locking

present participle of lock

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for locking
Verb
  • Online videos and orientation make the process easy to learn, and the team is there to guide the way through situations such as when the kitten is not latching or going to the bathroom.
    Dina Kaur, AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2025
  • Common issues include challenges with the baby latching onto your nipple, sore nipples, low milk supply, thrush, plugged milk ducts, inflammation of the breast (mastitis), and inverted nipples.
    Elizabeth Ayoola, Essence, 27 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • Nice drive-by swipe there on a Tony Pollard carry as Jonathon Cooper was wrapping him up.
    Joe Nguyen, Denver Post, 7 Sep. 2025
  • Small Things Like These was shot between wrapping Oppenheimer and the awards run, with financing coming together when Murphy’s co-star Matt Damon joined as producer.
    Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 7 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • These systems are built with high security standards such as digital signatures, transaction chaining and sequential numbering, all aimed at making sales data immutable and resistant to manipulation.
    Darko Pavic, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Juggling enemies, chaining attacks, and wrapping it up in one smooth, slow-mo finisher is incredibly satisfying.
    Zackery Cuevas, PC Magazine, 25 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • According to the declaration, the fire originated underneath and to the left of Harris, who was unconscious and sitting in a folding plastic lawn chair with metal supports.
    KC Baker, People.com, 2 Sep. 2025
  • Graco jogging strollers also feature adjustable reclining positions and canopies or one-handed folding mechanisms.
    BestReviews, Chicago Tribune, 2 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • There’s nothing like shutting the bathroom door, maybe even locking it and hiding away from one’s family, even just for a few minutes.
    Jocelyn Solis-Moreira, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Ultimately, the Eagles embarrassed the Chiefs, shutting them out 24-0 in the first half, and captured a 40-22 win.
    Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • The sandals feature a buckle-fastening ankle strap.
    Jaden Thompson, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
Verb
  • No other spacecraft has probed beneath the clouds encircling Jupiter the way that Juno has, or has imaged our Solar System’s largest planet so comprehensively and over such extended periods of time.
    Ethan Siegel, Big Think, 3 Sep. 2025
  • Nonetheless, its economy has largely adapted to Western sanctions, and Russian forces are advancing in the Donbas, now encircling the city of Pokrovsk and steadily advancing toward Kostyantynivka.
    Joshua Yaffa, New Yorker, 22 Aug. 2025
Verb
  • But this isn’t simply about bolting on features.
    Bessemer Venture Partners, Forbes.com, 3 Sep. 2025
  • As reports from the Ukraine war show, taking a drone and bolting a Claymore mine to it isn't new.
    New Atlas, New Atlas, 24 Aug. 2025
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“Locking.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/locking. Accessed 8 Sep. 2025.

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