How to Use under lock and key in a Sentence

under lock and key

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  • Some bottles are so rare they are kept under lock and key.
    Vanessa Wilkins, Travel + Leisure, 4 May 2023
  • The story was in all the papers: nothing under lock and key was safe.
    Hazlitt, 5 Apr. 2023
  • And, instead of keeping it under lock and key, the bookstores put it on shelves.
    Diego Lasarte, Quartz, 6 Jan. 2023
  • Details about the film are still being kept under lock and key, and all that’s known is that it’s set in the near future.
    Manori Ravindran, Variety, 15 Mar. 2022
  • The variety of products now under lock and key has grown, too.
    Megan Cerullo, CBS News, 22 Feb. 2023
  • Streaming data for the show, per usual, is under lock and key.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 6 May 2023
  • Many stores keep certain items -- those most often stolen -- under lock and key.
    Serenah McKay, Arkansas Online, 3 June 2023
  • Details such as the timestamps of every text to your boyfriend might not be under lock and key, either.
    Shira Ovide, Washington Post, 22 Aug. 2023
  • Products like Oreo cookies (above) are stored under lock and key.
    Richard Kestenbaum, Forbes, 10 Jan. 2023
  • Across the retail landscape, businesses have been putting items under lock and key as a quick way to stop thieves.
    Anne D'innocenzio, The Christian Science Monitor, 10 Feb. 2023
  • But his mom found some footage from it, which hopefully is under lock and key somewhere.
    Leah Greenblatt, EW.com, 19 Oct. 2022
  • Their brother Ted White II maintained that the 2010 will, found under lock and key, should precede papers found in a couch.
    Andrea Salcedo, Washington Post, 11 July 2023
  • The writers keep the Yellowjackets plot under lock and key.
    Jackie Strause, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 May 2023
  • Any pearls found in the mollusks were graded and kept under lock and key on the dhow (pearling boat), with the opened shells either tossed back into the sea or kept to sell as mother-of-pearl.
    Sarah Reid, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
  • White’s attorney, Kurt Olson, noted the 2010 will was under lock and key.
    Ed White, USA TODAY, 11 July 2023
  • White's attorney, Kurt Olson, noted the 2010 will was under lock and key.
    CBS News, 11 July 2023
  • The exclusive invite list for the Met Gala is mostly under lock and key until the stars arrive on the red carpet for cameras to see.
    Elise Brisco, USA TODAY, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Details on the show are being kept, like all Star Wars matters, under lock and key, although it is known that the series takes place in the final days of the High Republic.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2022
  • In some neighborhoods, customers feel racially profiled by what has been placed under lock and key.
    Curbed, 13 Jan. 2023
  • The crisis has forced supermarkets to put their olive oil supplies under lock and key just to prevent it from being stolen.
    Byprarthana Prakash, Fortune Europe, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Shaving products are kept under lock and key at a Target in Washington, Aug. 8.
    WSJ, 24 Oct. 2023
  • Casting director Michael Barry was the one to finally share the footage, after keeping it under lock and key for decades.
    Brittany Spanos, Rolling Stone, 23 Oct. 2023
  • Their new feature is described as an action-adventure film, but the logline is being kept under lock and key.
    Aaron Couch, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 June 2023
  • White's attorney, Kurt Olson, noted the earlier will was under lock and key.
    CBS News, 12 July 2023
  • White’s attorney, Kurt Olson, noted the earlier will was under lock and key.
    Ed White, Anchorage Daily News, 11 July 2023
  • The retailer currently has its Black Friday 2023 savings under lock and key, but that doesn't mean its sale section is running dry.
    Anamaria Glavan, Allure, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Advertisement The prison system that had him under lock and key for more than 10 years failed in its mission to rehabilitate.
    Courtland Milloy, Washington Post, 9 May 2023
  • Not every heirloom was kept here, of course, but fine china, silverware, fancy serving pieces, and tableware were kept under lock and key in one of these spaces.
    Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 22 June 2023
  • After years of keeping viewing data under lock and key, streamers have become a little more open about sharing numbers publicly in the past two years.
    Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Oct. 2023
  • The details on Nordstrom's Black Friday sale are under lock and key at the time of publication, but that doesn't mean the luxury retailer's sale section isn't chock full of cart-worthy deals.
    Sarah Han, Allure, 9 Oct. 2023

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