Below you will find example sentences with "locked down". The examples show how this phrase is used in natural context and which words often surround it.

Locked Down in a sentence

Corpus data

  • Displayed example sentences: 20
  • Discovered as a combination around: locked
  • Corpus frequency in the collocation scan: 8
  • Phrase length: 2 words
  • Average sentence length: 22.9 words

Words in this phrase

locked down

Meanings of words in this phrase

  • locked can mean: simple past and past participle of lock Frequent word
  • down can mean: From a higher position to a lower one; downwards. Very common word

Sentence profile

  • Phrase position: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
  • Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations

Usage patterns

These patterns show short text windows around the phrase in the example sentences:

after officers locked down the street 1× after police locked down the area 1× areas were locked down while police 1× boulder that locked down the school 1× criminals is locked down at home 1× getting it locked down 1× has been locked down after a 1× not been locked down completely save 1×

Sentence openings and endings

Common sentence openings:

a glasgow road 1× a week that 1× another witness matthew 1× crime has actually 1× having professional information 1× however as salons 1×

Common sentence endings:

an uncertain time 1× and healthcare workers 1× and sparetime recreation 1× be locked down 1× called the cops 1× down at home 1×

Context words

These words often appear near this phrase in the example sentences:

police 4× first 3× people 2× man 2× area 2× end 2× personal 2× last 2× west 2× school 2× spring 2× maine 2×

Related phrases

shut down knocked down sat down breaks down stepped down slow down touched down doubled down burned down sit down

Phrases around this combination

Just before it in the phrase index:

lockdown period lockdown measures lock screen locations across located near locally sourced

Just after it in the phrase index:

locker rooms lockheed martin lodged complaint loft conversion logan paul logic gates

Other phrases with the same pattern

Same ending:

shut down knocked down sat down breaks down stepped down slow down

Corpus analysis

  • The phrase "locked down" has 2 words and usually appears near the end in these examples. The average sentence has 22.9 words and is mostly made up of statements.
  • Around this phrase, patterns and context words such as after officers locked down the street, after police locked down the area, police, first and people stand out.
  • In the phrase index, this combination connects with shut down, knocked down and sat down, linking the page to nearby combinations.

Example types with locked down

This selection groups the examples by length and sentence type, making usage of the full phrase easier to scan:

Short example sentences

But she's getting it locked down. (7 words)

The guards locked down the hospital and called the cops. (10 words)

A Glasgow road has been locked down after a man was attacked. (12 words)

Longer example sentences

The US-Canada border in Maine was temporarily locked down after a man sped his car toward the Canadian side without stopping and a Maine state trooper noticed a sign indicating there were explosives in the vehicle. (37 words)

A week that saw schools and businesses shut down indefinitely, millions of travellers barred from crossing borders, celebrities and politicians infected and the whole of Italy locked down ended with a flurry of government announcements. (35 words)

If we were really serious about a lock-down and managing the bug, why have we not been locked down completely, save for people equipped with respirator-type masks who distribute food, and healthcare workers? (35 words)

Question examples

If we were really serious about a lock-down and managing the bug, why have we not been locked down completely, save for people equipped with respirator-type masks who distribute food, and healthcare workers? (35 words)

Example sentences (20)

A week that saw schools and businesses shut down indefinitely, millions of travellers barred from crossing borders, celebrities and politicians infected and the whole of Italy locked down ended with a flurry of government announcements.

Crime has actually gone down significantly since everybody, including the criminals, is locked down at home.

If we were really serious about a lock-down and managing the bug, why have we not been locked down completely, save for people equipped with respirator-type masks who distribute food, and healthcare workers?

A Glasgow road has been locked down after a man was attacked.

Another witness, Matthew Torbitt, 32, said he heard a loud bang and was stopped on Whitehall after police locked down the area.

But she's getting it locked down.

Having professional information easily findable online isn’t the end of the world, but your personal details, including personal social media accounts, should be locked down.

However, as salons were among the first to be locked down during the pandemic, making curry became her outlet during an uncertain time.

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In the first few months, the inmates struggled to do lessons by themselves, sometimes locked down in their housing units, working only with paper and pens.

Last year, West tweeted he was going to go ‘death con 3 on Jewish people’ before his account on the site – now X – was locked down.

Lewiston and surrounding areas were locked down while police searched for Card, before learning he had died from a self-inflicted gunshot wound.

Not to mention the wildfire that displaced many students from their houses and the mass shooting in Boulder that locked down the school and coated their final years with paranoia.

Officer Chris Gordon, a police spokesperson, said the store in west Omaha was locked down about noon Tuesday after reports of shots being fired.

Police also locked down immediate access to both Schemengees Bar and Grille Restaurant and Sparetime Recreation.

Residents reported seeing a helicopter circle over the area earlier today after officers locked down the street.

That puzzle will still be unfolding this spring as Ryan McMahon and C.J. Cron have first and third base locked down, respectively, to start the spring.

The guards locked down the hospital and called the cops.

The school was locked down, and the gun was found in the student's possession.

The US-Canada border in Maine was temporarily locked down after a man sped his car toward the Canadian side without stopping and a Maine state trooper noticed a sign indicating there were explosives in the vehicle.

Toward the end of last season, Gilman locked down a starting role opposite James at safety and there was zero chance of anyone wrestling it away from him during training camp.

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