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Example sentences for: shutting

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'Only now for the first time I see/ This wall is actually a wall, a thing/ Come up between us, shutting me away/ From you ...
The striking thing about workers' comments after the vote was how many of them mentioned the possibility of the company shutting down its operations.
I've also tried shutting my door, but in our office culture, that's considered uncomfortably secretive and standoffish.
A piece profiles an Internal Revenue Service tax collector whose nightmare of a job mostly involves shutting down businesses in arrears.
4. For generators' shutting down, see Port Authority briefing (May 13, 2004).