Sentence examples for held it closed from inspiring English sources

When you slide the top half down, you're breaking the connection between two magnets (one in each half of the phone) that held it closed, allowing the spring-loaded hinge to do its thing.

Jim pinched his nose and held it closed.

who also stored the allocation code and held it closed until all endpoint assessments and final statistical analyses were performed.

Hold it closed for 5-10 seconds and rub the outside of its throat gently.

I answered by bringing two fingers to my nose as if to hold it closed.

Then you can spread whatever you like on the inside, close the fish, stick a toothpick through it to hold it closed, and grill or broil.

Holding it closed, vent your annoyance at still being awake by whacking it against the counter until the biscuits are lightly smashed.

Emma was terrified of losing another baby and asked for a surgical stitch to be placed around her cervix to strengthen it and hold it closed.

Fleeing the White Walkers, Meera, with Bran in her wheelbarrow, escapes out a Hobbit-style door and yells to Hodor to hold it closed.

Holding a bleeding neck wound, Mrs Maguire ran to her friend and colleague Susan Francis who took her out of the corridor into a side room, holding it closed with her foot.

In ceramics produced with such microstructures, cracks are deflected from a straight path, leading to a dramatic increase in crack length; at the same time particles behind the advancing crack tip bridge the crack, tending to hold it closed.