padded cell
Americannoun
noun
Example Sentences
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It is as though the series will inevitably end with the character opening her eyes and the camera slowly panning out to reveal her padded cell.
From Salon ● Jul. 15, 2025
The visual expedition begins with the opening credits, which focus on charmingly quilted satin walls that invoke a nursery crossed with a padded cell.
From Los Angeles Times ● Dec. 5, 2023
It offers some health care, including dental services and has a psychiatric unit with a padded cell.
From New York Times ● Dec. 12, 2022
The expanded universe here contracts to the size of a padded cell.
From The Guardian ● Nov. 22, 2015
They'd lock me up in a padded cell for sure.
From "The Old Willis Place" by Mary Downing Hahn
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