- present participle of interlock.
interlocking
Example Sentences
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"Company" is a complex low-budget gothic drama that features several interlocking stories.
From Barron's ● Sep. 9, 2026
In the worm's jaws, sharper changes in strain across tiny regions appear to increase the interlocking of defects within the atomic structure, producing the characteristic size effect.
From Science Daily ● Jul. 16, 2026
And the show ends, sensationally, with 1952’s four main cut-outs from his Blue Nudes series, in which variations on a seated female figure are created out of overlapping, interlocking color.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 6, 2026
Astrolabes are metallic disks with multi-layered, interlocking components that were historically used to tell the time, map the stars, the direction of Mecca and the motion of the sky.
From BBC ● Apr. 25, 2026
“Well,” I said, staring at the labyrinth of interlocking patterns woven into the carpet, “I guess I’m just realizing it now.”
From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs
