padded cell
Example Sentences
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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 • Jul. 15, 2025
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 • Dec. 5, 2023
It offers some health care, including dental services and has a psychiatric unit with a padded cell.
From New York Times • Dec. 12, 2022
The silence itself becomes this horror – it’s like being trapped inside her mind which is now a padded cell.
From The Guardian • Oct. 28, 2018
They had stepped directly into a tiny sitting room, which had the feeling of a dark, padded cell.
From "Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince" by J.K. Rowling
