Sentence examples for tend to close from inspiring English sources
When a person covers the cough with the bare hands or with a tissue, they tend to close all their fingers tightly against each other, and press closely each hand against the other by the cubital border of the palm.
WHEN external crisis strikes Israel, its politicians tend to close ranks.
They're run by energy companies but tend to close in late November early December.
HEDGE FUNDS tend to close by choice; outright collapses are less common.
The rest of the ice reservoir may continue to drain, but in the process the conduits within and under the ice tend to close.
In describing function, flexors are muscles that tend to close the angle made by the two bones to which they are attached; extensors tend to increase the angle.
Whenever there was a scandal they tended to close ranks at the expense of the nation.
When Jean's depression sets in, she tends to close herself off from people.
When Thomson talks, he tends to close his eyes, as if he needs to concentrate on what he's saying.
But, as the Dutch psychologist Carsten de Dreu has shown, time pressure tends to close minds, not open them.
With every trenchant shot at our culture, it tended to close off one more thread of sustenance.
