How to Use lock on in a Sentence

lock on

verb
  • Kim filed for divorce and changed the locks on her house.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • Start with the lock on your door because safety is key.
    — Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2026
  • Plus, the best products to revive your locks on the go.
    — Charley Ward, Condé Nast Traveler, 29 Apr. 2026
  • His eyes locked on her, wide with disbelief.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, PEOPLE, 15 Apr. 2026
  • His parents installed a lock on theirs.
    — Longreads, 3 Feb. 2026
  • Her eyes remained locked on the store's entrance.
    — Lauren Fichten, CBS News, 28 May 2026
  • Once, French cuisine had a lock on fine dining in this city.
    — Ligaya Mishan, New York Times, 11 May 2026
  • Or someone who prefers to put spot lock on or anchor up over a piece of structure.
    — Chad Morgenthaler, Outdoor Life, 13 May 2026
  • The two of us were holding the door with our bodies because there wasn’t a lock on it.
    — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 19 Apr. 2026
  • Someone cut the lock on a white Super 73 e-bike and stole it.
    — Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 16 June 2026
  • The lock on the circular ring, Conrad saw, was cracked.
    — James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
  • With the Olympian backline locked on him, Fehrenbach took a shot at goal.
    — Clark Fahrenthold, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2026
  • As there is virtually zero crime on the island, there are no room keys or locks on the doors here.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Another common mistake is having the wrong lock on your bag.
    — Kelsey Legg, ABC News, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Many use locks on refrigerators or pantries.
    — Health, 15 Apr. 2026
  • With the use of multiple onboard sensors, the netgun can be locked on the target.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 5 Jan. 2018
  • With the use of multiple onboard sensors, the netgun can be locked on the target.
    — IEEE Spectrum, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Metallic hardware in a choice of gold or silver hues includes a chain that locks on to the zipper fastening.
    — Alex Wynne, Footwear News, 3 Sep. 2019
  • At times, Odegaard was the spare man when Ivory Coast locked on, making a three-v-two down the right.
    — Liam Tharme, New York Times, 1 July 2026
  • For today’s setup, my crosshairs are locked on Salesforce (CRM) .
    — Nishant Pant, CNBC, 21 Apr. 2026
  • Social Circle went as far as to put a lock on the water meter going to the property on the outskirts of town.
    — Irene Wright, USA Today, 18 June 2026
  • Colin cooks Ray meals, sleeps on the floor while Ray takes the bed, lets Ray shave his hair off, and wears a lock on a chain around his neck.
    — Jackson McHenry, Vulture, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The technician replaced a basic lock on an outside storage door, and at first, everything appeared to go as planned.
    — Karen Morfitt, CBS News, 1 May 2026
  • Police went to Beamon’s house and observed a lock on the basement door, a mattress on the floor and a radio playing loudly.
    — Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 9 Apr. 2026
  • The brand has a lock on practical and elegant wardrobe staples, like its best-selling Mongolian cashmere tee and jeans that fit like a dream.
    — Tanya Sharma, PEOPLE, 10 June 2026
  • When Greg installs a latch lock on the inside of his door so that Walt can’t barge in at any time, Walt takes umbrage to this bid for privacy.
    — Erin Qualey, Vulture, 20 Apr. 2026
  • This beer company had a 10-year lock on Super Bowl commercial supremacy.
    — Phaedra Trethan, USA Today, 4 Feb. 2026
  • Social Circle went so far as to put a lock on the water meter for the warehouse that ICE purchased.
    — Dan Raby, CBS News, 13 Apr. 2026
  • The actress turned heads with her voluminous mane of blonde curls, a departure from her usual straight style, though she's rocked her curly locks on occasion throughout the years.
    — Catherine Santino, PEOPLE, 13 May 2026
  • The participants were shown images of each location while eye-tracking software recorded how quickly their gaze locked on and how long their attention held.
    — Kaitlyn McInnis, Forbes.com, 22 Jan. 2026

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