Words similar to shut

Example sentences for: shut

How can you use “shut” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

I keep my mouth shut.
But why should Bradley shut up about the Clinton-Gore fund-raising scandal?
An important element of the overall control technology implementation is the time needed to connect, or hook up, the control technology equipment to the combustion unit because the boiler typically must be shut down for this period.
Better, perhaps, to sort things out thoroughly in the short run, and to prevent even greater devastation for all concerned down the road--even if that means suffering a few casualties, or opening ourselves up to the charge of imperialism.NomadNet, a page on "Somalia, Peacekeeping, Relief & Economic Development Issues" run by Michael Maren, has been shut down, but its archives are still open.
Chatterbox (and, it must be said, Mrs. Chatterbox) lost patience with the extremely tedious exposition leading up to the Big Event and shut it off.