Sentence examples for close drapes from inspiring English sources
Close drapes, blinds or shutters on sunny windows or install awnings or solar window screens.
In Ames, Iowa, where temperatures were expected to hit 95 degrees on Tuesday, the electricity service asked residents to cut back because of high demand, suggesting they turn off unused electrical devices, close drapes during the day and wash clothes in the early morning or evening, after peak usage hours.
Close drapes or blinds when the fans are removed from the window during the day, to reduce solar heating.
Maybe that old ethic of discretion, of bearing pain alone or within the closest family hearth, behind closed drapes, merely strengthened the dark and hidden passion that built in Mr. Bird, transforming hidden grievance into uncontrollable rage.
You would have to literally close the drapes, and you'd still feel warmth in the house.
I presented a first edition to my parents, who started with the story about our neighbor's well, and then got up to close the drapes.
Each unit at the Lauren comes with a Nest thermostat and Lutron shading controls connected to a Control4 automated system that allows residents to preheat the oven, close the drapes, change the temperature and dim the lights from a smartphone or computer.
She had just stopped drinking but not self-medicating: "To pass the endless hours before I could leave for the show without being ridiculously early," she writes, "I'd close the drapes of my tiny room, take a swig of Nyquil, toast with a simple 'Bye-bye' and go into a deep sleep".
