Example sentences for: lockbox

How can you use “lockbox” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • In his recent budget, the president tried to conceal the fact that there was a surplus, and the Republicans, with their talk about a "lockbox" for Social Security, have confused everyone, probably including themselves.

  • Of course, both the president and the GOP leadership have piously embraced the notion of a "lockbox" for the trust fund surpluses, but each doubts the strength of the other's padlock construction.

  • Sixty hours worth of reels, subpoenaed by the Supreme Court and carried to the courtroom in a single lockbox, yielded a "smoking gun": In June 1972, Nixon had ordered the (loyal) CIA to warn the ( not so loyal) FBI off its Watergate investigation.


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