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
  • All of the campgrounds were still closed for the winter.
    — Alli Harvey, Anchorage Daily News, 5 June 2022
  • The garden was closed, but people could see the glow from the street.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 Dec. 2022
  • In the first, her head is tilted up and her eyes are closed.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 23 Mar. 2023
  • Here is what staying closed looks like (from a screen grab of the Padres.
    — Kevin Acee, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 June 2025
  • The bronze door of St. Peter’s is half closed, and the bells are rung with a hammer.
    — Paolo Armelli, Vogue, 21 Apr. 2025
  • The campus, a vast maze of roads and checkpoints, was closed.
    — Sam Knight, The New Yorker, 3 Dec. 2022
  • Patterns should align on the cap and barrel when the pen is closed.
    — Nancy Olson, Forbes, 18 Aug. 2022
  • Please do not enter any rooms where the door is closed.
    — Soo Kim, MSNBC Newsweek, 19 June 2025
  • Today, March 27, is 30 days since the ruling, thus the file is closed.
    — Paul Du Quenoy, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 Mar. 2025
  • 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
  • The baby’s eyes were closed, his face still covered with small scrapes.
    — Serhii Korolchuk, Washington Post, 25 Nov. 2022
  • The wedding festivities kicked off on Thursday, June 27, with a welcome party, held in a closed cloister adjacent to the Madonna dell'Orto church.
    — Erin Clack, People.com, 29 June 2025

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