How to Use padlock in a Sentence

padlock

noun
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  • The padlock is an archival motif for Tiffany’s that dates back to the 1800s.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 16 Nov. 2022
  • The owner of the tools said they were locked with a chain and heavy padlock in the middle of the house.
    — Tyler Langan, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 7 Feb. 2018
  • Along comes the virus, that has put a padlock on the economy.
    — Fox News, 18 Mar. 2020
  • When police placed a padlock on the door, the owner’s son sawed it off.
    — Melody Petersen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 9 Apr. 2021
  • My neighbor put a padlock on the gate, and has not given me a key.
    — New York Times, 30 Apr. 2022
  • There’s a playground near my house, now closed with a padlock and chains.
    — Clayton Dalton, The New Yorker, 2 Apr. 2020
  • Zookeepers slammed the cage's door shut and replaced the padlock the bear had broken off.
    — Grant Butler, OregonLive.com, 18 Oct. 2017
  • The padlock was missing and there was no damage to the van door, reports said.
    — Brian Lisik, cleveland, 31 May 2021
  • That same bathroom might also have a padlock on the door.
    — Lisa Jhung, Outside Online, 4 May 2020
  • If the padlock in the lower left is locked, click it, and enter your password.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 26 May 2022
  • The padlock appeared to have been cut with bolt cutters.
    — cleveland, 12 Dec. 2019
  • At the stone wall was a sturdy wooden door with large padlocks.
    — Frederick Kaufman, Harper's Magazine, 26 Feb. 2024
  • The building’s entrance is now chained shut with a padlock.
    — Michael Laris, Washington Post, 2 Sep. 2023
  • The windows were boarded, and the doors were sheets of plywood, with a padlock to secure them.
    — Nathan Dicamillo, New York Times, 13 Apr. 2018
  • It was known that Simonds had the only key to the basement padlock, the lawsuit states.
    — Josh Kovner, courant.com, 9 Apr. 2018
  • This trailer had a padlock on it, which would have had to be cut to remove the trailer.
    — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 1 July 2020
  • The Tiffany Lock bracelet’s padlock motif has a long history with the house.
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The padlock keys, David says, were found in Edwards’ pocket.
    — Christine Pelisek, PEOPLE.com, 22 Sep. 2017
  • Couples from around the world come to this spot to lock a padlock to the bridge signifying their love.
    — Lauren Cook, The Cut, 15 May 2018
  • There was a chain, like a bicycle chain, that had been wrapped around the door handles and locked with a padlock.
    — Amy Gamerman, WSJ, 22 June 2022
  • Buried in a ditch, the enslaved man wore heavy iron shackles and a padlock around his ankles.
    — Nora McGreevy, Smithsonian Magazine, 8 June 2021
  • The Republic hired a locksmith to break the padlocks on the cabinets in late 2018.
    — AZCentral.com, 28 Aug. 2019
  • The swinging gate to the trail had a padlock on it -- for which the key had been left at the camp office about 1⁄4 mile in the other direction.
    — Arkansas Online, 13 May 2021
  • Once the account is private, a little padlock will show next to the username.
    — Erin Hahn, CNN, 5 Feb. 2023
  • Also, make sure there is a padlock icon on the left-hand side of your browser’s address bar.
    — Washington Post, 2 June 2021
  • Children shackled to their beds with chains and padlocks.
    — Ana Veciana-Suarez, miamiherald, 22 Jan. 2018
  • The sloped roof keeps water and snow from pooling, and the sliding door can be secured with any padlock.
    — Popular Science, 28 Apr. 2020
  • And that, in turn, recalls the thick bike chain the rapper Treach, from Naughty by Nature, often wore around his neck with a padlock, back in the 1990s.
    — New York Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • The intruders must crack a four-letter code to unlock their padlocks and enter the course.
    — Nick Caruso, TVLine, 28 June 2024
  • The woman was wearing a trash bag, latex lingerie, a metal dog collar with a padlock around her neck and duct tape when she was found, the document states.
    — Minyvonne Burke, NBC News, 10 July 2024

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