Sentence examples for closed the gate from inspiring English sources

The people got killed when they closed the gate".

"I just quietly closed the gate and didn't go back in till next spring.

The construction workers shoveling sand in front of my house stopped as I closed the gate on my way to work, pointed to their throats.

Congress closed the gate to Chinese immigrants almost entirely by extending the Chinese Exclusion Act for another 10 years in 1902 and making the extension indefinite in 1904.

Tensions were heightened further still as police opened and closed the gate several times before dispersing the crowd with stun grenades.

Aid workers speculated that the Pakistani authorities closed the gate because they feared that word of their earlier generosity would draw even larger numbers of desperate people.

The police soon closed the gates, but when the gates were reopened, a second rush occurred.

Later Monday evening, the corps closed the gates at the 17th Street Canal as well.

In 2000, when the uprising called the second intifada broke out, Israel closed the gates.

"We finally closed the gates to our colony and beat the dog to death," said Deepak's father, Rajinder.

When closed, the gates meet at an obtuse angle that points upstream in order to resist the water pressure.