Become rigid or immoveable

Usage examples of locking.

We were a strange procession -- Dem Ria and Dem Loa sweeping down the steep staircase ahead of me, then me carrying the flechette pistol and fumbling the rucksack on my back, then little Bin followed by his sister, Ces Ambre, then, carefully locking the trapdoor behind him, Alem Mikail Dem Alem.

Lucas stood with Amaryllis at the far end of the museum hall and tried to keep his attention on Miranda Locking and Merrick Beech.

I turned, tried to run, slipped on slush, and scrambled up, but Beane was on me, grabbing me, locking my body against his, kneading my breasts, clutching my sex, moaning and crying, trying to kiss me.

I was just locking my door when Cecilia, half undressed, came in to say that Bellino begged me to take him to Rimini, where he was engaged to sing in an opera to be performed after Easter.

Lucas broke off as Miranda Locking abruptly turned away from Merrick Beech and went down a darkened hall.

While Durand was locking the music parlor, Fred asked Sheila if she would mind forgoing his company for the evening.

It was a gimbaled burn, two seconds for a dip into the ergosphere, followed by five seconds against the flow, a two second burn by the empty ship just before locking bolts exploded for separation.

Their lights grew bright and awful, and DeChance pulled back her esp, folding it in upon itself, and locking it safely away inside her mind again.

As Boba Fett slammed the locking armature into its socket, then spun and dived for the floor, the cannon barrel swung down from nearly vertical to aiming level.

And he made me wild too--hunting me about the house, fooling about with his revolver, locking and unlocking doors.

We fixed on this plan, and I promised Binetti to be with him at midnight on Sunday, even if I had to stab the sentry, who was at my door all day, but who went away at night after locking me in.

By that time I shall be safe, and when you tell him I have gone to bed he will come to the door, wish me good night, and after locking the door and putting the key in his pocket he will go away with you.

Selik brushed past Father Bernard, and his eyes scanned the hospitium, finally locking on the tall, tunic-clad figure bent over a patient.

It was her father locking up for the night, and with a swift, irreflective movement she turned out the gas, fearful lest he should see a glimmer of light in her room.

Locking her shaky knees, Janney glanced over to the fountain, and then took in the rest of the room.