How To Use Unlocked In A Sentence

We drove home in silence and, when he parked in our long driveway, I stopped to pluck some ixora flowers while Nnamabia unlocked the front door. Excerpt: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Police believe a gang of up to five men were responsible for a raid on a Melksham store in which hundreds of pounds were stolen from an unlocked office.
McWilliams levelled his gun and Glennon pulled open the van's unlocked doors.
The man unlocked his old-fashioned, roll-top desk and took out a tin box. THE WITCH TREE SYMBOL
In Confessions of a Master Jewel Thief, diamond-nabber Bill Mason notes notes a strange security trend: people will spend big bucks to have a whole host ultra-sophisticated locks on their front doors -- but they'll put something flimsy on the back door, or leave the windows unlocked altogether. Defense Tech: Lock the back door, too

I unlocked your desk drawer and found your pack of evidence.
He turned back towards the door and slowly unlatched each latch and unlocked each lock behind him.
He unlocked the car and threw the coat on to the back seat.
I solved the combination for the lock, unlocked it, and pulled open my locker.
Played with mercurial Elan by Joseph Fiennes, Shakespeare gets unlocked when he meets Viola de Lesseps (Gwyneth Paltrow, sizzling with sensual intelligence), a stage-struck young aristocrat who disguises herself as a boy so she can act in the males-only Elizabethan theater. Close-Up On Will
Link many of my friends have unlocked iphone. yet, we are in shanghai of china, not the usa. so, u know where the missing iphones go! — joe lee Good News in the One Million Missing iPhones - Bits Blog - NYTimes.com
The island is a place where residents leave their cars and homes unlocked. Times, Sunday Times
I walked back to my car, snow crunching underfoot, unlocked the doors, and slipped into the back.
But while she was talking to fans inside, the robber was busy plundering her unlocked car in nearby Barker's Pool car park.
In the second incident, the Asian man entered a 70-year-old woman's home through an unlocked door.
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This affair being settled to his satisfaction, and the night at odds with morning, he took an opportunity of imparting to the ear of this aged dulcinea a kind whisper, importing a promise of visiting her when his sister should be retired to her own chamber, and an earnest desire of leaving her door unlocked. The Adventures of Peregrine Pickle
This simple observation unlocked the ancient world. WALKING THE BIBLE
The phones I chose were all buyable unlocked and without overlays to the intended system.
As at the conclusion of the eighteenth century, the English unlocked their hospitable store, for the relief of those driven from their homes by political revolution; so now they were not backward in affording aid to the victims of a more wide-spreading calamity. II.5
The scrambled data can only be unlocked with passwords that you determine.
They unlocked the door and I skedaddled out past the yellow tape perimeter and then scrambled home.
She called her co-worker, who met her at the store and let her inside, leaving the door unlocked. Woman killed, another sexually assaulted at Bethesda Lululemon store
The intruders are believed to have got into the building through an unlocked door.
Harsh voices followed after the loud noise and Gabrielle quickly, fearfully pulled her shoes back on and unlocked her stall.
She found the key, unlocked a drawer, opened it carefully, lifted the layer of soft padding, chose two test tubes of a strange green substance, replaced the layer, and locked the drawer again.
By mastering hieroglyphics , Champollion unlocked a mystery and brought back to life one of the world's oldest and most fascinating civilization.
Puzzles must be unlocked to advance the story, which is moving, well told and pretty darn sad. The Sun
Visitors can identify themselves by intercom before the door is unlocked. Christianity Today
From the door a light knock came, followed by the sound of the keys jangling as the door was unlocked.
My car instructions warn not to activate deadlocks if people are inside, as it cannot be unlocked from inside.
If your mobile phone is locked with any mobile services provider you can also have it unlocked with free unlock codes.
Just before she unlocked the door, she pulled the mitten from her mouth and asked, `You from the Goodman? FAMILY PICTURES
He unlocked the door of apartment two and disappeared inside after a backward glance at Larry.
Putting the bucket on the floor she unlocked the door to the cell, keeping one hand on the hilt of her sword as she did so.
Then Carne, stepping warily, unlocked the heavy oak door at the entrance of the cellarage, held down his lantern, and fixed with a wedge the top step of the ladder, which had been made to revolve with a pin and collar at either end, as before described. Springhaven
She unlocked the cellaret and stood for a moment with the bottle and glass pressed to her bosom. Gone with the Wind
The lavatories also had a birthday, and Dad left ours unlocked with plenty of fresh newspaper on the nail.
How can you lure the owner into leaving the house unlocked so that we can steal the jewels?
Presently the door was unlocked, - the Count and Margarite appeared; they saw me in agonies; "I am dying, barbarian; you will be satisfied, you have murdered a worthy man who never injured you - you have killed an innocent wife. The Castle of Wolfenbach
A decorator working alone in a house went out to buy wallpaper and left the front door unlocked.
The burglar searched for unlocked rooms at the College, intending to steal goods to fund his heroin addiction, the court heard.
The real value of this will be unlocked over the next three years. Times, Sunday Times
The real value of this will be unlocked over the next three years. Times, Sunday Times
When the nightwatchman discovered the door unlocked and someone sleeping inside, he turned the key in the lock.
In other MMO's you can equip your character with trinkets or enchant weapons and armor, in ST: O you can 'equip' your ship with officers and engineers that are unlocked as you make progress. Fragland :: Everything
When Sheriff Wright came, he found the gunroom unlocked. Gideon’s war
Mrs Berry spent hours searching for the bag in nearby streets after it was stolen from her unlocked red Nissan car as she stood just metres away with her back turned.
Finally, she unlocked the car and from the inside showed me a tiny hairline crack. Times, Sunday Times
He unlocked it and the trunk, stowing our stuff in there.
Duncan unlocked the door and supervised the fuelling from a small bowser as Myeloski made himself comfortable in the rear seat.
They also ran an unlocked shout-replacement system with very open calls for diggs and buries which is still available for now. FAZED
He unlocked the door of apartment two and disappeared inside after a backward glance at Larry.
Nowadays inexpensive unlocked cell phones are usually widely available on the market.
Having my car stolen really taught me a lesson - I'll never leave it unlocked again.
Without a word Wentworth stepped across the room, unlocked his trunk, and from its depths drew the sable coat that Hedin had last seen upon the shoulders of Jean McNabb as she walked from the store upon that memorable Saturday. The Challenge of the North
Often a thief will take unlocked bits from several bikes to make a complete bike with which to depart.
They went for long walks, marvelled at the turquoise colour of the sea and enjoyed being able to leave their front door unlocked at night. Times, Sunday Times
[534] Thomas Baker (c. 1625-1689) gave a geometric solution of the biquadratic in his _Geometrical Key, or Gate of Equations unlocked_ (1684). A Budget of Paradoxes, Volume II (of II)
He believed that the unlocked brick-built outhouse had been abandoned. Times, Sunday Times
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The door was unlocked, thanks to our rather scatty tutor.
As a shy, bookish child, I felt very much an outsider when I was growing up, and the discovery of our secret Romany past was the key which unlocked a mass of possible explanations.
Work on the block had not finished so the screens had been moved to an unlocked store cupboard.
Jonathan became impatient, and Tom was about to move on when at last the bearward unlocked the box. The Pillars of the Earth
Phoenix fumbled a bit with the keys in his rush to get in, and it took a few seconds to get the door unlocked.
She looked both ways down the corridor and pulled out a lock set, opening it she pulled out her lock pick and unlocked the door.
It was a sturdy-looking door, which I unlocked with the mortice key on my bunch, and again the police went in ahead of me. A CONVICTION OF GUILT
Finally he managed to get the door unlocked and pulled it open as quickly and quietly as he could.
So he put out his hand and unlocked the door and entering, found himself before a great basin; and hard by it stood a little pavilion, builded all of gold and silver and crystal, with lattice-windows of jacinth. The Book of The Thousand Nights And A Night
George Hotz says he's hacked 'unhackable' PlayStation 3 THE hacker who made headlines when he unlocked Apple's iPhone in 2007 says he has now hacked Sony's PlayStation 3. NEWS.com.au | Top Stories
He unlocked the door of apartment two and disappeared inside after a backward glance at Larry.
He was enjoying a meal with his wife, Gill, at their home in Roundhay, Leeds, when thieves sneaked in through the unlocked front door.
Crime reduction leaflets had also been distributed, warning people about leaving doors unlocked, purse dipping and car key burglaries.
Burglars took advantage of an unlocked back door to steal a CD player and CDs from a house in Broadway West, off Fulford Road.
One of the boys from earlier put his key in the lock and unlocked the door.
Bond climbed the few stairs and unlocked his door and locked and bolted it behind him.
The door was unlocked but it was blocked by a piece of furniture. Times, Sunday Times
He unlocked her door and handed her back the key.
Just before you get to the unlocked door at the end of the hall you will see a crate.
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But he returned to find the doors unlocked, and the case missing from the footwell behind the driver's seat.
I unlocked the cupboard and got out a few stores, opened the windows of the bedroom next door, and flung my kaross on the cartel which did duty as bed. Prester John
Hesitantly she unlocked her bicycle, somehow suddenly feeling very tired.
Zanders led the way through a dark, somber hall, wide and high-ceiled, to a farther gate, where a second gateman, trifling with a large key, unlocked a barred door at his bidding. The Financier
The floodgates of knowledge unlocked in Muslim Spain left their lasting imprints on every conceivable domain of the Western society.
The actuator latch of a hard disk drive selectively intercepts the movement of the locking protrusion at the actuator so that the actuator is locked and unlocked.
Leaving the doors unlocked is an open invitation to burglars.
A guardian, when you had signed your name again, unlocked three unpickable, incombustible, and gunpowder-proof locks in a massive steel door, and you were admitted, assuming always that the hour was between nine and six. Hugo A Fantasia on Modern Themes
Quickly, before the memories could swamp her, she unlocked the door and stepped inside. COMPULSION
I took the elevator up to it, unlocked the door, and then relocked it behind me.
This has the destabilising effect of re-enacting the movements of a huge rockface, when shattered stone is unlocked by thawing, rivulets of snow-melt, the collapse of seracs, or the downrush of avalanches.
He unlocked the doors to his car, and they all got in, Diane sliding in the back. DO NO HARM
Many Americans unlocked their phones to avoid running up big bills when travelling outside the US.
He unlocked it and dug through it for a minute, before pulling out a wallet and relocking the drawer.
The connections slipped into place like the tumblers in a well-oiled lock and the revelation they unlocked left me standing stunned.
When, promptly at twelve, the doors were unlocked, clusters of shoppers who had been waiting outside on the sidewalks irrupted and dispersed in all directions. Ellery Queen Mystery Magazine
She unlocked the deadbolt, undid the chain, and opened the door.
Failing that, he's prompted to call a configurable phone number for a challenge-response session with a help desk technician, and the keys that unlock the data are suspended until unlocked by the help desk. InformationWeek - All Stories And Blogs
My job at the food importers started at seven, and the street door of the overflow hostel was not unlocked until seven.
Marnier unlocked his eyes from the wall and turned his head to me slowly as if this was a most surprising revelation. A DARKENING STAIN
After about twenty seconds, he heard the subtle scrape of metal as the door was unlocked.
Harry's curiosity got the better of him and he unlocked the cupboard.
She unlocked the door and got back in the shower.
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The system could not be unlocked. The requested certificate does not exist on the smart card.
I keep worrying that I've left the garage door unlocked.
Dr Barbara unlocked her safe and withdrew a potted bonsai tree. RUSHING TO PARADISE
I unlocked it, unchained it, and then opened it for him.
The only time he used to get told off was for leaving his car unlocked. Times, Sunday Times
Too many people leave windows and doors open or unlocked; leave attractive or valuable items easily visible; make the assumption that all will remain intact.
I plan to switch to a pre-paid service plan using an unlocked phone.
She will remind you if you have left the front door unlocked. Times, Sunday Times
She unlocked the wooden door to the hotel room, sighing as she stepped inside.
My wife loves her HTC One, and I love my unlocked Galaxy Nexus.
This simple observation unlocked the ancient world. WALKING THE BIBLE
I haven't traveled outside the U.S. for several years, so I'd completely forgotten my current phone wasn't unlocked.
She will remind you if you have left the front door unlocked. Times, Sunday Times
He unlocked the door and they stepped through a time machine into a living past of dark woods, altitudinous ceilings, vast stained-glass chandeliers, brassy firedogs, and many many oil paintings of -- incredibly -- butlers. The Body Ricardo
Police have warned householders not to leave easy pickings for burglars following a spate of crimes where property was stolen after windows and doors were left unlocked.
The suspect had gained entry through an unlocked door.
A particularly large, ironbound chest sat on the far side of the polished marble floor, its lid unlocked and flipped back to rest against the wall behind it. Guild Wars: Ghosts of Ascalon
The unlocked handcuffs dangling from his wrist dragged along the ground as he was lifted into the wagon.
The unlocked handcuffs dangling from his wrist dragged along the ground as he was lifted into the wagon.
To my surprise, the door was unlocked, so crashing the party was pretty easy.
One of the deputies unlocked the door to the room, went in, and emerged a moment later, mouthing the word okay. Over the Edge
We unlocked horns and relations improved ten thousandfold. Fallin’ Up
The only time he used to get told off was for leaving his car unlocked. Times, Sunday Times
At the bottom, Tashko produced his keys and unlocked an oak door, bound with bands of iron. THE KEYS OF HELL
It annoyed me slightly at the thought of all the times I had left my bag in the unlocked, unguarded room.
Listening for a moment, he put the key in the lock and unlocked the door, but didn't open it immediately.
Electronic locks fail in the unlocked position when there is a power failure.
He unlocked the front door and Anna charged in, dragging another straggler behind her but slamming it --- unceremoniously --- in Bo's face. BEHINDLINGS
Number thirty-two had lain empty for over a year, and its unlocked garage acted as our unofficial gang headquarters for dirty deeds and general hiding from parents.
Emily unlocked the door and moved into the cool of the hallway, putting down her bag gratefully.
Previously unexplored corners of the countryside will be unlocked, allowing people to walk freely over mapped areas of mountain, moor, heath and registered common land as of May 28.
My recent check of availability says both the 8 and 16 GB versions of the unlocked phone are now shipping in 1 to 2 weeks if you order now.
They tricked her into going upstairs while they searched downstairs rooms and found an unlocked safe containing the cash.
Arriving back at the apartment, she unlocked the door and found Kelly fast asleep, curled up on the couch.
He unbuckled the black leather holster at his hip and took out a Mauser, then unlocked the door and opened it slowly. THE KEYS OF HELL
Buy an unlocked phone for more carrier flexibility and for travelling worldwide.
Tools were then taken from unlocked sheds and garden furniture was used to reach a rear window to enter the houses.
Rachel hit the button to undo her alarm, unlocked the trunk and watched Todd load her trunk.
Christopher released a deep breath and slightly shook his head as he unlocked the wooden double doors.
I can't do ten mile hikes anymore, or just grab a bag and head out for the weekend, but I've gained the self-knowledge that enables me to avoid the kinds of problems that bedeviled me in my 20s, and that's unlocked a level of happiness I never approached before. Random Thought Number Two on the Hoosier Hypocrite---Now With More Middle-aged Sex Appeal.
How can you lure the owner into leaving the house unlocked so that we can steal the jewels?
The man unlocked a gate set in a high wall and let me through.
Barry came through the unlocked front door next night.
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He unlocked the door, and two Springfield police officers pushed past him into the building, one still wielding the nightstick he'd used so effectively to break Anthony's trance.
A Russian naval officer in Murmansk who crawled through a hole in the fence surrounding a submarine fuel facility ... entered a building that was unlocked, broke into a locker, hacked off a 10-lb. chunk of enriched uranium and hid it in his garage. The Volokh Conspiracy » Kerry is not a plagiarist.–
She asked Dave Bell to take her there; no one was home, and Ronda unlocked the door, tossed the keys in, and relocked it. In the Still of the Night
Once we're out of Ofex [the unregulated trading facility for unquoted companies] and into a more active market, I see a greater amount of the club's value being unlocked.
Kafka wrongly gets posited as a political or humanitarian allegorist, when his stories are rather personal series of images and processes that cannot be conclusively unlocked.
The door unlocked from the inside
A friend received one of these emails recently that warned her about removing a piece of paper from her windscreen if she ever left her vehicle in a multistorey car park – it would most likely have been planted by the man hiding behind the bonnet, ready to leap inside as soon as she unlocked her door. Love is… our very own TV show
This is not a good idea because an unlocked door leaves people vulnerable to burglary.
All the robbers then gained access and staff were locked in the records room after the strongroom was unlocked.
The boys scattered to get horses, and the stockmen were piling out of the jackaroo barracks, while Mrs. Smith unlocked one of the storehouses and doled out hessian bags by the dozen. The Thorn Birds
The character model change is included as a bonus in the "World of Recycled Vessel" pack, whose main component is a world unlocked by a hidden diary, in which Nier and his companions find themselves in a "dreamscape" that combines the past and present of the game. Joystiq
An unlocked door is an open invitation to any burglar.
On arrival, my butty unlocked the tools and gave me my shovel, sledge and mandrill.
Assuming the lock is a simple warded one, it doesn't seem that it's possible to unlock this chest and leave it unlocked. Lovely Locks
Standing on her tippy toes and checking the peephole, she unlocked the door and pulled it open.
An outside dormitory door that led directly into one of the stairwells was in its fully open and unlocked position.
During the night, a group of them discovered a canister containing a selection of drugs in an unlocked cupboard. Times, Sunday Times
He now unlocked a drawer in the cheffonier and took out a very small square box, morocco leather, velvet-lined. Every Man for Himself
You can leave your front door unlocked when you go out. Times, Sunday Times
The last mode of play is knockout tournament wherein up to 16 players that you've unlocked in the main mode can fight for ring supremacy.
A light went on inside the café and a moment later Yevy peered through the window, then unlocked the door.
Which was how I found myself searching the near empty parking lot for an unlocked car.
The door was unlocked but it was blocked by a piece of furniture. Times, Sunday Times
Lawn equipment was stolen from a business entered through an unlocked front door.
It is a huge blow to the Korean tech giant who proudly boast their new phone can be unlocked by users' eyes. The Sun
With a furtive glance over her shoulder, she unlocked the door and entered the house.
The lower part of the table is on rollers and when unlocked is moved out of the way.
He unlocked the car and threw the coat on to the back seat.
Before she unlocked the door to our soon-to-be bower of bliss, we embraced and kissed.
The band's rhythms are unlocked, almost floating, yet groove hard enough to provoke involuntary spine twitching in the listener, with the dual percussion attack of tambour and calabash underpinning the forest of crossrhythms.
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It seems the front door was actually unlocked, so the girls felt bad about me falling for naught.
He said the four women, two men and four children had gathered to celebrate the first day of Ramadan when the gunmen burst through the unlocked front door.
But villagers are still concerned about burglaries, where country homes were once left unlocked security is now a high priority.
The unlocked iPhone means you don't have to make a wireless contract commitment.
The gang would then force a window to get them, or, if the door was unlocked, simply walk in.
I unlocked the dorm door and stepped outside, tying my unruly red hair up.
The chambers inside the deadbolt clicked and unlocked.
They were reportedly found in an unlocked car at the hospital in the city. The Sun
It was a sturdy-looking door, which I unlocked with the mortice key on my bunch, and again the police went in ahead of me. A CONVICTION OF GUILT
Leaving the car unlocked is just an open invitation to thieves.
It is fenced and locked, but unlocked on the weekends, allowing hikers and picnickers to climb to the top, or just lay out a picnic blanket in its surrounding grassy area.
And she attended the Brit Awards on Monday wearing an unlocked handcuff-a symbol of her new-found freedom.
The island is a place where residents leave their cars and homes unlocked. Times, Sunday Times
The system could not be unlocked. The requested keyset does not exist on the smart card.
The keeper unlocked the jewels and to his amazement was seized and held in the strongroom.
He would leave the trailer unlocked. If there was something inside someone wanted, it would be theirs for the taking.
Through an associated software utility, the disk is formatted and can be only unlocked when the security dongle is used.
The cheapest way to make local calls while abroad is to use an unlocked cellphone that can work with other carriers' networks, along with a prepaid local SIM card - a removable chip that determines the phone's network and number. NYT > Home Page
Spurred by military target competition and by practical shooting three-gun matches, armorers and gunmakers unlocked the AR's accuracy potential.
Password managers solve this problem by storing all your passwords in a single database, unlocked by one unique password of your choosing.

How To Use Unlocked In A Sentence

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