Sentence examples for gate slams from inspiring English sources

But as soon as a reporter springs a question about, say, Representative Todd Akin's recent comments about rape and abortion, the portcullis gate slams down.

The film freely changes format from scene to scene, but viewers who look closely may notice one transition in particular: a gate slams down, and the screen goes from standard to Imax within the shot.

The gate slammed open.

The guard waved me inside as the gate slammed shut behind us.

As Archers sound effects go, it was as unmistakable as any farmyard gate slammed in anger.

Three years ago, Mr. Schmidt refused to break the pole, wanting to carry it by his side as he walked — only to find the gate slammed in his face.

And no matter how much I wish this was all just a nightmare, the steel gate slamming shut reminds me of the truth.

Four hours ago, the steel gate slammed shut behind me, as it has done every day for the past 18 years.

Finally, the heavy metal gate slammed behind us and we found ourselves walking down a ramp and into the prison yard, arriving at the ball field where the home team was already engaged in their warm-ups.

The most serious news continues to play out, if less dramatically, less shockingly, than at the desperate moments when the shots first rang out, the fire raged, the factory gate slammed shut, the hurricane first made landfall, the would-be president first opened his mouth about Mexicans.

After the flags are lowered, they exchange a brusque handshake and the gates slam shut.