How to Use closed in a Sentence

closed

adjective

• The beach is closed this time of night.
• He looked at me through half-closed eyes.
• These restrooms are closed for cleaning.
• The chairman declared the discussion closed and allowed no further speeches.
• The store is closed for lunch between 1 and 2 p.m.
• All schools are closed, not just the schools that are voting locations.
  — Drake Bentley, Journal Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2024
• Police say the case is now closed, as Johnson Jr. is dead.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2023
• Most of these roofs are retractable, but in practice, many tend to stay closed during summer’s high heat and heavy rains.
  — Ellen Cushing, The Atlantic, 2 Nov. 2024
• First base is kissing, making out, open-mouth kissing (a.k.a french kissing), and closed-mouth kissing.
  — Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 13 Feb. 2023
• Why hide your favorite glassware behind closed cabinets when they can be displayed out in the open, doubling as decor?
  — Hadley Mendelsohn, House Beautiful, 1 Feb. 2023
• The site remained closed as flooding in 2022 wiped out trails and bridges used by both tourists and residents of Supai Village.
  — Molly Enking, Smithsonian Magazine, 31 Jan. 2023
• Vlasman says this prototype, with a blood stream and nerve signals transmitted throughout the connectors, changes the human body from a closed system to an open-source system.
  — Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 1 Feb. 2023
• The logistics needed to deliver life-saving aid are made more complicated and catastrophic through closed crossings and crumbling roads.
  — Juliet Kinsman, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Feb. 2023
• Though the site remains closed, Palm Beach County, which took control of the bunker after Miller’s lease ended, hopes to reopen it to the public within the next few years.
  — Jenn Morson, Smithsonian Magazine, 6 Feb. 2023
• In technical terms, a grunt is a Valsalva maneuver (attempting to exhale against a closed airway), which increases pressure in the chest cavity.
  — Bryant Stamford, The Courier-Journal, 2 Feb. 2023
• There are antique license plates, signs from restaurants long closed, and photographs of small towns that’ve been rendered unrecognizable by the decline that followed the route’s decommissioning.
  — Dan Sheehan, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2024
• The doors are closed, and the van leaves the carport at 3:09 p.m.
  — Campbell Robertson, BostonGlobe.com, 23 Mar. 2023
• The sport remained closed to men for the next nine Olympiads.
  — Vicki Valosik / Made By History, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
• The suspect punched the victim in the head five times with a closed fist.
  — Anne Gelhaus, The Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2024
• In the first, her head is tilted up and her eyes are closed.
  — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
• The Von Maur department store, which was the scene of the killings, remained closed for 15 days.
  — Maria Halkias, Dallas News, 14 May 2023
• When the big screen doors are closed, the futon can be rolled out, and the space is made cozy for sleeping.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 29 July 2023
• People will also still be able to access the ocean from the closed area.
  — Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 Sep. 2023
• To the left lie two closed flowers, for her two sisters who were killed in the Holocaust.
  — Smithsonian Magazine, 25 Jan. 2024
• David has spent the past few months trying to get the factory packed up and closed.
  — Brenda Goodman, CNN, 9 Mar. 2024
• The loop trail east of the park road is closed, at the request of Oregon Department of Fish and Wildlife.
  — The Oregonian, oregonlive, 15 July 2023
• The thermometer turns on as the probe is folded out and shuts off when closed.
  — Lizzy Briskin, People.com, 16 Oct. 2024
• The space may be more closed off than a true loft, with features like bedroom walls.
  — Cori Sears, Better Homes & Gardens, 5 Apr. 2024
• On the north side of Lake Tahoe, Interstate 80 remained closed due to snow for a third day.
  — Ian James, Los Angeles Times, 3 Mar. 2024
• Since the full-scale invasion, airspace over Ukraine is closed.
  — Cnt Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 2 May 2024

Last Updated: 25 Nov 2024