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Example sentences for: shutting

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Between two and four inches of rain fell during the morning rush hour, effectively shutting down the subway and flooding many streets.
A Democratic candidate in 1995--at a time when Congress was shutting down the government, repealing the ban on assault weapons, and trying to shut down the Department of Education--would have taken seriously the issues that were at stake.
What's more, after later discovering an unfamiliar set of keys in my pocket, I subsequently realized that apparently, while stumbling around in a stupor after shutting off the alarm clock, I'd put on my girlfriend's pants by mistake.
Unions have a reputation for shutting down important services and ignoring public inconvenience for the sake of greed.
The CIA's formal analysis of what would happen if Bin Ladin alone was removed as compared with the importance of shutting down the sanctuary was offered in several places.