Sentence examples for closed their shutters from inspiring English sources

Local officials have closed schools, clinics and public transportation, while shops and other businesses have closed their shutters, causing about $30m in losses, according to a state retail association.

Reports on Twitter suggested some shops closed their shutters.

Luxury shops in the area including Chanel, Gucci and Bulgari had closed their shutters for the day.

At the bazaar, an important trade hub, shopkeepers closed their shutters, and hundreds of citizens joined them in a protest against the bad economy.

Many businesses have already closed their shutters and major roads and subways are to be shut down for the parade rehearsals.

MUMBAI For over 30 hours following the death of the Shiv Sena leader Bal Thackeray on Saturday, stores throughout Mumbai closed their shutters and taxis and auto-rickshaws stayed off the streets.

For the stars close their shutters and the dawn whitens hazily.

After Labor Day, though, the candy stores and kite shops close their shutters, the "VACANCY" signs blink on, and the beach, gone brown with rain, thins out to seagulls and bundled-up locals walking their dogs.

At every street, shopkeepers took people in, closing their shutters until the street was clear of police and gas.

Across Athens, tens of thousands of family-owned businesses and shops– once the life-blood of the Greek economy – have been forced to close, their shuttered exteriors one of the most visible signs of the collateral damage wrought by the nation's worst crisis in modern times.

Across Athens tens of thousands of family-owned businesses and shops – once the lifeblood of the Greek economy – have been forced to close, their shuttered exteriors one of the most visible signs of the collateral damage wrought by the nation's worst crisis in modern times.