locked

Example Sentences

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Liliana’s 15-year-old daughter, Nicole, specializes in the Globe of Death, where she gets in the locked cage with her cousin Judith, also 15; together they maneuver the motorbikes around the globe at opposing-intersecting paths.

From Los Angeles Times • May 19, 2026

There were no casualties, although a union has claimed staff had to climb a locked gate to escape.

From BBC • May 16, 2026

So he kept a chain-link gate to the trail locked.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 16, 2026

"Given the geopolitical context, some of them are afraid of just getting locked out of US tech solutions," she said.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

“It’s not. It is, however, due next week, so I’ve been locked up here since the moment we got home last night.”

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse