Sentence examples for closed myself from inspiring English sources

The phrase "closed myself" is not correct in standard written English.
It may be intended to convey a sense of emotional withdrawal or shutting oneself off from others, but it lacks clarity.
Example: "After the argument, I closed myself off from everyone."
Alternatives: "shut myself off" or "isolated myself."

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"I closed myself off from everything.

I closed myself into the clinic's laboratory.

"I closed myself within myself purposely.

"I know that I closed myself off when I was very sick with cancer," he said.

My shyness worsened when people asked, "why are you being so quiet?" Or worse, "why are you being so boring?" My most basic world views had been thrown into question and I felt vulnerable, so I closed myself off from the world.

I closed myself down entirely, and was only able to come out of that when I was 23.

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"But instead I learned how to close myself off and rot quietly in self-hatred.

Marshall certainly seems to think I was guilty of closing myself off.

"I think I was closing myself off a little bit," Varitek said, "chasing balls too much with my feet.

"Many times at the end of a busy day I just go in and close myself in," he said.

"I'd had such a big loss [that] I was trying to close myself off from everything.

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