Sentence examples for they closed off from inspiring English sources
"They closed off competition".
They closed off air, land, and sea access to Qatar.
They closed off slightly more than 1percentt at $56.27.
They closed off streets with makeshift roadblocks and shouted slogans calling for the death of the royal family.
When that proved insufficient, they closed off whole floors and wings of their vast properties, and began layoffs.
"Eleven against 11 the game was in their favour, they closed off very well and we couldn't create chances," López said.
"Will they close off the whole park?" he asked.
They close off your windpipe (trachea) to protect your lungs, and then move food into your esophagus, or food pipe.
"I would recommend that they close off the registry because that doesn't make any sense," said the etiquette expert Peggy Post, a director of the Emily Post Institute who also writes the online Well-Mannered Wedding column for The New York Times.
These continental differences did not prevent intercultural collaborations such as that between Moroder and American singer Donna Summer, nor did they close off input from other sources: Cameroonian artist Manu Dibango's "Soul Makossa," first a dance-floor hit in Paris, helped usher in the disco era in 1973.
They had apparently been telling him for years that he "didn't let anyone in," Ms. Bolbach said, "but if you tell someone they are closed off and cold, they can't hear it.
