts to change Cadiz’s image from water profiteer to responsible steward of a precious, and increasingly scarce, natural resource.
  — Michael Hiltzik, Los Angeles Times, 25 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 23 Sep 2024