LOCK in a Sentence
Learn LOCK from example sentences; some of them are from classic books. These examples are selected from a corpus with 300,000 sentences, including classic works and current mainstream media. Some sentences also link to their contexts.
291 example sentences for LOCK, such as:
1. Insert the key in/into the lock.
2. Don't forget to lock the door behind you.
3. Stepping back, he put his hand upon the lock.
4. Don't forget to lock the door when you leave.
5. This suitcase won't lock because it is too full.
2. Don't forget to lock the door behind you.
3. Stepping back, he put his hand upon the lock.
4. Don't forget to lock the door when you leave.
5. This suitcase won't lock because it is too full.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of LOCK
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lock
v. become engaged or intermeshed with one another
v. build locks in order to facilitate the navigation of vessels
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 Miss La Trobe nicked the lock and hoisted the heavy case of gramophone records to her shoulder.
2 Poole swung the axe over his shoulder; the blow shook the building, and the red baize door leaped against the lock and hinges.
3 The door was very strong, the lock excellent; the carpenter avowed he would have great trouble and have to do much damage, if force were to be used; and the locksmith was near despair.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
Context Highlight In CHAPTER DR. LANYON'S NARRATIVE
4 Stepping back, he put his hand upon the lock.
5 Stephen followed him out, and Tom closed the room door, and held the lock in his hand.
6 Away with this prating dotard," said Front-de Boeuf, "lock him up in the chapel, to tell his beads till the broil be over.
7 The old gentleman looked almost as rueful as Oliver when the key grated in the lock.
8 'Hear me speak a word,' rejoined Fagin, laying his hand upon the lock.
9 Sikes made no reply; but, pulling open the door, of which Fagin had turned the lock, dashed into the silent streets.
10 'Open the door of some place where I can lock this screeching Hell-babe,' cried Sikes fiercely; running to and fro, and dragging the boy, now, as easily as if he were an empty sack.
11 There was a few minutes' interval, and then the key turned in the lock, the door opened, and Eustacia herself confronted him.
Return of the Native By Thomas Hardy
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
Context Highlight In BOOK 4: 6 A Conjuncture, and Its Result upon the Pedestrian
12 Come on, my boy, and we shall see whether it will not fit the lock.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
Context Highlight In VI. THE MAN WITH THE TWISTED LIP
13 You must lock yourself up from him to-night.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
Context Highlight In VIII. THE ADVENTURE OF THE SPECKLED BAND
14 I threw myself, screaming, against the door, and dragged with my nails at the lock.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
Context Highlight In IX. THE ADVENTURE OF THE ENGINEER’S THUMB
15 Holmes went to the bureau first and looked hard at the lock.
Example Sentence: (81 in 6 pages)
1 Management has threatened to lock out the workforce if they do not accept the proposed changes in working methods.
2 This suitcase won't lock because it is too full.
3 It is too late to lock the stable door when the steed is stolen.
4 It is too late to lock the stable door when the horse is stolen.
5 Don't forget to lock the door behind you.
6 A certain person, who shall remain nameless, forgot to lock the front door.
7 Mr Milner persuaded the federal prosecutors not to lock up his client.
8 The final thing she did before she left the house was to lock the door.
9 Don't forget to lock the door when you leave.
10 Martin chiselled a hole in the door for the new lock.
11 I bought another safety lock as an additional insurance against thieves.
12 An extra lock on the door is an added insurance against burglars.
13 He took a small key from his pocket and slowly inserted it into the lock.
14 The key turned in the lock with a loud metallic click.
15 Insert the key in/into the lock.