Sentence examples for locked into position from inspiring English sources

That is because matter is locked into position, and thus has fewer degrees of freedom than footloose energy.

With this system, aluminium tubing simply slots into the sockets in a range of plastic connectors which can then be locked into position with a screw.

On a press the registering presents no problem: the wood block is locked into position and the uniformly cut paper is automatically fed into the proper position by the press.

But far from being a one-time cost, "it locked into position for 27 years and never moved," said the United States representative, Richard C. Holbrooke, who described today's agreement as the first reform of peacekeeping.

As a forerunner of the three-wall game, some one-wall courts were equipped on each side of the front wall with a hinged triangular wing, which swung out and locked into position along the two sidelines, forming a partial three-wall court and making difficult shots into the front corner possible.

"The Last Cigarette," the Simon Gray-Hugh Whitemore collaboration at the Trafalgar Studios through Aug. 1, tends to find its trio of performers not barreling through doors but very much locked into position, cigarettes at the ready, inhabiting three versions of their creator.

Even as ministers said they were ready to talk, they remained locked into positions they had held for months.

But so far, senators seem locked into positions, and that means the president is at least two votes shy of a majority in the Senate.

Your body overall should stay supple, not locked into positions.

The microfluidic platform was designed so that the holder could be guided into position; two pegs on the sides of the electrode holder inserted into guiding slots and locked into place, positioning the needle tip precisely inside the channel (see supporting video 2).

"We tongue-and-groove them so they lock into position," he said, noting that an individual block can weigh up to 350 pounds.