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EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
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Adam was so extreme; they really would cart him off to a padded cell one of these days.
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Away from what most other people would regard as glamour, he retreated to that padded cell off the Edgware Road.
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Fulfilling her needs won't settle his, he shouldn't be kept in a padded cell .
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He padded his bedroom - literally like a padded cell - so that he wouldn't hear the noise of traffic outside.