Sentence examples for becomes locked into from inspiring English sources

When this occurs, the protein becomes locked into a rigid structure that allows it to convert more of the absorbed light energy into heat, through a mechanism that is not fully known.

The more he becomes locked into an obsessively violent cycle, the more he adopts the exaggerated language and persona of a Shakespearean hero defending the honour of a noble friend.

In "The Great Talent", another writer becomes locked into introspection ("this great talent knew he was a great talent, and this stupid, useless knowledge gave him food for thought all day").

Whenever the algorithm becomes locked into a local minima, P m is abruptly increased in an attempt to release the algorithm from that local optima and continue its search for the global optimum.

Smaller satellite droplets (Figure 4D) can occur if the nozzle becomes locked into a particular state.

In this new conformation, the PDZ1 domain interacts with one of the protease loops (L3) and becomes locked into the optimal orientation to build up the 12-mer and 24-mer oligomers.

Some very great artists have become locked into one compulsive vision and made great work.

Because it is a uniquely useful fuel, we have become locked into destructive relationships with oil.

They played on Motherwell's terms and became locked into a physical contest they were always going to lose.

However, when a liquid freezes, the atoms become locked into a crystal lattice and a different symmetry applies.

Shares slipped further, the markets and rating agencies grew more sceptical, and Enron became locked into a death spiral.