hasp

Example Sentences

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After an hour searching dusty corridors, I found a door with a smart padlock and the remains of a hasp lying on the floor beside it.

From Nature • May 19, 2020

And then Matt hears the sound of the window hasp being turned and the sound of the window opening.

From The Guardian • Oct. 31, 2019

After his testimony, Sokolove told me that he had initially thought he had mentioned the locked hasp in his 1986 statement.

From Slate • Aug. 15, 2015

The garage door wasn’t locked; Gibson had the padlock on the door, but not through the hasp.

From Washington Times • Dec. 24, 2014

But Aragon is a little lock-crazy: He has screwed a tiny hasp onto his plastic lunch box and hangs a combination lock there, because of the sodas he’s lost to pilfering officers, he says.

From "Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing" by Ted Conover