How to Use close the door in a Sentence

close the door

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• Frieson then appears, drags her by the arm, and closes the door.
  — Nate Gartrell, Mercury News, 29 June 2026
• Place the pot of water on a rack inside the oven and close the door.
  — Daley Quinn, Southern Living, 30 Jan. 2026
• But when smugglers opened the door, a man fell out, so the smugglers closed the door and fled.
  — Los Angeles Times, 24 July 2026
• Mason Miller closed the door on the Cubs in the ninth to pick up the save.
  — Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 1 Oct. 2026
• Once the two entered the cockpit and closed the door, Schlichter wasn’t sure who did what inside.
  — ABC News, 3 Oct. 2026
• After the young woman left, Radha closed the door and made Arvind stand.
  — Akhil Sharma, New Yorker, 3 Sep. 2026
• Old Mrs Dickie ushered her inside and closed the door behind them both.
  — Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2026
• The video ends as the other person is seen getting into the truck with the child and is seemingly about to close the door.
  — Samira Asma-Sadeque, PEOPLE, 13 Aug. 2026
• Committing early to a single path closes the door on noticing when a better one opens.
  — Gilda D'incerti, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2026
• Debbie has closed the door on her work as an attorney, and Judith doesn’t begrudge her choices.
  — Aramide Tinubu, Variety, 15 July 2026
• Bonta didn’t entirely close the door on mediation, which had been ordered by the judge in the antitrust case.
  — Meg James, Los Angeles Times, 24 Aug. 2026
• Name the goal, keep the message specific, and choose the tone that protects both respect and clarity without closing the door.
  — Tarot.com, New York Daily News, 14 Aug. 2026
• For her part, Leakes seemingly hasn’t closed the door on returning to the franchise in more than cameo capacity at some point.
  — Toria Sheffield, PEOPLE, 29 Aug. 2026
• Fan Fest traditionally closes the door on the Panthers’ first full week of training camp.
  — Scott Fowler, Charlotte Observer, 1 Aug. 2026
• The class immediately closed the door and scrambled to barricade the room, pushing tables and chairs against the door and turning off the lights.
  — Billy Stockwell, CNN Money, 7 Aug. 2026
• When Practical Magic 2 picks up, Gary has died, and Sally has closed the door on love for good.
  — Ryan Coleman, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Sep. 2026
• But England quickly closed the door on France with a beautiful goal from Bellingham in the 98th minute to again take a two-goal lead on its way to the win.
  — Anthony Chiang, Miami Herald, 18 July 2026
• Still, while Murphy may not want to repeat the all-star format, the actors themselves aren’t necessarily closing the door on another reunion.
  — Lexi Carson, HollywoodReporter, 8 Oct. 2026
• Even as the Chiefs went three-and-out on their next drive, Cousins’ critical interception on the Raiders’ final drive closed the door on a miracle story.
  — Ryan Gaydos Outkick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
• After an Austin bucket to cut the Valkyries’ advantage to four, Williams closed the door on Washington with a deep 3-pointer to seal the win.
  — Nathan Canilao, Mercury News, 19 July 2026
• The answer to our nation’s physician shortage crisis is to fully open the doors to residency for all qualified candidates, not to close the door on those who choose the osteopathic pathway.
  — Torie Bosch, STAT, 5 Sep. 2026
• But the Current struck back and closed the door early, riding a Haley Hopkins hat trick in a 4-1 win to stay in the heat of the playoff hunt with four matches left this season.
  — Pj Green, Kansas City Star, 26 Sep. 2026
• However, political analyst Michael Montgomery says a loss this close doesn't necessarily close the door on a comeback.
  — Elaine Rojas-Castillo, CBS News, 5 Aug. 2026
• Although California eventually tied the score at 9-9 in the third quarter, the Charm closed the door by scoring seven of the game’s last 11 goals.
  — Edward Lee, Baltimore Sun, 17 Aug. 2026
• While Moon played the show that night, Majic and Churchill closed the door to the green room and recorded a demo with as little concert sound as possible in the background competing with Churchill’s lead vocal.
  — Tom Roland, Billboard, 24 Sep. 2026
• The videos, which do not include audio, show Pigram opening a security door to allow officers behind the counter and then apparently trying to push the officers back out in a hallway and attempting to close the door.
  — Bill Hutchinson, ABC News, 23 July 2026
• The National Institutes of Health plans to close the door on one of the few pathways available to international students on visas to forge a career in biomedical research in the United States.
  — Anil Oza, STAT, 7 Aug. 2026
• The league, through an eligibility rule bargained with the NBPA, closed the door to high schoolers starting with the 2006 NBA Draft.
  — Michael McCann, Sportico.com, 28 July 2026
• Advertisement But even some immigration advocates and observers have suggested the Supreme Court’s latest ruling on birthright citizenship didn’t necessarily close the door on the issue.
  — Chad De Guzman, Time, 7 Aug. 2026
• Fidelity and its subsidiary, Fidelity Brokerage Services agreed to the deal on May 13, closing the door on a lawsuit alleging the investment giant failed to both adequately prevent a cyberattack and alert members to its existence after the fact.
  — Brian Sloan,dan Avery, CNBC, 15 July 2026