"lock" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The blows started the beams of the door, but the lock held.
- A large gasket showed around the edge, and a big wheeled lock held the door shut.
- But for all the resolute words, there is still some reason to doubt the lock will hold.
- And the lock would hold against any touch but his own for ten days.
- There was a creaking and straining of wood; but the lock held.
- However, a second lock held a metal bolt in place and he had no way to grab hold of it.
- "How long do you think those locks can hold you?"
- The door shuddered, seemed for a moment to bow at the centre, but the two locks held.
- The container's ribbed sides looked fine, die lock was still holding.
- The door swung open on its own, when the lock was no longer holding it.
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