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.
• 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
• The schools have since closed, and each defendant faces up to 20 years in prison.
  — Charisma Madarang, Rolling Stone, 26 Jan. 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
• Three weeks later the clinic was closed and staff was laid off.
  — Time, 22 Dec. 2022
• 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
• Police say the case is now closed, as Johnson Jr. is dead.
  — Cameron Knight, The Enquirer, 6 Feb. 2023
• 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
• Check the online calendar for open and closed dates through April.
  — The Arizona Republic, 13 Mar. 2024
• Her screams abruptly stopped, and the officers then spoke with the man through a closed door, the lawsuit says.
  — Emma Tucker, CNN, 18 June 2024
• Voices are more hushed now, the employees said, and doors that used to be open are closed.
  — Jodi Kantor, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Jan. 2023
• The teeth did not stick out when its mouth was closed, with just lips visible even in a wide open bite.
  — Julia Musto, Fox News, 31 Mar. 2023
• Both are wearing backpacks, but the living man’s pack is open, while the dead man’s is closed.
  — Erik Kain, Forbes, 19 Apr. 2023
• The bars were attacked between 3:30 a.m. and 4 a.m., when the bars were closed and no employees were around.
  — Cristóbal Reyes, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Jan. 2023
• The slouchy cardigan has a V-neckline, contrast ribbing along the cuffs and hemline, and buttons down the front that can be worn open or closed.
  — Emily Weaver, People.com, 26 Dec. 2024
• The pair had apparently gone down a closed slope when Hediger was swept away in an avalanche, police said.
  — Michael Levitt, NPR, 25 Dec. 2024

Last Updated: 6 Jan 2025