Sentence examples for closing door from inspiring English sources

But an increasing number of those that have raised money say they feel as if they slipped through a rapidly closing door.

Writing for TV was a leap through a closing door into another, more glamorous world than, with all due respect, quantity surveying.

When Will Smith and Jeff Goldblum squeaked through a rapidly closing door in the side of a spaceship in "Independence Day," at least we got Smith yelling "Elvis has left the building!" to signal his triumph and add some comic pep, whereas the mood in "2012" veers between head-shaking doom and eye-moistening hopefulness, with nothing in between.

For a motley collection of aspiring players from New York and elsewhere in the metropolitan region, last weekend's invitation-only tryout for the MetroStars of Major League Soccer was a chance, perhaps their last, for a professional career, a foot jammed in a rapidly closing door.

There is a driver in the cabin, who is responsible for driving trains based on wayside or cabin signal, opening and closing door, observing the guideway, and stopping trains in case of emergency.

"I could see the end was near," said Stallone, who tried to pry Hollywood's swiftly closing door back open with 2006's indie-flavored, generally well-received "Rocky Balboa".

I was afraid of closing doors prematurely.

Closed Doors Make Us Poorer.

Edward Alden On How Closed Doors Make Us Poorer.

"I am never going to close doors.

A rabbi shouldn't close doors.