padded cell

noun

1. a room, as in a mental hospital, with padded walls for the confinement of violent inmates.

padded cell

noun

1. a room, esp one in a mental hospital, with padded surfaces in which violent inmates are placed

Example Sentences

"Should I feel anything?" asks the beady-eyed man, sitting in a padded cell with handcuffs around his wrists.

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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.

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"A calming room should be a room for children to calm down with blankets, teddies and soft lighting. Not a padded cell. You wouldn't put an animal in there."

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After being driven for almost an hour, he was taken into a padded cell, where he would remain for several months.

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The pupil was taught off-site for two hours, four days a week, by two members of staff led by Mr Hamill - who had earlier described the child as a “little serial killer”, and said he deserved to sit in a room, “a padded cell on his own for the rest of his life”.

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