Sentence examples for were closing down from inspiring English sources

Around Surry County, the smaller textile mills were closing down.

By the time I was a senior in high school, steel mills were closing down.

He says the bigger national builders were closing down their sites six months ago.

Unemployment in Hillsborough County was close to eight per cent, and retailers in the strip malls were closing down.

"There was a feeling that things were closing down on us," said Leonard Suransky, now chairman of the international relations department at Webster University in the Netherlands.

It was as if they were closing down a piece of music, taking it out gracefully, rather than building it up, which they were, slowly.

Schools were closed down.

Clubs infringing the rules were closed down.

Families were forced apart, and businesses were closed down.

But, every time we tried that, we were closed down.

Both failed and were closed down in 2015.