"lock" in inglés with examples - Collocation dictionary inglés
- The lock had yielded, the problem now was to loosen a chainbolt on the inside of the door.
- It met a little resistance, then the lock yielded.
- The lock on the outside door yielded quickly to his skill, and they all slipped out into the cool, moonlit night.
- The lock, a cheap Yale, yielded after less than a minute.
- The lock finally yielded, but not without a few well chosen curses.
- From far down the hall came a distant click, as though the lock of the heavy outer door had yielded.
- The lock yielded to her hand, and, luckily, with no sullen sound that could alarm a human being.
- At the same moment the lock yielded to manipulation and the door swung open.
- But misused as it had been, the lock yielded to the key and Val went in.
- Thirty seconds later the lock yielded, and when she eased the door open it made no sound.
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