How to Use lock away in a Sentence

lock away

verb
  • The birds knew that they shouldn’t be locked away.
    — Big Think, 6 May 2026
  • In tax terms, this one is very much in the vault (locked away).
    — Kelly Phillips Erb, Forbes.com, 30 May 2026
  • The list is kept locked away in a safe, and few people have seen it.
    — Meghan Overdeep, Southern Living, 21 Nov. 2025
  • Swift pairs the cute dress with funky hair clips pulling her new brunette locks away from her face.
    — Meg Walters, InStyle, 6 Feb. 2026
  • Often, kids are playing games on their phones, which are supposed to be locked away.
    — ABC News, 25 May 2026
  • Often, kids are playing games on their phones, which are supposed to be locked away.
    — Jocelyn Gecker, Fortune, 26 May 2026
  • If films are vital to our culture, then they must be shared, not hoarded and locked away.
    — Raj Tawney, IndieWire, 12 May 2026
  • Firearms and weapons are best locked away somewhere safe where they can't be grabbed by a child or intruder.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 2 Jan. 2026
  • Fuchs explained that there's a reason Dick wanted to keep the box locked away.
    — Christopher Rudolph, PEOPLE, 24 Nov. 2025
  • That means if your computer is ever lost or stolen, your data stays locked away from prying eyes.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 13 Nov. 2025
  • But that means the movie’s most effective element remains locked away for far too long.
    — David Sims, The Atlantic, 20 May 2026
  • In the local high school, those older kids also have their phones locked away in pouches during the school day.
    — Leigh Kiniry, CBS News, 18 June 2026
  • In the local high school, those older kids also have their phones locked away in pouches during the school day.
    — Leigh Kiniry, CBS News, 15 June 2026
  • There was an access to a vulnerability that has been locked away for many, many years.
    — David Canfield, HollywoodReporter, 17 Nov. 2025
  • The organization largely serves boys whose fathers have passed away or been locked away.
    — Charles M. Blow, CBS News, 21 June 2026
  • If Iran sanctions end, then the amount of oil which is locked away in floating storage will not increase as last year.
    — Michael Lynch, Forbes.com, 15 May 2026
  • Tried and convicted for misprision of treason, she was locked away in her bedroom in the palace for eight months.
    — Kathleen Wong, USA Today, 18 May 2026
  • When separate channels have data locked away, AI can’t get the job done.
    — Tomas Gorny, Forbes.com, 18 June 2026
  • Meanwhile, special bags and a clamping system lock away smells that put a damper on cuddle time with your sweet new arrival.
    — Melissa Willets, Parents, 1 July 2026
  • Wedding guests were reportedly required to lock away their phones on arrival.
    — Anna Russell, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
  • This oil is not just paused; it is physically locked away from ever being produced through the wellbore.
    — Siddharth Misra, Fortune, 6 Mar. 2026
  • She’s almost been locked away from the world and under-exposed to people outside of her family.
    — Stewart Clarke, Deadline, 17 Feb. 2026
  • Tens of thousands of young children are injured every year by common household items that many parents don’t think to lock away.
    — Katia Hetter, CNN Money, 1 May 2026
  • Pasquini said people in her circumstances have been accused of wanting to shed their troubles by having their kids locked away.
    — Steve Lopez, Los Angeles Times, 21 Feb. 2026
  • If that backend data is exposed, the physical card remaining locked away does not matter.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 16 Mar. 2026
  • The Strait of Hormuz may be closed, locking away more than 20% of the world's supply of jet fuel.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 May 2026
  • The Strait of Hormuz may be closed, locking away more than 20% of the world’s supply of jet fuel.
    — Jim Edwards, Fortune, 14 May 2026
  • If data is encrypted, it is supposed to be locked away from hackers, companies and governments alike.
    — Kurt Knutsson, FOXNews.com, 5 Feb. 2026
  • Throughout the entire process, the CO₂ is permanently locked away too.
    — Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 17 Jan. 2026
  • To be locked away for decades was not, in his eyes, more humane than being torn apart in a public square—though Damiens himself might have had a different opinion.
    — Adam Gopnik, New Yorker, 8 Dec. 2025

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