How to Use locker in a Sentence

locker

noun
  • There’s even a handy locker loop on the back to hang it up to dry.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2023
  • On locker cleanout day, Howard didn’t seem open to taking a pay cut to stay with the team.
    Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
  • Meet your guide and store any belongings in lockers in the gift shop.
    Robin Soslow, Chron, 13 May 2023
  • At the end of the teaser, Ted and Coach Beard walk into the locker room to see all of the posters hung above each locker.
    Ana Calderone, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023
  • First locker, left of the door, is No. 29: new running back Jordan Wilkins.
    The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Do everyone a favor and just put it in your locker (with the sound off, please).
    Christa Sgobba, SELF, 2 Jan. 2024
  • One of the students grabbed the back of Villabol’s shirt and slammed their face into a locker.
    Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Reaves sat at his locker with ice bags on both knees and towels wrapped around his body.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • Down more steps still, the lower deck houses all the machinery (tanks, chain lockers, and the like).
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The other two lockers belong to Tristan Beck and Sean Hjelle.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Members must have their lockers cleared out by March 31.
    Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
  • As his teammates around him disrobed and walked to the showers, Herbert sat in front of his locker and stared at the ground.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • One woman insists on walking naked around the shower area and the locker area.
    Amy Dickinson, Detroit Free Press, 29 Dec. 2022
  • This slick option fits the vibe perfectly (and isn’t too bulky to fit inside a locker).
    Jake Smith, Glamour, 14 Sep. 2023
  • There’s no space by his door to install a locker, and the pickup networks haven’t yet opened up nearby.
    Wilfred Chan, Curbed, 30 Dec. 2022
  • The dogs can be used to search school property, like hallways and lockers, but cannot be used to search students.
    Karina Elwood, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Upon your arrival to the resort the team will provide you access to the lounge, which has showers and lockers.
    Debbi Kickham, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023
  • There were hundreds of private rooms and thousands of lockers.
    Penelope Green, New York Times, 11 Feb. 2024
  • Wide receiver Michael Gallup walked Monday from his locker to the weight room.
    Dallas News, 26 Dec. 2022
  • That was the case four years ago, when the 49ers cleaned out their lockers and the Chiefs celebrated through downtown Kansas City.
    Cam Inman, The Mercury News, 31 Jan. 2024
  • The pen wasn’t found in the girl’s locker and a nurse’s aide ordered the girl to take off all her clothes, including her bra, and leave her underwear on.
    Adam Ferrise, cleveland, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Middle-schoolers now must keep phones stowed in their lockers.
    Donna St. George, Anchorage Daily News, 10 May 2023
  • Triston Casas sat at his locker back in April with his bat placed carefully near the center of his chest.
    Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 29 July 2023
  • Above a locker in the Colts’ facility, there was a nameplate.
    Chloe Peterson, The Indianapolis Star, 8 Sep. 2023
  • Every step of Ryan Tannehill’s journey from the shower to his locker came with a grimace.
    Adam H. Beasley, Miami Herald, 30 Jan. 2024
  • At the heart of the camper is a multi-purpose space with full side access that doubles as a storage locker or living room on the road.
    Bryan Hood, Robb Report, 20 Mar. 2024
  • The parking will be in a five-level garage that’s part of the building, along with 45 racks and five storage lockers for bicycles.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Mar. 2024
  • Sneakers squeak against the tile; a group of boys huddles by an ice cream vending machine; the sound of laughter and chatter bounces off the lockers.
    Maggie Prosser, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
  • So many of the works in this section were snatched right out of Davy Jones’ locker to become part of the Myerses’ collection.
    Punch Shaw, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 31 Jan. 2024
  • One patient of O’Connell’s slept in a rented storage locker.
    Tracy Kidder, New York Times, 5 Jan. 2023

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