Sentence examples for have locked up from inspiring English sources

The Obama team also cited visits Monday to Florida and Virginia, two states it said the Romney camp had claimed to have locked up.

Ohio State and Kansas have locked up No. 1 seeds.

They have locked up nearly all their political opponents.

Both are Southern states the Republican campaign had hoped to have locked up by now.

They have locked up and tortured citizens who dared to challenge them openly.

I should think so, given the number of Taliban we have locked up at Guantánamo.

Even though we have locked up the snacks in our car, I worry.

In the last three weeks, however, Republicans appear to have locked up two of these races.

"I had two previous attempts where I could have locked up the medal," she said.

The contract would have locked up Jeter for about $17 million a season through 2006.

The Eagles have locked up home-field advantage throughout the N.F.C. playoffs.