How to Use winch in a Sentence

winch

1 of 2 noun
Definition of winchnext
  • The fire crew used the winch to lift the car onto its side.
    — David Caraccio, sacbee.com, 26 May 2017
  • The winch presumably would drag the drone across the deck and up the ramp.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • If things get too sticky, there's a Warn Zeon winch to tow it to safety.
    — Eric Stafford, Car and Driver, 30 Mar. 2023
  • Finally, the robo-wasp has a winch to drag its haul home.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 25 Oct. 2018
  • At Armstrong, the winch must do all the work of opening and closing.
    — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 29 Aug. 2022
  • How to find the best portable electric winch for use in the field, on the road, or at home.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 25 Sep. 2020
  • To retrieve the kite, the owner or crew uses the electric winch to pull it above the front deck.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 24 May 2021
  • Inside the tongue box is the battery, storage for the winch and remotes, and enough room to store the wheel straps.
    — K.c. Colwell, Car and Driver, 2 Feb. 2022
  • The winch is torn from the boat and tumbles into the ocean, landing on top of the dive cage and blocking the cage's door.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 16 June 2017
  • Firefighters used a winch to move the car and then broke out a window to reach her.
    — Mike Clary, Sun-Sentinel.com, 28 May 2017
  • The winch on the power block strains to pull it up over the gunwale and to the hopper, where the fish are dumped for gutting.
    — Matthew Bremner, Slate Magazine, 24 July 2017
  • Benny’s Tow Service came from Chester and fished us out with a hook and a winch.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2018
  • Cawthorn is helped onto the kayak and activates the winch, which pulls him to the middle of the water.
    — Abraham Mahshie, Washington Examiner, 29 June 2020
  • Pasquale and Giuseppe were lynched first, strung up in a slaughter yard on a winch used to skin cattle.
    — Frank Viviano, The New York Review of Books, 6 June 2019
  • The winch sucks in the wires like spaghetti, until the trawl doors clang loudly into the Launch Out’s hull.
    — Matthew Bremner, Slate Magazine, 24 July 2017
  • The front skid plate doubles as a sturdy mounting point for a winch.
    — Andrew Wendler, Car and Driver, 29 Mar. 2018
  • In the meantime, there were also several tows from and winch-outs at the scene.
    — Thomas Jewell, cleveland, 2 Dec. 2021
  • A sailboat winch inspired the shape of the dining table.
    — Mimi Read, House Beautiful, 28 Oct. 2016
  • Then the giant winch on the dive boat malfunctions, sending the cage, Kate and Lisa plunging to the ocean floor.
    — Julie Washington, cleveland.com, 16 June 2017
  • But the beauty ended with the winches, spades and slicers of a factory ship, in a slick of oil and blood.
    — The Economist, 15 July 2017
  • To handle the bashing, Rockstar fabbed up some skid plates and tucked a Warn winch in behind the grille.
    — Davey G. Johnson, Car and Driver, 3 Nov. 2017
  • The car comes with an operational front winch, spare tire, and even pop-open doors and front hood.
    — Tom Price, Popular Mechanics, 10 July 2023
  • When the bear was taken from the ship, its fur was matted with grease and oil from playing with the ship's gears and winches.
    — Grant Butler, OregonLive.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • Buying a present for someone who has a winch installed on their 4×4?
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 12 Nov. 2020
  • The winch system then releases from the box and recoils to the drone before the aircraft returns to the hub at 223 feet.
    — Natalie Neysa Alund, USA TODAY, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Also, a winch that resists water will keep out dust and grit.
    — The Editors, Field & Stream, 10 Sep. 2020
  • There’s still a big bash plate up front, and the XP Kinetic comes with a winch as standard equipment.
    — Harvey Briggs, Robb Report, 5 Aug. 2022
  • For the next hour, Stokes mans a winch, bringing up the dripping and encrusted bags for Holm to spray free of debris.
    — Matthew Shaer, New Republic, 5 Oct. 2017
  • The slabs were being placed by a winch visible on the Egyptian side of the crossing, the official said.
    — Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN, 14 Oct. 2023
  • On Saturday, Greenpeace activists boarded the Coco and climbed a winch used to lower equipment to the ocean.
    — Todd Woody, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2023
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winch

2 of 2 verb
  • The movers deposited him in the pool and winched open a gate at the far end.
    — Andy Newman, New York Times, 16 May 2018
  • The 21-year-old Air Force medic chose to drop down and help winch soldiers up to the chopper.
    — Mark Kennedy, Detroit Free Press, 23 Jan. 2020
  • The boys winched the carcass up to the Jeep and likely had backstraps for supper.
    — Pj Delhomme, Outdoor Life, 1 Jan. 2020
  • Her main function is to winch things into and out of the water.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 22 Apr. 2022
  • Here's a video demonstrating how to winch with your jack.
    — Timothy Dahl, Popular Mechanics, 13 Feb. 2017
  • Loading a dart, winching back the bows, and taking aim means a lousy rate of fire.
    — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 6 May 2019
  • Kentvaious Caldwell-Pope wound up with the ball, scored on the play and Paul was winching in pain with 4:55 left in the third.
    — Duane Rankin, The Arizona Republic, 2 May 2023
  • Hazra and the guides made their way to the icy landing spot above Camp 2, where a helicopter winched Hazra to Base Camp.
    — Author: John Branch, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Dec. 2017
  • Cane poles aren’t just for winching trophy bream out of the water.
    — T. Edward Nickens, Field & Stream, 19 Mar. 2020
  • The Scots saw the gigantic beams and basket winched into place.
    — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017
  • The Scots saw the gigantic beams and basket winched into place.
    — William Gurstelle, Popular Mechanics, 1 May 2017
  • An employee of a business can now take a Wing bag and put it onto a hook which is winched up to the drone.
    — David Grossman, Popular Mechanics, 17 Oct. 2017
  • The jungle was so dense that the rescuers’ helicopter had nowhere to land and had to winch the children up by rope, one by one.
    — Patrick Smith, NBC News, 14 June 2023
  • With one of those, if a component fails while winching, the line will simply fall to the ground without killing you.
    — Wes Siler, Outside Online, 19 June 2018
  • The body, found near a stream about 1½ miles from the resort, was winched up and then flown by helicopter to a hospital, police said.
    — Reuters, The Mercury News, 13 Aug. 2019
  • That keeps it smooth at any speed without sacrificing the torque needed to winch on big fish.
    — Pete Robbins, Field & Stream, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Make sure the boat’s drain plug is in place, and that all winch/transom tie-down straps are removed before backing the rig into the water.
    — Matt Williams, Dallas News, 1 July 2022
  • The two were winched to the helicopter and transported to a Swedish hospital but later died.
    — Chris Pandolfo, Fox News, 1 July 2023
  • The winch-and-ramp combo might not be able to launch drones much heavier than a TB-2/3 unless the drone itself packs more horsepower.
    — David Axe, Forbes, 10 May 2021
  • When the rescues began at last, at least one child who was plucked out of the car could be seen in video footage hanging at the end of a cable as he was winched up to the aircraft.
    — Riaz Khan and Munir Ahmed, Anchorage Daily News, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Once the fighters' mission was complete, the 747 would winch them back aboard, where the pilots could rest and even sleep in their own quarters while the planes were refueled and rearmed.
    — Kyle Mizokami, Popular Mechanics, 8 Sep. 2020
  • The 25-year-old was winched from the forest by a rescue helicopter which took her to the town of Tully where she was assessed at a hospital.
    — Fox News, 7 June 2018
  • Slowing to a halt, the vessel sways and sea gulls circle while the traps are winched on board and emptied, with shiny black lobsters and muddy brown crabs pulled free and stored on deck.
    — Stephen Castle Andrew Testa, New York Times, 7 Apr. 2023
  • The man was winched up by the helicopter and immediately flown to Kathmandu, followed by the body of the woman.
    — Binaj Gurubacharya, chicagotribune.com, 26 Apr. 2017
  • The Coast Guard moved in quickly to rescue 20 of the men onboard when the ship overturned Sunday, winching the men one by one aboard a hovering helicopter.
    — Russ Bynum, chicagotribune.com, 10 Sep. 2019
  • For some expeditions, scientists plunged boxes to the bottom and winched them back to the surface, much like an arcade claw game.
    — Dino Grandoni, Anchorage Daily News, 26 May 2023
  • Marshalls can be seen running to his side before the Mitsubishi is winched onto a recovery truck and taken away.
    — Fox News, 11 Apr. 2018
  • As a tow truck came to winch the car out of the canal, Wilson's father, notified of the accident, began cruising the nearby streets, looking for his missing son.
    — Kevin Conley, Town & Country, 24 Dec. 2012
  • On shore, winches like the ones that raise and lower the sails can also generate electricity to charge cellphones.
    — Jimmy Golen, The Christian Science Monitor, 18 May 2018
  • About 50% of the Roxor’s content is sourced in the United States, including exhaust system, paint, tires, tops, glass, Warn winches and locking hubs.
    — Mark Phelan, Detroit Free Press, 31 Aug. 2019

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