Sentence examples for scrambled to lock from inspiring English sources

Treaty supporters scrambled to lock down Republican support.

Grieving relatives screamed amid the rubble, calling out the names of loved ones even as security officers scrambled to lock down the entire city.

Bonds briefly yielded less than bills, as investors scrambled to lock in higher yields.

As of late last week, according to people who were briefed on the sale, the Tutor group was still scrambling to lock up financing.

Immediately, said the president, he should have sent White House people scrambling to lock in public positions from all the Republicans who recognized impeachment as a political loser.

But then the publishing industry's technological acumen is just about what you'd expect from a bunch of English majors not that ignorance has stopped them from scrambling to lock up rights to every technology you can think of.

The bullets continue to rain down as staff scramble to lock up the radio station – a large khaki-green tent with a small mast protruding from the top.

Outside the courthouse, television cameramen scrambled to find a vantage point over a locked courthouse gate for a shot of anyone coming in and out of the building.

When the labor clashes started, she was locked out of work and scrambled to survive by stringing together part-time jobs.

Crews scrambled to make repairs on Wednesday near the busiest Mississippi River lock, which was shut down on Saturday, snarling hundreds of barges and tugboats in a growing backlog.

Security officers scrambled to seal off the scene and within a half-hour had everything locked down, but the cordon also kept Afghan police officers from getting near the site.