How To Use Padlock In A Sentence

Alex leaned up against the locker near hers and waited patiently for her to stick her coat in the locker and get the padlock on and locked.
Next, a scruffy-looking student enthusiastically volunteered to lace him into a straightjacket and secure him with padlocks and chains.
Mr Crawford has put a padlock on the fuel tank but suspects it won't be enough to stop determined thieves.
This 11 mm hardened steel, double-locking padlock has 100,000 key variations and a lifetime guarantee.
A tiny hut that looks abandoned gives up the little gateman, who steps outside, smiles, and holds the key to the hefty padlock. San Blas, Nayarit

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We moved to our big compound and there was a padlock on the door so we blew the door off. The Sun
They belly up to the coffee bar and a barista with a padlock through his nose inquires what they want.
In addition, the company has a colorful series of combination padlocks with resettable codes.
The film, of which there is only one existing copy in the UK, has now arrived and is being stored in padlocked cans in the College lodge, and is due to be screened next week.
The rucksack has a small padlock. Times, Sunday Times
The branks were also padlocked on women convicted of witchcraft and condemned to die at the stake - but for a different reason.
We were able to rethink, redesign, repackage, and reposition our products from a viewpoint of how people use particular padlocks and in what contexts they use them.
Hundreds of padlocks in various shapes, etched with dates and couples' initials, have been affixed to the railings of the wooden slatted bridge. Ronda Carman: Padlocks Declaring Your Love On The Pont Des Arts In Paris
One gate is padlocked - but chained so carelessly a man could squeeze through the gap with ease.
The door can then be secured with a good, strong padlock.
The fraudsters will also ensure that the site is encrypted and appears safe, with a padlock appearing in users' browsers. Times, Sunday Times
One'cruel' man put a padlock on her fridge. The Sun
I heard a scrape and a click, which suggested that the lock on the doors had been reinforced with a hasp and padlock. TOY SHOP
There is a fence dividing the space from the patio of a bar named Sandbar and the gate is padlocked closed.
Mr Lock gave the woman the padlock key and told her to leave after she refused to get into his bed. Times, Sunday Times
Look for the padlock or unbroken key in the bottom of your browser window to check you are using a secure website. Times, Sunday Times
The gang broke the padlock to a trailer attached to a lorry and removed four boxes of cigarettes and tobacco worth approximately £10,000.
I was concerned that the standard garage door was not secure enough and wanted to give him extra locking facility for the cycle - so I screwed a padlock type hasp into the wall inside the garage - then provided a steel 'hawser' type rope (from a cycle shop) for him to lock the bike up to, which threaded through the large hasp. Environment news, comment and analysis from the Guardian | guardian.co.uk
Padlocks provide portable security for movable items such as bikes and boats and in locations such as lockers and outdoor sheds.
The door of the colonial church and bell tower is sealed with a rusty padlock. Times, Sunday Times
A bad padlock invites a picklock.
We moved to our big compound and there was a padlock on the door so we blew the door off. The Sun
I could never understand why for the past 70 or more years it has been closed to the public with a big gate which was padlocked.
The thieves entered the premises after removing the padlocks with bolt cutters and a substantial number of potted shrubs and herbaceous plants were removed in broad daylight.
During the search they first discovered a large white bag containing one million dinars, before coming across the padlocked metal box.
One of the doors was padlocked from the outside.
A Seal of Prince JOHN OF GHENT, which has two falcons and padlocks, is one of the most beautiful and suggestive works of its class: in this Seal the two birds are addorsed, and consequently they also have their backs turned towards the central achievement. The Handbook to English Heraldry
He includes gizmos from the early 20th century (Zippo Windproof Lighter, 1932; Master Lock Padlock, 1924) all the way up to 2005. - Boing Boing
Run a 3-foot long eyebolt through both eyes; padlock the eyebolt to one of the eyes so that the bolt is now locked through both anchors and can't be removed. Boing Boing: August 6, 2006 - August 12, 2006 Archives
In his second term, of course, Houdini submersed himself in a padlocked iron cage a mile deep in boiling water and left his fate to a gaggle of witches, a silly young intern, and Inspector Javerts.
We quickly unload cases, leave them with our bags and personal belongings in the store room and lock the door with the sliding bolt and padlock.
She reined in her horse at the gates and swung down, jamming one of the keys into the padlock on the gate.
Think no-frills wooden huts on stilts on the sand, complete with hammocks and mosquito nets and secured with a padlock. Times, Sunday Times
Pin-tumbler locking mechanisms make padlocks harder to pick.
There is a fine old Doric beauty, too, about the padlock and scraper, which is strictly in keeping with the general effect. Sketches by Boz
Cos I work most nights until three or four in the morning, there was always some bastard jemmying the padlock off the doors: kids, dossers. Above Suspicion
All the bikes were chained to each other and to the wall with a padlock.
They trained their weapons on him as he turned his key in the padlock. Times, Sunday Times
I saw him padlock the rickety door behind us.
They are in all manner of shapes, strings of mucuna and poison-beans; carved images stuck over with feathers and tassels; padlocks with a cowrie or a mirror set in them; horns full of mysterious "medicine;" iron - tipped poles; bones; birds 'beaks and talons; skins of snakes and leopards, and so forth. Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo Volume 2
The creak and click of door and padlock roused Midnight.
Buried in jeweler's cotton she found a gold linked bracelet that fastened with a padlock in the shape of a heart. Just Patty
Sundays, when even the swings in the children's playgrounds are padlocked, are best avoided.
Think no-frills wooden huts on stilts on the sand, complete with hammocks and mosquito nets and secured with a padlock. Times, Sunday Times
The steel shank did me a good deed to hammer off the padlocks.
Its giant padlock would have secured the Bastille. Times, Sunday Times
One'cruel' man put a padlock on her fridge. The Sun
By padlocking the gate, he said, she was illegally blocking him from his land.
A padlock icon is displayed when visiting secure sites.
And now Timmy and Goody Tiptoes keep their nut store fastened up with a little padlock.
They used bolt croppers to break through padlocks and tried to put out of action the alarm that linked the store to the fire service.
He padlocked the box, sealed the lock and chained the box to ensure that it would not be tampered with.
When Lock gave the woman the key to her padlock, she left and walked to a nearby bus stop. The Sun
They question ancient rituals performed at the site - such us making a wish for prosperity by clamping two padlocks together and hurling them over the cliff - even as they reenact them.
Unfortunately, most sheds are inherently weak and it isn't always appropriate to fit heavy-duty padlocks, hasps, and staples as the door may not be strong enough to support them.
A padlock used to secure it was discovered by police fixed to the WRONG post. The Sun
Other smiths were more talented in making locks and padlocks that had fine springs of steel in them to operate the locking mechanism.
The back door to the van was padlocked, but luckily he was in the front and could get out of the vehicle through the passenger door.
By morning it had been reduced to a neat rectangle of ashes and a charred padlock and clasp. Times, Sunday Times
Extra thick tangs, welded to the inside of the lid, securely interlock into dual internal recessed padlock pockets for maximum protection from bolt cutters.
He said they then climbed through his bedroom window to try to get the money because the front door was padlocked shut.
My brother locked all three locks - padlock, deadbolt, knob - on our door and made his way slowly into the apartment, stopping when he caught sight of me.
He hacked the padlock off the door.
He undid the padlock and eased back the lid.
Its giant padlock would have secured the Bastille. Times, Sunday Times
Eddie parked his cycle against a lamp post and padlocked it.
One local senior police officer told an area board meeting that it is because we tend to leave our doors and windows open, or have cheap padlocks on garden sheds!
Others have padlocks, wooden pegs or cowrie shells attached to them for symbolic purposes. Voodoo Still Casts Its Spell
Many farmers are padlocking their tanks and many now have their dogs sleeping under their petrol tanks.
The fraudsters will also ensure that the site is encrypted and appears safe, with a padlock appearing in users' browsers. Times, Sunday Times
Front doors are often chained in triple loops and locked with massive padlocks.
Smashing padlocks and deadbolts, the men checked for booby traps as they felt their way by flashlight from room to room.
The briefcase is now locked with two padlocks so no one can get the present.
Kirk Anderson, 21, said the girl, Joy McKinney, and her friend, Keith May, tied down his arms and legs with leather straps, padlocks, chains and rope, so that he was spreadeagled. Archive 2008-08-01
ALWAYS losing the key for your padlock or forgetting the code? The Sun
This is basically a lock box with an unusual two-piece anti-pry construction that locks with a quality padlock.
Slam-shut locks provide a higher degree of protection than padlocks.
A gate has been padlocked on an access road leading down to one beach to prevent vehicles getting too close; and various agencies have been put on alert.
He glanced around, then took a nail file from his pocket and set to work on the padlock.
There were iron bars on the windows and a heavy padlock on the door to prevent looting.
One gate is padlocked - but chained so carelessly a man could squeeze through the gap with ease.
The gate was padlocked.
Check there is a locked padlock unbroken key in the bottom of your browser window accessing bank websites. The Sun
He refolded his nets and took them upstairs into the children's room where he stored them in padlocked wooden trunk along with various other poaching implements.
The shutters on the upstairs windows were firmly padlocked.
It puts them quickly on the offensive, but always with the padlock secure at the back and Portsmouth found them unplayable. Times, Sunday Times
ALWAYS losing the key for your padlock or forgetting the code? The Sun
Secure septic tank lids with locking mechanisms such as a padlock, specialized bolts, or other devices to keep out children and animals.
The trackside is also a lot cleaner as well, less litter and junk, spare sleepers and track padlocked and secured to immovable objects, no empty cans of flammable grease left lying around.
He made national headlines in 1999 when he padlocked the gym and cancelled practices and games until his players improved their grades.
Andy was padlocked behind a steel door when I arrived.
Smashing padlocks and deadbolts, the men checked for booby traps as they felt their way by flashlight from room to room.
Before entering card details, make sure that the locked padlock or unbroken key symbol is showing in your browser. Times, Sunday Times
I heard a scrape and a click, which suggested that the lock on the doors had been reinforced with a hasp and padlock. TOY SHOP
Marcel's Renault 4 saloon was still padlocked inside the garage, a rotten tin-roofed lean-to which hung off the side of the barn. WHITE LIES
It was taken after a gang cut the padlock on the security gate and hot-wired the vehicle.
The small, elliptical casks are buried deep in the heavily padlocked Bond Warehouse, where the heady scent of whisky knifes through the air, clean and intoxicating, with none of the yeasty, cheesy aroma of the still room.
Inside the drum's body is a padlocked hatch into which the money falls.
Standout scene: The daredevil defuser faces down an Iraqi suicide bomber who has tearfully changed his mind, but there isn't time to get the padlocks off all the explosives strapped to his body. Things that go boom at the box office
Check there is a locked padlock unbroken key in the bottom of your browser window accessing bank websites. The Sun
Indeed, many ‘soft’ cases can be locked with a simple padlock but don't offer the kind of protection a hard-shell case or box can deliver.
Using the tall doors from one of the barns they had created a strong, padlocked gate across the stone bridge which spanned the width of the water.
The offenders broke into the ground floor shop through a metal reinforced door - with five locks, a padlock and two steel bars - sometime before 6am on Tuesday.
Marais said the man had no knowledge of selling the dagga to the men and it was later found they had broken into a second house owned by him using the bolt cutter to cut a padlock.
A padlock icon displayed at the bottom of your computer screen is another indication that it is protected. Times, Sunday Times
A gate has been padlocked on an access road leading down to one beach to prevent vehicles getting too close.
Devil, who here assumes Hel's place, orders the watch to go back and lock up _all the nine locks on the gates of Hell_ -- a lock for each of the goddesses _nine_ worlds -- and to put a padlock on besides. Popular Tales from the Norse
The metal ladder has the diaphragm with padlock device and alarm nameplate.
The metal rings are welded offering a closure which is pilfer-proof resembling a padlock. ReadABlog.com New Blogs and RSS Feeds
Think no-frills wooden huts on stilts on the sand, complete with hammocks and mosquito nets and secured with a padlock. Times, Sunday Times
He fumbled the key into the padlock, his gaze warily watching one of the three remaining ants.
The bizarre exhibition includes a display of British padlocks and some prison menus.
The unharming sharks, they glided by as if with padlocks on their mouths; the savage sea-hawks sailed with sheathed beaks. Moby Dick; or the Whale
The power is in an isolator at the bottom of the crane and that is padlocked.
The scuttle was the interesting point with him; and he saw that it was provided with a hasp and staple, so that the entrance could be secured by a padlock, though that was missing. Taken by the Enemy
These bins require no maintenance, are easily padlocked against thieves, and protect against water, rodents, birds, insects, aerobic microorganisms, weather, and serious loss of seed germinability. Chapter 11
Gendarmes are on high alert and farmers are installing padlocks and security cameras in their chicken runs. Times, Sunday Times
It puts them quickly on the offensive, but always with the padlock secure at the back and Portsmouth found them unplayable. Times, Sunday Times
It was locked with a padlock, and padlocks are especially easy to pick.
But Detectives Burke and Duvaney ascertain from one of their "stool pigeons" that Michael Ribbs, alias Padlock Mike, is in funds -- that he and his "moll," who may be his wife or his mistress, are enjoying the fruits of Mike's labors. The Substitute Prisoner
Look for the padlock or unbroken key in the bottom of your browser window to check you are using a secure website. Times, Sunday Times
A diagram of the keys and keyways is available to identify the match to your padlock.
Before entering card details, make sure that the locked padlock or unbroken key symbol is showing in your browser. Times, Sunday Times
We padlock the box and send it to our colleague who then padlocks it with his padlock and returns it to us.
The dean of students ordered the police to come and cut the padlock, but then to leave the campus.
When I recovered my presence of mind a little, I took the locket out of the bit of paper (the locket indeed! it was as big as a barndoor padlock), and slowly put it into my shirt. The Great Hoggarty Diamond
The padlock on my garden shed was sawn open and the contents rummaged through though nothing was stolen due to a heavy main gate preventing this.
Members of council noted that media reports of the incident had frightened seniors who are now padlocking their doors.
Smaller trunk locks have a spring-loaded latch, so when the trunk isn't locked the top half stays up out of the way. It has a hasp for a padlock, if you choose to use one.
The gates were locked with a padlock and a heavy steel chain.
Indeed, many ‘soft’ cases can be locked with a simple padlock but don't offer the kind of protection a hard-shell case or box can deliver.
Anyone can snap shut an open padlock - you don't need a key to lock it - but opening it again is really tough.
Eddie parked his cycle against a lamp post and padlocked it.
At least one parlour in the tourist town of Batu on Java island has required its masseuses to padlock their skirts or trousers to make it clear that the establishment does not tolerate prostitution.
She always padlocked her bike to the railings.
He opened the wire door, noting in the red light a padlock that had been jemmied open. Black Blade
She padlocked her bike to the railings.
A padlock icon displayed at the bottom of your computer screen is another indication that it is protected. Times, Sunday Times
The thieves entered the premises after removing the padlocks with bolt cutters and a substantial number of potted shrubs and herbaceous plants were removed in broad daylight.
They trained their weapons on him as he turned his key in the padlock. Times, Sunday Times
For that matter, I thought, if the skene had not been padlocked, anyone offended by Nicias could have entered to take and return the sword. Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine
The gates were locked with a padlock and a heavy steel chain.
There were lockers along the floor under the bed, and along the sides of the cabin, and in one corner a heavy chest such as seamen often use to contain their valuables, this being brassbound and padlocked. The Hilltop Boys on Lost Island
Eddie parked his cycle against a lamp post and padlocked it.
The case has a recessed, extra-wide handle, tabs for tie-down straps, and multiple padlock positions.
The gates were locked with a padlock and a heavy steel chain.
Now is the time for those who claim the country is ruined by a ring to remove some of its links, especially the key and padlock, and by doing so once again proclaim liberty, and prove to the people that the "shoot without trial law" really did some good. Six Months in Mexico
I unlock the padlock and slide back the bolt and go to push the door open.
They were unable to get their ambulance on to the ground because vehicle-access gates were padlocked.
Think no-frills wooden huts on stilts on the sand, complete with hammocks and mosquito nets and secured with a padlock. Times, Sunday Times
A bad padlock invite a picklock.
The door of the colonial church and bell tower is sealed with a rusty padlock. Times, Sunday Times
He could not say whether the gate was padlocked, but it was secured.
Think no-frills wooden huts on stilts on the sand, complete with hammocks and mosquito nets and secured with a padlock. Times, Sunday Times
They are in all manner of shapes, strings of mucuna and poison-beans; carved images stuck over with feathers and tassels; padlocks with a cowrie or a mirror set in them; horns full of mysterious Two Trips to Gorilla Land and the Cataracts of the Congo
Doors off to the left and right of us were secured with sturdy padlocks on steel hasps.
Brazil, Argentina, Germany were the favored ones to win, but Italy ate their lunch playing the "catenaccio" or padlock, they just defended piled all their people on defense, opposite teams defense got tired, played all their moves, and when most of their team was on offense, wham! italy went forward and beat them all ...! CBS Faults McCain Ad Featuring Katie Couric As "Misleading"
She padlocked windows and doors and added extra wire mesh over the windows of the rooms housing her collection.
The thief used a hammer to pry open a padlock securing a door on the cabin and removed an empty cash box.
This was in stark contrast to Monday when school officials were forced to cancel classes after parents padlocked the gates.
The double doors were closed, but they were also, he realized as he neared them, bolted shut with a heavy chain wound through each handle and held fast with a blockish padlock. The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters
Everything was locked up; the coal-cellar, the candle-box, the salt-box, the meat-safe, were all padlocked. Ten Girls from Dickens
They pushed it out into the dim light¾an old army colored footlocker, dinted and scratched, with a large rusted padlock jammed through the steel ring. Amends '82: Part One
The signs were meant to be tamper-proof - but the hackers broke padlocks to get at the computer systems. The Sun
Anyway, this afternoon we spent an inordinately long time fixing a hasp and padlock to the garage.
Mr Lock gave the woman the padlock key and told her to leave after she refused to get into his bed. Times, Sunday Times
A loud clang echoed through the hallway as the man dropped the padlock to the floor.
When Lock gave the woman the key to her padlock, she left and walked to a nearby bus stop. The Sun
The room was small, with machinery set on one side, behind bullet proof containers which were locked with a padlock.
Then he donned a new uniform of padlocked leather, and vroomed off on a new motorcycle.
They had put a padlock on the door of his flat.
The fact that a certificate is signed by an intermediary may not ring alarms for many users, assuming they ever bother to check what their little padlock icon has to say.
He would leave a suitcase, secured with a cheap padlock, in the closet of a motel room. Times, Sunday Times
The entrance to the basement proper is protected by a sturdy oak panelled door with flaking maroon paint, two Yale locks and a hasp and staple secured with a heavy duty padlock.
Once the padlock had been pried off, Emi pulled open the trapdoor and shone her little flashlight down into the depths.
But he was accused of acting beyond his powers by padlocking the gates to land not owned by the football club.
A padlock used to secure it was discovered by police fixed to the WRONG post. The Sun

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