How to Use locksmith in a Sentence

locksmith

noun
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  • The locksmith stood next to Lennie on the porch, twirling a drill in his hands.
    — Washington Post, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The woman had a locksmith come to her house to make new keys.
    — oregonlive, 26 Sep. 2021
  • When a line formed and no one could get in, a locksmith needed to be called.
    — Micaela English, Town & Country, 13 Oct. 2015
  • The locksmith brought new house keys, and both men silently worked around the stranger piling his life on the front yard.
    — Alden Woods, azcentral, 16 July 2017
  • Within an hour, a locksmith arrived and changed the locks.
    — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 7 Nov. 2023
  • Alan Butrico owns the house next door and a locksmith business two doors down.
    — Crimesider Staff, CBS News, 11 Dec. 2017
  • If the three bears had employed a locksmith, there would have been no story.
    — Deborah Treisman, The New Yorker, 31 Oct. 2022
  • Why were the services of a locksmith used when the Park Board has keys to all Park Board property?
    — Sharon Coolidge, Cincinnati.com, 2 May 2018
  • Her father was a locksmith, and her mother worked in the cafeteria at the high school.
    — The New Yorker, 8 Nov. 2021
  • Like the locksmith that was killed (earlier this year) in a dispute over pay.
    — Carol Robinson | Crobinson@al.com, al, 8 Apr. 2023
  • The Republic hired a locksmith to break the padlocks on the cabinets in late 2018.
    — AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The first takes place in a car, after Alanis, her phone gone and needing a locksmith to open her door, has called a client.
    — Jonathan Holland, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Oct. 2017
  • When restaurants across the country had to shut down in early 2020, Anil Yadav had to call a locksmith.
    — Heather Haddon, WSJ, 18 Mar. 2022
  • Snider, the locksmith, likewise relayed a feeling of déjà vu.
    — Tom Benning, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2020
  • If you are locked out accidentally, a spare set of keys will save you a call to a locksmith.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 17 Sep. 2022
  • A locksmith came by and said someone had put superglue in them.
    — Law Enforcement, The Denver Post, 4 Jan. 2017
  • If the lock is not well secured, work with a locksmith and/or carpenter to make sure the door closes fully.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 24 Jan. 2023
  • Many of our readers and locksmiths swear by Tri-Flow lubricant.
    — Bob Weber, chicagotribune.com, 3 Dec. 2017
  • Costs pile up quickly for a lawyer, court and sheriff, locksmiths, repairs, cleaning fees and lost rent.
    — Phillip Molnar, sandiegouniontribune.com, 25 Aug. 2017
  • If your dealer charges, check out a locksmith, who usually will cost less.
    — Motormouth Bob Weber, Star Tribune, 26 Feb. 2021
  • Some have even authorized locksmiths to let the volunteers in.
    — NBC News, 10 Feb. 2020
  • The suspect was one of three men believed to have been involved in an early morning break-in at a nearby locksmith kiosk.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 June 2021
  • Over his melodic recitation came a tapping sound as a locksmith installed higher-grade locks on the front door.
    — Washington Post, 9 June 2017
  • Over their melodic recitation came a tapping sound as a locksmith installed higher-grade locks on the front door.
    — Andrew Selsky, The Seattle Times, 9 June 2017
  • The key was not recovered, so the vehicle owner contacted a locksmith to change the locks, but the Subaru had been stolen again.
    — Lisa M. Bolton, Washington Post, 6 June 2018
  • The main pointed a gun at deputies and a locksmith before locking himself in the house and firing shots from inside, Oglesby said.
    — Tonya Alanez, Sun-Sentinel.com, 5 Apr. 2018
  • Mike Denne, 69, a garrulous locksmith in Mitchell, was no activist, not a vocal anti-masker by any means.
    — Marc Fisher, Washington Post, 12 Dec. 2020
  • The vault was eventually unlocked at 7:35 p.m. by a locksmith who worked on it all day, said Town Clerk Ann Quirk in a brief phone interview.
    — Shannon Larson, BostonGlobe.com, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The main storyline of Army of Thieves is Sebastian and his crew attempting to break three legendary vaults made by a famed locksmith.
    — Paul Tassi, Forbes, 1 Nov. 2021
  • On another night, another elephant comes over to a fence and, with the ease of a practiced locksmith, wraps its trunk around the wooden post holding the electric wire in place.
    — Justin Mott, Smithsonian Magazine, 10 Apr. 2020

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