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Example sentences for "lockup"

Lexicographically close words:
lockouts; locks; locksmith; locksmiths; lockt; locky; loco; locoed; locomotion; locomotive
  1. Twitchell, Dennison and I," said he, "will take Brady to Grand Haven and put him in the lockup with Harper.

  2. Ochiltree will be kept in the lockup until the officers in this part of Michigan have had a chance to capture Whipple and Pete.

  3. Has Deputy Chief Weber, who took me to the lockup last night, traced the motor cab in which Florence Levasseur was carried off?

  4. I'll see that the Lockup Arms receives a star in the 'Baedeker.

  5. They were Weber, the deputy chief, and the men who had taken him to the lockup the night before, sent by the Prefect of Police to follow up the scoundrel's tracks.

  6. To take you to the lockup if the Florence girl escaped us again.

  7. The only additional deterrent to his escape was to be found in the person of a nondescript elderly man who received a dollar a day from the town funds to act as jailer when the lockup was in use.

  8. Tempted beyond his strength, the faithless keeper of the Hambleton lockup departed on winged feet.

  9. Her house was not far removed from the police station, in the rear of which was the small square building that served as a lockup for such casual unfortunates as were not of a quality to be sent to the county jail.

  10. I was not actually put in a cell--the lockup was fire station and village prison in one, and I was given the freedom of the so-called engine room.

  11. In the main street the village police officer stopped me, and on learning who I was, took me to the lockup for safe-keeping until my parents returned in the evening.

  12. With a show of real interest Chief Fobes now heard the story Billy told and the belief that the man in the lockup could throw light on the disappearance of the Big Six.

  13. Cautioning the lad to tell the prisoner little or nothing, the policeman, who was also turnkey, it will have been noticed, took Worth into the lockup and left him.

  14. Just why Worth wanted to see the police officer he possibly did not know, beyond the slight chance that the man in the lockup may have had something to say to him.

  15. That man he has had in the lockup has escaped.

  16. When they were inside the lockup Pickle removed the handcuffs from the boy’s wrists.

  17. The Oakdale lockup was beneath the Town Hall, and into that cage for culprits Stone was thrust.

  18. The firing continued, and, before long, the lockup was struck by a cannon-ball, although little damage was done.

  19. The return to the town was made without incident, and at the local lockup Dan told his story, and it was decided to keep Stiger a prisoner for the time being.

  20. And let me tell you, our lockup is no joke!

  21. He worked hard for a month, then celebrated his prosperity with a night of such noisy, riotous joy that he landed in the lockup with a black eye and a broken nose and an empty pocket.

  22. In a moment, Hiram was arrested and marching toward the lockup while Mr. Bing went to the nearest drug store to be cleaned and scoured.

  23. I will take you to the village lockup and go up to him in the morning.

  24. However, you might have made it very unpleasant for me if you had chosen to take me to the lockup instead of bringing me here, and I am very willing to give you what I promised you.

  25. But the lockup man merely shrugged his shoulders.

  26. The thought of going to a lockup filled him with dread.

  27. The rapidity with which the men who had been taken to the lockup were brought to trial and punished for their misdeeds was going to deter others from attempting opposition.

  28. You still have the poorhouse, the cattle pound, and the lockup to serenade.

  29. I'll have him in the lockup as a tramp, or on the poor farm as a lunatic.

  30. Thanks,” said Clarence Sage, taking the single chair which the lockup contained and seating himself near the cot.

  31. Pearson said if they would be down at the lockup with all their witnesses, he would defend them, and would not want any money for it.

  32. They were to make these arrests and put them in the lockup here, and take them to Wilkes-Barre.

  33. As I got to the Twelfth ward lockup the black maria came.

  34. Another policeman referred me to the old city lockup (Central Station) for lodging, saying, "Go there.

  35. Speak it out, Andy," responded the lockup keeper eagerly.

  36. When Andy had come to Princeville, Chase was a worthless drunkard, who worked rarely and who was in the lockup most of the time.

  37. Surely two of you ought to be able to take him to the lockup without handcuffing him.


  38. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "lockup" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.
    Other words:
    brig; bucket; can; cell; check; clink; college; constraint; cooler; coop; dungeon; gaol; guardhouse; jail; jug; keep; lockup; pen; penitentiary; prison; reformatory; restraint; restriction; stockade