padlock
Example Sentences
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Archaeologists in Poland have unearthed the 400-year-old skeleton of a young child buried face-down with an iron padlock on its foot – seemingly to stop its rising from the dead.
From Scientific American
In Boyle Heights, parents arrived at the gate of Roosevelt Pool only to find it had been padlocked.
From Los Angeles Times
But Ms. Rolikova, the innkeeper, thought it was important to see it, and so she opened the padlocked door to reveal a palimpsest of Russia over the past century.
From New York Times
On quiet rural lanes, a striking number of the handsome carved wooden doorways are padlocked.
From New York Times
“To the citizens that want us to go out and padlock on day one: We do have to afford a due process system,” explains state Office of Cannabis Management enforcement director Daniel Haughney.
From Seattle Times
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
