How to Use locker in a Sentence

locker

noun
  • The arena does not provide lockers and will not check weapons at Guest Services.
    Ed Masley, The Arizona Republic, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Even when plots gain clearance, the kids’ locker-room chatter is cleaned up drastically.
    Chris Norris, SPIN, 13 Aug. 2022
  • Reds players in the dugout immediately called for the ball, which was sitting in his locker after the game.
    The Enquirer, 25 Aug. 2022
  • Facilitate link sale of locker Lisa: tickets. Go ahead.
    Staff Reports, cleveland, 10 Aug. 2022
  • Other cavernous rooms contained industrial fans, metal lockers, and a movie-theatre-size popcorn-maker.
    Patricia Marx, The New Yorker, 26 Aug. 2024
  • Reggie Crawford had a locker at Oracle Park on Wednesday and joined his new team for batting practice.
    Kikue Higuchi, San Francisco Chronicle, 17 Aug. 2022
  • In Oswaldo Cabrera’s first week in the majors, the Yankees made the most of the multiple gloves that occupy his locker.
    Gary Phillips, New York Times, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Her white male classmates would slyly elbow her books off the long library tables, and once, while standing at her locker, a classmate waved a ten-thousand-dollar tuition check, signed by his father, in her face.
    Eleni Schirmer, The New Yorker, 27 July 2022
  • There’s even a handy locker loop on the back to hang it up to dry.
    Sophie Dodd, Travel + Leisure, 16 June 2023
  • The Dodger-blue cleats didn’t last one hour in his locker.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 24 May 2024
  • The guy who wasn’t afraid to fight always had a book in his locker.
    Peter Hartlaub, San Francisco Chronicle, 11 Nov. 2022
  • On locker cleanout day, Howard didn’t seem open to taking a pay cut to stay with the team.
    Daniel Oyefusi, Miami Herald, 16 Feb. 2024
  • If the school has lockers, find your child’s and practice opening the lock.
    Contributing Writer, Orange County Register, 6 Aug. 2024
  • Meet your guide and store any belongings in lockers in the gift shop.
    Robin Soslow, Chron, 13 May 2023
  • At the end of the teaser, Ted and Coach Beard walk into the locker room to see all of the posters hung above each locker.
    Ana Calderone, Peoplemag, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Third baseman Justin Turner, the heart and soul of the team, sat in front of his locker with his head buried in his hands.
    Bob Nightengale, USA TODAY, 16 Oct. 2022
  • First locker, left of the door, is No. 29: new running back Jordan Wilkins.
    The Indianapolis Star, 12 Jan. 2023
  • Do everyone a favor and just put it in your locker (with the sound off, please).
    Christa Sgobba, SELF, 2 Jan. 2024
  • One of the students grabbed the back of Villabol’s shirt and slammed their face into a locker.
    Rory Linnane, jsonline.com, 29 Mar. 2023
  • Reaves sat at his locker with ice bags on both knees and towels wrapped around his body.
    Broderick Turner, Los Angeles Times, 9 May 2023
  • The thumb in question came into contact with a chair in front of his locker.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 3 Sep. 2022
  • Take it from someone who’s been shoved into his share of lockers: Sports and the arts aren’t always the best of friends.
    Michael Andor Brodeur, Washington Post, 26 July 2024
  • Down more steps still, the lower deck houses all the machinery (tanks, chain lockers, and the like).
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 15 Nov. 2023
  • The other two lockers belong to Tristan Beck and Sean Hjelle.
    Evan Webeck, The Mercury News, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Members must have their lockers cleared out by March 31.
    Journal Sentinel, 28 Mar. 2023
  • But there’s a sentiment in the NBA to protect the locker-room culture.
    Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 12 Oct. 2022
  • The youngster Barry was a presence in the clubhouse and climbed all over Willie at his locker.
    Barry M. Bloom, Sportico.com, 19 June 2024
  • As his teammates around him disrobed and walked to the showers, Herbert sat in front of his locker and stared at the ground.
    Dylan Hernández, Los Angeles Times, 17 Oct. 2023
  • There’s no word as to whether the storage locker belongs to Ye or someone from his team.
    Angel Diaz, Billboard, 9 Aug. 2024
  • There are no locker rooms; players change on the floor or in a nearby restroom.
    Connor Letourneau, San Francisco Chronicle, 6 Nov. 2022

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