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How to use locking in a sentence

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They entered the avenue, and locking the door after them, sought the flight of steps down which the count had before passed.
Flogging, branding, keelhauling, locking sailors in chains, walking the plank, and hanging were used in this era.
The standard pin has a larger head complete with an Allen screw for locking in place.
Among the parts stolen were a steering wheel, an air filter, a parcel shelf, locking nuts and a pair of sparks.
A petty officer released the airlock door's locking mechanism and pulled it open.
His tunes are confidently solid and percussion-heavy, rotundly popping, locking and soaring.
They talked of locking them up in reformatory hostels, but that was too expensive.
Last year's documentary Hip Hop-eration proved there are no upper age limits when it comes to locking, popping and krumping.
As members may be locking their money away for several decades, they may be willing to take a bit more risk to get a better return.
Personakey's Touch Open locking storage cases and safes are nothing short of amazing.
Perhaps locking the money away in a non-liquid asset such as property is not the best option.
But by locking them out of their own party establishments we will also cause them to react violently in order to be heard.
At that moment I had thoughts of telling her it was in Sam and Ashley's room and locking her out.
Both Sophia and Mina turned, their gaze locking with the man who stood behind them.
Sighing softly, the Pack leader knelt down as well and gently placed his hand under Dante's chin to lift his head, their gazes locking.
Hurriedly, they moved inside and toward another elevator, the door locking automatically behind them.
All models have remote central locking, front electric windows, a trip computer and doors which lock automatically above walking pace.
I stood before my apartment door, cracked my neck for good measure and then exited, locking it securely behind me.
He then left the room, shutting the door behind him, and locking it securely.
I opened the door to my flat and went in, locking it again behind me and sliding the bolts across for good measure.
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Examples from Classical Literature
Warp locking of the end-to-end variety and a unique finish on a side selvage are the most noteworthy deviations from the norm.
A knurled locking nut is also provided for holding the scriber in any fixed position.
The men, without looking or caring, went on locking the gate.
Britten says twenty degrees, and also employs a non-tangential locking.
Because of the extreme bouncing and jouncing field vehicles are prone to, the spring clips on these models all have additional locking clips.
Yes, gentlemen, I stand for locking and damming the Kentucky river!
In Fig. 213 the key is about to actuate the locking mechanism.
Adjusting and locking the nozzle regulates the degree of atomization.
George blew out the lamp by the window and locking the door of the printshop went home.
Could she excite their suspicion by locking herself up from them in her room as soon as the lawyer had left the house?
The women ended up locking themselves in the conservatory then hiding on the shed roof.
The guests form a great ring, locking hands, and, when the music starts up, begin to move around in a circle.
After all, I remained up there, repeatedly unlocking and unstrapping my small portmanteau and locking and strapping it up again, until Biddy called to me that I was late.
When everything was secured and the lights put out, they left through the front door, Arobin locking it and taking the key, which he carried for Edna.
They fence with their long lower jaws, sometimes locking them together, and so striving for the supremacy like elks that warringly interweave their antlers.
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