When she finished the security check, she ticked a lock on the checklist to confirm it was secured.

He stood in the alley, quietly ticking a lock until it clicked open.

She ticks a lock on the checklist before leaving for her night shift.

We need to tick a lock on this information until the investigation is complete.

The old clock's tick-tacks echoed through the empty house, marking each lonely hour.

In late summer the fields were dotted with tick-trefoils, their tiny hooked seeds clinging to every passing animal.

The hiker screamed when she found a blood tick attached to her boot after walking through the tall grass.

While hiking last weekend, I checked my clothes carefully because I was worried about wood ticks.

While hiking in the tall grass, she found a wood tick attached behind her knee and hurried to remove it.

Researchers found blood ticks clinging to the deer's neck after the storm.