How to Use lock screen in a Sentence

lock screen

noun
  • Users will be able to manage this feature from the lock screen.
    — Rebecca Falconer, Axios, 17 Jan. 2025
  • Your phone lock screen is supposed to be your last line of defense.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Apr. 2026
  • Glance is known for custom lock screens for phones that show things like news and weather.
    — ArsTechnica, 1 Apr. 2025
  • The lock screen glows with a black-and-white portrait of a smoky-eyed Prince.
    — Gerrick Kennedy, Rolling Stone, 20 Oct. 2025
  • This will also affect the clock and widgets on the lock screen.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Keep reading to learn how to customize your lock screen.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 3 Apr. 2026
  • Some iPhone users can make an SOS call through the lock screen.
    — Shaun Goodwin, Idaho Statesman, 25 June 2024
  • Some iPhone users can make an SOS call through the lock screen.
    — Ashley Fredde, Idaho Statesman, 4 June 2025
  • Another option is to tap Add text on lock screen to do just that.
    — David Nield, Popular Science, 21 Sep. 2023
  • Some iPhone users, can make an SOS call through the lock screen.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 15 Apr. 2024
  • Some iPhone users, can make an SOS call through the lock screen.
    — Jacqueline Pinedo, Sacramento Bee, 17 Apr. 2024
  • The lock screen first displays the date and day, and then replaces the same field with the new data.
    — PC Magazine, 16 Sep. 2025
  • When that fact was brought up, Profar grabbed his cellphone to point at the date on the lock screen.
    — Bryce Miller, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2024
  • Users can swap out the camera and flashlight shortcuts on the lock screen for other apps.
    — Kif Leswing, CNBC, 15 July 2024
  • Changing the flashlight and camera shortcuts on the lock screen.
    — Brenna Gauchat, The Arizona Republic, 11 June 2024
  • One tiny win Here’s a little trick to add a heart symbol to your iPhone’s lock screen.
    — Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Users will also be able to disable summaries in each app directly from the lock screen.
    — David Phelan, Forbes, 21 Jan. 2025
  • There's the new lock screen layout, but even that feels like a half-step toward a return to lock screen widgets.
    — Ron Amadeo, Ars Technica, 29 Oct. 2023
  • Screen and brightness and enable the Show covers on lock screen option.
    — David Nield, WIRED, 18 Jan. 2025
  • The flashlight and camera shortcuts on the lock screen will also be changeable.
    — Jonathan Limehouse, USA TODAY, 10 June 2024
  • To customize the clock design on the lock screen and add widgets, tap and hold on the lock screen to edit it.
    — Julian Chokkattu, WIRED, 25 Feb. 2023
  • Opt to use a password for your lock screen and choose one that is completely numerical.
    — Davey Winder, Forbes.com, 20 May 2025
  • The setting to change the typeface is a bit buried and separate from all the other lock screen settings.
    — ArsTechnica, 15 Sep. 2025
  • Lock down everything Your lock screen is the first line of defense against unwanted eyes.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 12 Sep. 2024
  • On each phone, the lock screen image was a photo of a child who died young due to the harmful effects of social media.
    — Meredith Kile, PEOPLE, 8 Jan. 2026
  • For iPhone users, Amazon Lens can also launch from the lock screen through a widget.
    — Kurt Knutsson fox News May Earn A Commission If You Buy Through Our Referral Links., FOXNews.com, 14 June 2026
  • But the reason was strictly to choose joy, which is a phrase that’s been on my lock screen for the last two years, for personal life and work life.
    — Selome Hailu, Variety, 24 Jan. 2025
  • As mentioned, the Paperwhite Kids doesn't display ads on the lock screen, which is nice.
    — Sarah Lord, PC Magazine, 1 July 2025
  • Optionally, add a message or device number to the lock screen.
    — Kim Komando, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2023
  • In the first post, the 20-year-old shared a screenshot of her phone's lock screen, showing a photo of her sonogram.
    — Kayla Grant, People.com, 27 Aug. 2025

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