Sentence examples for close one's mind to from inspiring English sources

Whether the sexes are equal in this regard is another question, but one would not want to close one's mind to the possibility that someone other than oneself might be superior, and that some other form of government besides the tyranny of a sultan might be just.

One shouldn't close one's mind on ideological grounds to the possibility of joining".

Nevertheless, the sprayers took over, and the miles along that road became something to be traversed quickly, a sight to be endured with one's mind closed to thoughts of the sterile and hideous world we are letting our technicians make.

The actual article this amusing photo caption appeared in showed plainly how closed one Republican's mind truly is.

Some people dive in with just one goal in mind: to close the deal.

"You never close your mind to anything.

Try not to close your mind to other sources.

"I have a one-track mind to deliver these ideas.

She had closed her mind to it before.

An unsuccessful city has closed its mind to the future.

Do we not all occasionally need to let our minds breathe, in a place where so little happens there may as well be nothing, in a large Lancashire town that is so featureless it is like diving deep into one's own mind, mediocrity close to meditation?