locked up
Example Sentences
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When you get locked up, your digital presence is the total sum of your activity on social media, and its footprints continue stepping without you.
From Slate ● Aug. 6, 2026
"You were not chained to a door or something, right? You were not locked up in a basement. The chains were less obvious, but they were there."
From BBC ● Jul. 18, 2026
“What happened to you? You’re too young to be locked up in here with us,” a man said.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 10, 2026
“If you’re thinking of an early retirement — or a mini-retirement or sabbatical — you don’t want all your money locked up in your employer plan,” Pumphrey said.
From MarketWatch ● Jul. 2, 2026
It was hard not to stare at them, the way they sauntered, the way they acted like nothing had bothered them—ever—even though they’d just been locked up for years.
From "A Place to Belong" by Cynthia Kadohata
