Sentence examples for area closing from inspiring English sources

The American forces blocked off the area, closing the highway to all traffic.

They cleared an eight-block area, closing off parts of major Washington commuter routes and creating huge traffic bottlenecks.

It was a popular place for Pakistani tourists before the Taliban began a takeover of the area, closing girls' schools, forcing men to grow beards and beheading their opponents.

I-96 was completed on November 21, 1977, in the Detroit area, closing the last gap along the route.

Less than an hour before the fire began, security forces had thrown up a cordon around the entire area, closing it to new arrivals to stop further overcrowding, witnesses said.

And it is the effective means that strengthened supporting in collapse impacting area, closing of surrounding rock of collapsed body, enhancing the supporting strength in collapsed area and having it done timely, filling the collapsed cavity.

Many amusement parks in the Orlando area closed early, and Walt Disney World's Animal Kingdom remained closed.

The area closed stretched almost 14 miles.

The federal authorities also widened the area closed to fishing.

The books were transported wholesale from Kent, after a library in the area closed down a decade ago.

The Navy Yard, which had once brought many jobs to the area, closed in 1966.