"Padlock" Example Sentences
1. The thief cut the padlock with bolt cutters.
2. She secured the shed door with a heavy padlock.
3. The padlock kept trespassers out of the backyard.
4. The key fit perfectly into the rusty padlock.
5. He clicked the padlock shut and threw away the key.
6. The chain was held together with a small padlock.
7. They put padlocks on all the storage units.
8. The bike was locked with a combination padlock.
9. The lockers had separate keypadlocks for each student.
10. The gates were secured with multiple padlocks.
11. The door had a large metal padlock.
12. I twisted the dial on the combination padlock.
13. The frustrated woman struggled with the padlock.
14. I accidentally dropped the key into the padlock.
15. The evidence was locked away in padlocked storage lockers.
16. They covered the gate with several heavy padlocks.
17. The bank vault door had multiple keypadlocks.
18. He could not remember the combination for the padlock.
19. He put a padlock through the bicycle chain.
20. The chain link fence was secured with padlocks at the ends.
21. The janitor opened all the gym lockers except the ones with padlocks.
22. The attic storage boxes were fastened shut with padlocks.
23. Students were told not to put padlocks on their gym lockers.
24. The man bent the metal shackle of the padlock open with pliers.
25. The shed had three padlocks holding the doors shut.
26. We used TSA locks instead of padlocks on our luggage.
27. The drawer had a built-in padlock.
28. They put padlocks on all the storage lockers.
29. Customers rented storage units with individualized padlocks.
30. The storage unit had not been opened since the last padlock was installed.
31. The janitor cut off all the padlocks on the lockers at the end of the year.
32. The bike rack held bicycles secured with unique padlocks.
33. He kept his journal in a box that was padlocked shut.
34. They recommended padlocks with at least ten million combinations.
35. He learned how to pick padlocks as a teenager.
36. The crate had padlocks installed on each side to prevent it from being opened.
37. The campers used combination padlocks on their food containers.
38. She bought a new padlock after losing the key to her old one.
39. They put three padlocks on the basement door for extra security.
40. Customs officials searched through all the luggage and equipment with padlocks.
41. She tried opening the padlock with a paperclip.
42. School officials opened lockers with bolt cutters on any with padlocks still attached.
43. I retrieved my bike that had an old padlock still attached.
44. The truck had a large built-in padlock on the rear gate.
45. The police cut off the padlock with an electric grinder to search the storage unit.
46. The children put their padlocks on the wishing well and made a wish.
47. They used large industrial padlocks to secure the warehouse doors.
48. Custom-made padlocks were required for the lockers.
49. Workers dropped their personal items into storage lockers and locked them with padlocks.
50. Extra padlocks were added to secure the gate during the night.
51. The diary was locked with a small decorative padlock.
52. The military footlockers had multiple reinforced padlocks.
53. Prisoners' mailboxes had built-in padlocks.
54. Travelers with padlocks on their luggage were often searched more thoroughly.
55. They used combination bicycle padlocks instead of keys.
56. He used a hammer and chisel to break the padlock.
57. The banker put the documents in the vault and secured it with two padlocks.
58. All padlocks were cut off at the end of summer camp.
59. The jewelry box had an antique brass padlock.
60. Construction workers dropped tools into steel lockboxes secured with padlocks.
Common Phases
1. Under lock and key - securely locked away, not accessible
2. Break the
padlock - forcibly remove or open a
padlock
3. Put a
padlock on - to restrict access, make something secure
4. Lock, stock, and barrel - completely, entirely, totally
5. Double lock - to lock something twice for extra security
6. A tight grip/hold - a very firm grasp or control
7.
Padlock something shut - to securely lock something closed with a
padlock
8. Snap the
padlock - to quickly and securely fasten a
padlock
9. Ruin the
padlock - to destroy or damage a
padlock to the point it no longer functions
10. Click the
padlock - the sound of a
padlock securely closing
11. Get the combination wrong - to enter an incorrect sequence for a combination
padlock
12. Forget the combination - to fail to remember the sequence for a combination
padlock
13. Open with the key - to unlock something using a physical key
14. High security
padlock - a
padlock designed to be difficult to pick or break
15. Cut off the
padlock - to remove a
padlock forcibly using tools like bolt cutters