closing

I had a feeling that Turkish authorities were closing their eyes.

The family was taking some private moments for a closing of the coffin in keeping with Chinese ritual.

Both were dead certain “security” had gotten to her and were closing in on us.

But for some of us, while its closing was sad, it was a tempered sadness.

The early reaction to Shami closing his account is similarly alarmed.

He knew that not only was it a signal for the closing of the city gates, but it was also a warning that bedtime was at hand.

Hard up as we are for shell he thinks it best to blaze it away freely before closing and to trust our bayonets when we get in.

I shall speak of these in succession, beginning with the oldest and closing with the newest that has come under my observation.

During that fortnight of silence the whole of the Turkish Empire has been moving—closing in—on the Dardanelles.

Closing the holes again and blowing harder, we get the scale an octave higher.