How to Use locket in a Sentence

locket

noun
  • She kept her husband's picture in her locket.
  • The centerpiece opens like a locket to house the hole cards from the winning hand.
    Washington Post, 15 May 2017
  • Judy took tiny pieces of the blue shirt and put them in lockets for her daughters, and a wristband for her son.
    David Gambacorta, Philly.com, 31 Oct. 2017
  • But Joe can't bring himself to kill her and instead swipes her locket as proof of death.
    Sara Netzley, EW.com, 9 Feb. 2023
  • All lockets are in good condition for their age but some may show sign of wear.
    Atlanta Life, ajc, 22 Mar. 2018
  • Keihn bought her a locket, putting her picture on one side and his on the other.
    Callie Caplan, baltimoresun.com, 29 June 2017
  • Kosann and Mirojnick designed three core styles for the collection: a poesy ring, a charm and a locket.
    Ej Panaligan, Variety, 15 Nov. 2022
  • Today, that locket's been there for every big life event that's happened in the past five years.
    Lily Herman, Woman's Day, 26 Feb. 2016
  • Jennifer Behr’s locket earrings are the novel choice—one in your ear, the other in theirs.
    Charlotte Diamond, Vogue, 4 Feb. 2022
  • But the photograph was of the woman, not focusing on the locket.
    The Salt Lake Tribune, 1 Aug. 2022
  • The styles are versatile, for instance, the ring can be worn on a chain as a pendant, while the locket and bee can be linked as charms on a bracelet.
    Fawnia Soo Hoo, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 Nov. 2022
  • As a bonus, check out this locket necklace, which looks like the gift Harvey gives Sabrina in the first ep!
    Carolyn Twersky, Seventeen, 30 Oct. 2018
  • Brigid just added three new perfume lockets to her Etsy shop.
    Brigid Ashwood, WIRED, 5 Oct. 2012
  • Mazzoni now wears a locket with some of Precious’ ashes in it.
    Kevin Fagan, San Francisco Chronicle, 30 May 2018
  • Plus, Thomas sells the broken heart locket of the single’s cover at Bandcamp.
    A.d. Amorosi, Variety, 14 Dec. 2022
  • One of the sailors lost a gold locket that day; a diver found it in 1981 and recently returned it to the family.
    cleveland.com, 2 Jan. 2018
  • Police revealed Ngor gave up his Rolex watch to the thieves but refused to hand over a gold locket with a picture of his late wife.
    Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 26 June 2018
  • Donny, a middle-aged man with a goatee and a golden locket, was bent over the headlight of a car with an open hood.
    Yudhijit Bhattacharjee, Discover Magazine, 17 July 2011
  • The backs of the three drops garnet and diamond drops are designed with open display lockets.
    Beth Bernstein, Forbes, 21 Feb. 2023
  • The heart locket of this necklace can be opened up to reveal a personal photo of your choice.
    Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 7 Feb. 2024
  • In ye olden days, a lord or lady might wear a locket holding an image of their beloved or a ring made of a lock of their lover's hair.
    Elizabeth Logan, Teen Vogue, 18 Jan. 2018
  • The men run, though Cassidy grabs Veronica’s locket off her neck first, prompting Archie to chase him.
    Jessica MacLeish, Teen Vogue, 8 Mar. 2018
  • The bride wore a deep blue lace gown and carried a bouquet containing a locket with a photo of her parents.
    New York Times, 20 May 2022
  • This modern locket is perfect for keeping a loved one close.
    Jennifer Aldrich, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 May 2021
  • Hair jewelry was common, too—and not just the kind of locket that Queen Victoria wore.
    National Geographic, 11 Feb. 2016
  • Hair jewelry was common, too—and not just the kind of locket that Queen Victoria wore.
    National Geographic, 11 Feb. 2016
  • In one case in Washington State, crows gifted a man who fed them with a locket, a candy heart, and bits of stone, among other items.
    National Geographic, 24 Dec. 2016
  • So some give him a locket and some give him a letter, some give him a handkerchief and a hair comb or a pin, and each of them exchanges these gifts during the adage.
    Maggie Menderski, The Courier-Journal, 5 Oct. 2022
  • Slytherin’s blanket has a gray serpent on a green background with bats, snakes, Draco Malfoy’s wand and Salazar Slytherin’s locket around the edges.
    Lyndsey Matthews, Cosmopolitan, 27 Oct. 2017
  • The art work depicts black-and-white photos of young white women in bejewelled lockets.
    Julian Lucas, The New Yorker, 8 Jan. 2024

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