Sentence examples for the proceedings closed from inspiring English sources

Auction officials gavelled the proceedings closed after bidding crested at $27.4m.

With all documents in the proceedings closed to public scrutiny, and with Politico reporting in October that one of its journalists had overheard someone in the appeals court clerk's office requesting Mueller's latest sealed filing in the case, a mushroom cloud of speculation was unleashed.

U.S. District Judge Richard Gergel, whose decision was expected on Monday, said he was keeping the proceedings closed in order to avoid sequestering the jury.

Mr. Perelman had wanted the custody proceedings closed to the public; the Appellate Division ruled last Friday that they must be open.

The whole purpose of having tribunals "in theatre" was to bring the proceedings closer to the victims, they say.

As peace prevailed, the ground zero proceedings closed in the early afternoon with trumpeters of the city and the Port Authority police, the Fire Department and the military services playing taps, the hauntingly beautiful refrain that closes the military day.

Speaking outside the Royal Courts of Justice after proceedings closed, Ms Litvinenko said she believed the truth had finally been told and her husband's "murderers and their paymasters... unmasked".

Yesterday, the actor Brian Dennehy, who once worked with her at a brokerage firm, turned up to watch the morning proceedings, closing his eyes during part of them in an apparent impersonation of a sleeping man.

The proceedings are closed.

The proceedings were closed to the press.

The proceedings were closed to the news media.