Sentence examples for closed to reason from inspiring English sources

He watches, he listens, he asks discreet questions, and his intuitive intelligence ("He either knew things or he didn't") gives him insight into minds closed to reason.

As unsettling as it was to see an American President's psychological motivations so deftly evaluated by a famously erratic despot, it was equally, though less gravely, startling to notice that, between Trump and LaVar Ball, it was Ball who seemed closer to reason.

That is why humor has always been a characteristic of philosophical and liberal genius, the sea of the human spirit, the irresistible instrument of progress Stagnant peoples are always solemn people: the manof a people that laughs is a thousand times closer to reason & liberty than the anchorite who prays or the philosopher who argues.

Although coming closer to reason around changes in people's everyday lives, this is also an example of changes that are 'observable' or measurable from an outside perspective.

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The avenue had been closed to traffic for security reasons, though not to thwart jewel thieves: President Obama was in town on a fund-raising trip.

Sunday's feisty practice — which was closed to reporters — apparently gave Johnson reason for optimism.

The 26th-floor observation deck, now closed to the public for liability reasons, offered magnificent views.

Many of those markets are closed to foreign companies for political reasons, but Holderbank is making inroads.

"It's not even close to the only reason, but it was definitely part of the reason," he told the magazine.

It's hard to get enough ridership to have them pay their own way or even close to it, and the reason is access is not so easy.