closed-circuit

Definitions

Examples

• He closed his eyes, imagining the virgins, imagining away the pain in his head and groin.

• Closed courthouses, rogue clerks, and misleading statements from the attorney general as Florida welcomes same-sex marriage.

• I wish I could be writing to you under better circumstances, but unfortunately those avenues have closed up.

• The FCC investigation recently closed its comment period on the Marriott case.

• Though the bar closed soon after, a movement had been sparked, and when it reopened in 1990, history was revived.

• And now I can recall that his eyes closed, and from his lips I caught a sigh, and then he rolled to the floor.

• The next instant the door closed softly behind them, and she went out of his life as a wife forever.

• He looked up through half closed eyes to see the Reverend standing over him.

• And it might be a good idea for you to give your men a gentle hint to keep their mouths closed about this affair—all of it.

• The exchanges had closed in previous years, but never for the reasons which now controlled them.