padded cell
Example Sentences
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"Should I feel anything?" asks the beady-eyed man, sitting in a padded cell with handcuffs around his wrists.
From BBC
It is as though the series will inevitably end with the character opening her eyes and the camera slowly panning out to reveal her padded cell.
From Salon
"A calming room should be a room for children to calm down with blankets, teddies and soft lighting. Not a padded cell. You wouldn't put an animal in there."
From BBC
The visual expedition begins with the opening credits, which focus on charmingly quilted satin walls that invoke a nursery crossed with a padded cell.
From Los Angeles Times
Camp 5, where the defendants are held, has a second-floor psychiatric ward, known as a behavioral health unit, with a padded cell.
From New York Times
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