How to Use lock in a Sentence

lock

1 of 2 noun

• Ready to flaunt those thick locks?
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 16 June 2026
• Unit two have been on lock down.
  — Lisa Rozner, CBS News, 1 June 2026
• My blonde locks lay near my chin.
  — Kimberly Zapata, Parents, 29 Jan. 2026
• Where’s the lock that fits this key?
  — Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
• This feels like a lock at this point.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Jan. 2026
• But a few have a key to the lock.
  — David George Haskell, Big Think, 27 Mar. 2026
• But that doesn't mean his spot is a lock.
  — Russell Lewis, NPR, 12 June 2026
• Place the corn in a zip lock bag or a bowl.
  — Kathryn Gregory, Louisville Courier Journal, 13 Jan. 2026
• Held him as the nurse got a lock of his hair!
  — Ashley Vega, PEOPLE, 10 Sep. 2025
• But there comes a time when the lock has to break.
  — Maria Giesbrecht, PEOPLE, 11 May 2026
• Think of it like putting a lock on your front door.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 28 Oct. 2025
• Brown and Doubs would be locks to start.
  — Doug Kyed, Boston Herald, 20 May 2026
• Borrow a lock from the front desk.
  — Literary Hub, 20 Feb. 2026
• The mid layer locks in your body heat.
  — Emilee Coblentz, Outside, 7 Feb. 2026
• Others fought over locks of his hair.
  — Richard Brody, New Yorker, 26 Sep. 2025
• Most locks include two or three keys.
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
• Tired of your locks weighing you down?
  — Amanda Le, InStyle, 4 Mar. 2026
• Is a mortgage rate lock worth it now?
  — Matt Richardson, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
• Loss locks each of us in our own tower.
  — Bilge Ebiri, Vulture, 13 Feb. 2026
• Nacua is a lock for me across all my lineups.
  — Eddie Brown, San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 Sep. 2025
• Add subtle depth and warmth to long dark locks.
  — Kaitlyn Yarborough, Southern Living, 4 Apr. 2026
• Which steering wheel lock is best?
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
• What’s the best steering wheel lock to buy?
  — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 17 Apr. 2026
• Some used the money to get new locks in their homes.
  — Emilia Otte, Hartford Courant, 13 June 2026
• Stop thinking it, and the lock snapped shut.
  — Jason Snyder, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• Both those locks use the same key, which gives you one last thing to lose.
  — Andrew P. Collins, The Drive, 13 May 2026
• Her long brown locks were worn down in a center part.
  — Michelle Lee, PEOPLE, 1 Oct. 2025
• From there, pick a game in any sport and lock in this $5 bet.
  — Tyler Everett, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Sep. 2025
• Hynes said he was told the lock would cost $229.
  — Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 1 May 2026
• First canals and then locks were devised to guide boats around the falls.
  — Adam Sachs, Condé Nast Traveler, 28 Mar. 2026

lock

2 of 2 verb

• The wheels locked and the car skidded off the road.
• He forgot to lock the car.
• The file is locked for editing.
• She locked the bicycle to the railing with a chain.
• She locked her hands around the steering wheel.
• They locked the door when they left and unlocked it when they returned.
• They were locked in each other's arms.
• The car locks automatically when you start the engine.
• The top four prospects are locked.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 June 2026
• Are you locked in at this point?
  — Michael Schneider, Variety, 7 Jan. 2026
• The four men were locked in a cage.
  — Ryan Gaydos, FOXNews.com, 18 May 2026
• Me and him have been locked in for years.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 17 Oct. 2025
• That heart comes in, and it's not locked off.
  — Ana Calderone, PEOPLE, 8 Nov. 2025
• In fact, the whole squad has to lock in more.
  — Patrick Sung Cuadrado, CNN Money, 21 June 2026
• Four years locked up, though, would work for him.
  — Nathan Pilling, Kansas City Star, 2 Sep. 2025
• We’re locked in with the five guys on the court.
  — Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 20 Feb. 2026
• But the ones who didn’t were locked down and cared for.
  — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE, 11 Sep. 2025
• Lil Wayne had got locked up at that time.
  — Preezy Brown, VIBE.com, 6 Nov. 2025
• Ning On locked these thoughts tight in her throat.
  — Literary Hub, 9 Feb. 2026
• Your jacket is locked in the back seat.
  — Matthew Shen Goodman, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025
• Like, nobody has to be locked in.
  — Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 8 June 2026
• Start by locking in your niche.
  — Sho Dewan, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025
• Dart was clearly locked in this week.
  — Charlotte Carroll, New York Times, 29 Sep. 2025
• We are locked and loaded and ready to go.
  — Benjamin Weinthal, FOXNews.com, 6 Jan. 2026
• We are locked and loaded and ready to go.
  — Rachel Wolf, FOXNews.com, 7 Jan. 2026
• Keller has been locked in this season.
  — David Troy Outkick, FOXNews.com, 7 May 2026
• No one answered and the doors were locked.
  — Ruben Vives, Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
• Are your biggest clients locked in?
  — Lien De Pau, Forbes.com, 31 Aug. 2025
• Our hotel is locked and there are guards now.
  — Sara Stridsberg september 15, Literary Hub, 15 Sep. 2025
• The school is empty, its gates locked.
  — ABC News, 6 Apr. 2026