Sentence examples for a locked room from inspiring English sources

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The phrase "a locked room" is correct and usable in written English.
It can be used to describe a room that is secured and cannot be opened without a key or code, often in contexts related to mystery, security, or escape scenarios.
Example: "The detective entered a locked room, searching for clues that could solve the case."
Alternatives: "a secured room" or "a sealed room".

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Hard copies of data will be kept in a locked filing cabinet, in a locked room at the Centre.

Locator information is stored separately from other data in a double-locked file cabinet that is in a locked room with restricted access.

Currently, it sits in a locked room at the City Sheriff's Department.

Harroun and Wood were moved to a police station and left in a locked room.

Miss Stangerson is found severely injured, attacked in a locked room at the Chateau du Glandier.

One manager recalled how workers stashed the copier and new staplers in a locked room.

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It's like a locked-room mystery.

Then there is a locked-room mystery.

At its heart, Wolf Winter is a locked-room mystery with the door left slightly ajar.

And with that, the inventor of the detective novel vanished like the killer in a locked-room mystery.

When a locked-room mystery doesn't work the solution makes you groan and the book gets hurled across the room.

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