Sentence examples for closing in around from inspiring English sources

"I remember a real and powerful sense of community closing in around us from the minute we arrived.

Powell believes in the sweep of history, in which his expedition plays a part, while Toab knows only that something -- though he would not call it history -- is closing in around him.

I grabbed a pedicure kit for no one in particular, and two pairs of jeans, seized by this feeling that the store was closing in around me and I had to get all I could.

I was propelled, of course, by the traditional forces that had sent many generations along this road — by the small tight valley closing in around one, stifling the breath with its mossy mouth, the cottage walls narrowing like the arms of an iron maiden, the local girls, whispering, "Marry, and settle down".

DAMASCUS, Syria — The walls are suddenly closing in around enterprising young Syrians who bought into the idea of a modernized economy promised by President Bashar al-Assad — their simplest money transfers are blocked, and their credit cards are useless outside Syria as the growing list of international sanctions darkens their financial future.

Mayor Lindsay and the City Council would need the help of a dozen Seeing Eye dogs to pick their way through the contents and come up with sound conclu sions on how to revise the city's basic approach to the rent law within the time limits now closing in around them.

Slowly, the canyon closed in around us, and we entered its flowing, dark space.

The judge said he did not believe Coombes would ever have confessed had "the net not started to close in around her".

The ship's doctor explains the closing of Kitty's cervix for the duration of gestation and Morgan thinks of blocked passages, the end of the travelling season, as the ice closes in around the Impetus.

We'll be here tomorrow, and the next day, and after the transaction closes in around 60 days, bringing you the latest news and analysis of everything that matters in the worlds of domestic and economic policy.

A full 27 minutes after our introduction I wrap up the interview as the festival team closes in around us. "I'm sorry you're being eased out," says Humphries, "in favour, probably, of a far less worthy cause".