Sentence examples for closing hard from inspiring English sources

Mike Smith up on Zenyatta closing hard, going to the whip.

Jeremy Mayfield nudged aside Earnhardt on the last lap of a victory June 19 at Long Pond, Pa., and Winston Cup fans instantly saw delicious symbolism in a 31-year-old pushing aside a driver closing hard on 50.

It was smaller still as she willed herself to the finish with Sara Isakovic of Slovenia closing hard in the adjacent Lane 4 and Pang Jiaying of China doing the same in Lane 6. Pellegrini surprisingly failed to win a medal in the 400 freestyle, in which she also holds the world record.

Pellegrini's big lead at 100 meters was smaller by the final turn and smaller still as she willed herself to the finish with Sara Isakovic of Slovenia closing hard next to her in lane 4 and Pang Jiaying of China doing the same in lane 6. Pellegrini surprisingly failed to win a medal in the 400 freestyle, in which she also holds the world record.

So really use your legs and hips by opening and closing hard.

In fact, the only thing that does is the closing Hard to Get, which features Katy B thanking everybody; after a while, you suspect even the most verbose Oscar winner would tell her to get on with it.

By the time the White House turned its attention to the Kosovo problem, Holbrooke said, the window was closing — hard-liners were back in power in Belgrade, and "you had a resurgent Russia, with an aggressive Putin, enabled by an Iraq-weakened Bush".

Tenfold also closed hard and finished third by a neck.

The ball was tricky — a short, fluttering sitter that Djokovic closed hard on.

Your window for placing a hassle-free pre-order may have just closed, hard.

(Consult your cheat sheet if needed!) Push the head into the open space of the crimping tool and squeeze it closed, hard.