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"closed in on themselves" is correct and usable in written English.
You can use it in a sentence to describe a situation in which something, such as a group of people, become isolated from other elements or from the outside world. For example: "The family closed in on themselves after their father passed away."
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Monads: the smallest substance, but completely closed in on themselves, without doors or windows.
How do you make contact with someone who seems closed in on themselves?
His parents were first cousins, and "very closed in on themselves.
Katie Dippold's writing doesn't help — the film's situations are closed in on themselves, seemingly constructed backward from their laugh-track payoff rather than running forward toward possibilities.
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Maryland is closing in on 200.
They were closing in on us.
His city is closing in on him.
Rooney is closing in on milestone Wayne Rooney is closing in on yet another milestone in his career.
It was closing in on four in the morning.
We're closing in on a hundred inches.
Biggio is closing in on an all-time record.
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Since I tried Ludwig back in 2017, I have been constantly using it in both editing and translation. Ever since, I suggest it to my translators at ProSciEditing.
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CEO of Professional Science Editing for Scientists @ prosciediting.com