padlock
noun
a portable or detachable lock with a pivoted or sliding shackle that can be passed through a link, ring, staple, or the like.
were padlocking
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past progressiveof padlock.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Roosevelt was giving a press briefing when aide Marvin McIntyre interrupted with a dispatch from the construction site: Women were padlocking themselves to the cherry trees.
From Washington Post ● Mar. 30, 2019
