Example sentences for: shut

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

  • But on the subject of "those gals," if I paid the kind of money Linda Tripp's supporters must have paid for her makeover, I'd be expecting the surgeon to keep his mouth shut.

  • "Expectation is so high that her enemies are already predicting the biggest let-down since Eyes Wide Shut ," crowed the Telegraph . New York's Daily News said critics were predicting a "gigantic fizzle."

  • Not even a cover rave in Time for Eyes Wide Shut --a Warner Bros. release--could turn that plodding movie into a hit.

  • Barry noted that because of human subjects violations and the way human subjects committees have handled their paperwork, whole programs have been shut down.

  • You can pretty much ignore Rosie, Glenn, and Lance, but it's impossible to shut your ears to Phil--Collins, that is, whose songs feature Afro-Celtic polyrhythms over soft-rock sludge.


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