Locks
Both words in one sentence
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When he doesn't like her answers, he sews Gracie's mouth shut and locks her in a closet.
Source: Series / Orphan Black -
She tapes the real server's mouth shut and locks her in a closet.
Source: Mugged for Disguise -
Daniel Amos's "My Room" (from ¡Alarma!) is about a man who locks himself in his room, except for one day a week when he locks himself in a bigger room with other shut-ins.
Source: Hikikomori
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