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. He turned the key in the lock.
2. Push the tiny lever on the lock.
3. She got the key stuck in the lock.
4. Someone has been tampering with the lock.
5. Oh, and don't forget to lock the back door.

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 Meanings and Examples of LOCK
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lock
 n.  strand or cluster of hair; fastening together; a closing of one thing upon another; device operated by a key
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1  Miss La Trobe nicked the lock and hoisted the heavy case of gramophone records to her shoulder.
Between the Acts By Virginia Woolf
Context  Highlight   In Unit 12
2  Poole swung the axe over his shoulder; the blow shook the building, and the red baize door leaped against the lock and hinges.
Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde By Robert Louis Stevenson
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER THE LAST NIGHT
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
4  Stepping back, he put his hand upon the lock.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER V
5  Stephen followed him out, and Tom closed the room door, and held the lock in his hand.
Hard Times By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VI
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.
Ivanhoe By Walter Scott
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
7  The old gentleman looked almost as rueful as Oliver when the key grated in the lock.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XI
8  'Hear me speak a word,' rejoined Fagin, laying his hand upon the lock.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
9  Sikes made no reply; but, pulling open the door, of which Fagin had turned the lock, dashed into the silent streets.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLVII
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.
Oliver Twist By Charles Dickens
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER L
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
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
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
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
15  Holmes went to the bureau first and looked hard at the lock.
The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In XI. THE ADVENTURE OF THE BERYL CORONET
Example Sentence: (81 in 6 pages)
16  Give away any food you have on hand, or lock it up and give the key to the neighbours.
17  He turned the key in the lock.
18  His hand shook slightly as he inserted the key into the lock.
19  She would keep any sensitive documents under lock and key.
20  She got the key stuck in the lock.
21  He inserted the key in the lock but could not open the door.
22  Don't be discouraged; it's often the last key in the bunch that opens the lock.
23  Oh, and don't forget to lock the back door.
24  Push the tiny lever on the lock.
25  For a car of this size the lock is excellent.
26  Someone has been tampering with the lock.
27  Because his errand is a secret one, we need lock all his records until his returning.
28  When data is kept under lock and key, as mysterious as a temple secret, only the priests can read and interpret it.
29  I got up and turned around in my tracks three times; and then I tied up a little lock of my hair with a thread to keep witches away.
30  Couldn't find any keys, they tried to use an iron bar to pry the lock.