Sentence examples similar to being held closed from inspiring English sources

The urethra is held closed by the urethral sphincter, a muscular structure that helps keep urine in the bladder until voiding can occur.

Vincent's cloak covers the lower half of his face and is held closed by a series of buckles.

When this key was held closed, the Mk 41 was enabled to automatically fire the guns whenever the ship's deck was parallel the horizontal plane.

The level swimming phase also contains a glide component, where the animal is propelled forward while the valves are held closed [ 44- 46].

For those diapers that are held closed by Velcro, you'll still need to remove the vinyl pant from the person, the process is similar.

The group is expected to meet in a few days, although the exact date is being held close.

A gunman opened fire from the 32nd floor of the Mandalay Bay Hotel toward an open-air music festival being held close by.

If the ceremony is being held close to sundown, set up stations with spray and lotion repellant so that your guests can ward off bugs, Smith suggests.

The Olympics have been held closer to the equator.

The product purity is held close to the set value 99.5 mol% and large deviation is prevented.

The "Shell No" protest was held close to where Shell's Polar Pioneer drilling rig is docked.