Sentence examples for be firmly closed from inspiring English sources
For many others whose family do not own their home or who do not have a stash of assets, and in particular the nearly one in five who live in council or other social housing, the door may well now be firmly closed on the possibility of future home ownership.
These casks must be firmly closed and stored in a dark cooler.
The loops around the empty active site may well be firmly closed in the frozen state that is being observed but they are probably free to open and close due to thermal fluctuations at working temperatures.
Classroom doors were firmly closed and no one came near.
A shop with a sign claiming that it is open day and night is firmly closed.
His study door was firmly closed every morning, a sign of the barrier Saul drew between writing and living".
By the 18th century, slavery became exclusively black, and the legal loopholes the early Angolans had exploited were firmly closed.
He walks past me and goes to the front door to check that it is firmly closed.
Heathrow's proposals may prise open a door on night flights that has been firmly closed for 25 years".
But the financial sluice gates have now been firmly closed: the big US banks have either been wiped out or humbled, while private equity and hedge funds are on the ropes.
