INTERLOCKING in a Sentence

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Example sentences for INTERLOCKING, such as:

1. An interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check.
2. But the soldiers, crowded together shoulder to shoulder, their bayonets interlocking, moved over the bridge in a dense mass.

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 Meanings and Examples of INTERLOCKING
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interlocking
 a.  linked or locked closely together; act of meshing together
Classic Sentence:
1  But the soldiers, crowded together shoulder to shoulder, their bayonets interlocking, moved over the bridge in a dense mass.
War and Peace 1 By Leo Tolstoy
Context  Highlight   In BOOK 2: CHAPTER VII
2  His hands were clenched and his arms thrown abroad, while his lower limbs were interlocked as though his death struggle had been a grievous one.
A Study In Scarlet By Arthur Conan Doyle
Context  Highlight   In PART I: CHAPTER III. THE LAURISTON GARDEN MYSTERY
Example Sentence:
1  An interlocking of arms by the police held the crowd in check.