How to Use lock away in a Sentence

lock away

verb

• The birds knew that they shouldn’t be locked away.
  — Big Think, 6 May 2026
• In tax terms, this one is very much in the vault (locked away).
  — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
• The list is kept locked away in a safe, and few people have seen it.
  — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
• Swift pairs the cute dress with funky hair clips pulling her new brunette locks away from her face.
  — Meg Walters, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
• Brands are no longer things companies simply own and lock away.
  — Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 10 July 2026
• Often, kids are playing games on their phones, which are supposed to be locked away.
  — ABC News, 25 May 2026
• If films are vital to our culture, then they must be shared, not hoarded and locked away.
  — Raj Tawney, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
• Firearms and weapons are best locked away somewhere safe where they can't be grabbed by a child or intruder.
  — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 19 July 2025
• Fuchs explained that there's a reason Dick wanted to keep the box locked away.
  — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
• That means if your computer is ever lost or stolen, your data stays locked away from prying eyes.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
• But that means the movie’s most effective element remains locked away for far too long.
  — David Sims, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
• In the local high school, those older kids also have their phones locked away in pouches during the school day.
  — Leigh Kiniry, CBS News, 18 June 2026
• There was an access to a vulnerability that has been locked away for many, many years.
  — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
• On Earth, most of the carbon dioxide is dissolved in the oceans or locked away in rocks, such as limestone.
  — Vahe Peroomian, The Conversation, 13 July 2026
• The organization largely serves boys whose fathers have passed away or been locked away.
  — Charles M. Blow, CBS News, 21 June 2026
• If Iran sanctions end, then the amount of oil which is locked away in floating storage will not increase as last year.
  — Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
• Tried and convicted for misprision of treason, she was locked away in her bedroom in the palace for eight months.
  — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 18 May 2026
• When separate channels have data locked away, AI can’t get the job done.
  — Tomas Gorny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
• Meanwhile, special bags and a clamping system lock away smells that put a damper on cuddle time with your sweet new arrival.
  — Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 July 2026
• Wedding guests were reportedly required to lock away their phones on arrival.
  — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
• This oil is not just paused; it is physically locked away from ever being produced through the wellbore.
  — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
• She’s almost been locked away from the world and under-exposed to people outside of her family.
  — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
• Tens of thousands of young children are injured every year by common household items that many parents don’t think to lock away.
  — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
• Pasquini said people in her circumstances have been accused of wanting to shed their troubles by having their kids locked away.
  — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
• If that backend data is exposed, the physical card remaining locked away does not matter.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
• The Strait of Hormuz may be closed, locking away more than 20% of the world's supply of jet fuel.
  — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 May 2026
• The Strait of Hormuz may be closed, locking away more than 20% of the world’s supply of jet fuel.
  — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 May 2026
• If data is encrypted, it is supposed to be locked away from hackers, companies and governments alike.
  — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
• San Diego Comic Con has kicked off, and new teasers and trailers will not be locked away in the convention center halls.
  — Alejandra Gularte, Vulture, 24 July 2026
• Throughout the entire process, the CO₂ is permanently locked away too.
  — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026