Sentence examples for shut close from inspiring English sources

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If it snaps shut, close it under a blanket or pillow, then return it to its original location.

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At that moment I became so hot that I couldn't bear it, as if my shirt were on fire, I wanted to tear off my shirt and toss it down, but then the sky shut closed, and a strong thump sounded, and I was thrown several yards — ' " "God, I would have loved to be there.

If Microsoft truly is a monopolistic predator, a breakup would unleash a wave of innovation and open up markets that were previously shut closed to its competitors.

Unseasonal snow over the past couple of weeks has blocked roads, shut airports, closed schools and brought the army out to help clear Edinburgh's streets.

Mondays get the same bum rap: galleries are shut, restaurants closed, theaters dark; don't even bother to show up — the whole town is dead.

The furniture maker, the Lane Company, of Altavista, Va., made about 12 million cedar chests from 1912 to 1987 with lids that automatically latched shut when closed, the Consumer Product Safety Commission said.

When not in hospital, I lay in bed in a dark room, curtains shut, windows closed, lights off, hermetically sealed from the world.

Heavy snow is causing travel problems for a second day, with schools shut, roads closed, and trains - including Eurostar services - cancelled.

And the place for that isn't the U.S., says Edmunds.com auto analyst Jesse Toprak, as shifts shrink and plants shut down closer to home.

If enough electricity runs through it, the E-Buzzz springs open or shuts closed -- almost how our muscles contract and relax.

Ziggy stares from his comic, his butter face pooting a little beige fart into the psyche for shutting, closing, turning, or pushing incorrectly (or even thinking of letting the cat out).

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