Sentence examples for becomes locked down from inspiring English sources

And Jerusalem will surely become a battle zone, if the public security minister eases controls on gun licenses to Israel's Jewish citizens, East Jerusalem becomes locked down by roadblocks and police patrols, or the response of the government is to demolish Palestinian houses while announcing 78 new settlements.

But Islam has become locked down to an extraordinary degree.

They purported to evade the debate between psychology and biology, arguing that while the capacity to learn a gender role and orientation (like a language) was biologically grounded, the specific native role and orientation learned (like language) was contingent upon social environment which became "locked down" at a very early age (1957).

Information becomes locked in a walled garden.

But it will become locked up, closed down, segregated, if we're still this naive further down the line".

When the blinds refuse to move down at all, it is possible that the spring has become locked into a tight coil.

Perhaps it's finally time to become "big in Japan" and get that tour locked down – anything to keep eating all the incredible food on offer.

The problem in our theatre culture is that we have become accustomed to far too much of it being locked down and varnished to a high sheen.

After the riot, with more than 400 prisoners locked down in five or six small cells, the conditions became "seriously inhumane," he said.

KINGSTON, Jamaica -- If Brad Evans hasn't locked down a place on the United States roster yet, he certainly became a fan favorite tonight.

When you're locked down with nearly 50 men with no lights and without the luxury of TV and other leisure items things can quickly become tense.