Sentence examples for close off possibilities from inspiring English sources

Walls don't close off possibilities in Le Guin.

The literal meaning of scripture does not close off possibilities of deeper meaning -- it leads to them.

It closed off possibilities, like a minimalist but up-to-date expression of glamour.

"Anything's possible," replies the developer, a reply that closes off possibilities while pretending to open them.

Had the attacks on the two towers been timed a bit more precisely, closing off possibility of escape, or had the plane that hit the Pentagon aimed for a bull's-eye, the slaughter could have approached the scale of Hiroshima, where some 70,000 Japanese citizens were exterminated in a nuclear flash, and Nagasaki, where a similar number died three days later.

Chip agreed: "They don't immediately close off physical possibilities if something works for them emotionally".

This doesn't close off the possibility of elevated musicianship.

However, it didn't close off the possibility entirely.

Administration officials have said over the last several days, however, that Mr. Bush meant to close off that possibility, and his own comments today were an emphatic confirmation.

It's not that I'm hoping to get laid at the grocery store — but, I wondered, do I have to completely close off that possibility?

If your employer wants to keep some protections in place, it can close off the possibility of investing in individual stocks and other securities in a retirement plan brokerage window.