padlock

Example Sentences

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The funding mechanisms are complicated, the language antiquated and much about the income remains under a padlock of privacy.

From BBC • May 14, 2026

The first and only response to that invitation was to ask him to put a padlock on the door to the storage room full of boxed documents.

From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 26, 2025

Not necessarily a designer one, but a handbag with a strong sense of itself — an acid-green baguette bag, a wicker orb with a padlock, a cheetah-print apothecary satchel.

From Salon • Dec. 20, 2025

The 61-year-old accountant, who lives with his wife and daughter, had activated an alarm and put a padlock on the gate the night before.

From Barron's • Nov. 4, 2025

Bainbridge threw the switch, shut the box, and replaced the padlock.

From "Bomb" by Steve Sheinkin