SHUT in a Sentence
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263 example sentences for SHUT, such as:
1. The door clicked shut behind him.
2. The door clanged shut behind them.
3. A window slammed shut in the wind.
4. Every door may be shut but death's door.
5. Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
2. The door clanged shut behind them.
3. A window slammed shut in the wind.
4. Every door may be shut but death's door.
5. Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.
Search Quotes from Classic Book Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen |
Meanings and Examples of SHUT
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shut
v. prevent from entering; shut out
Classic Sentence: (210 in 15 pages)
1 At times, looking at Zeena's shut face, he felt the chill of such forebodings.
2 As the shrill words shot out Ethan heard a tap on the door, which he had drawn shut when he turned back from the threshold.
3 Ethan's hand dropped from the door-knob, which he had held clenched since he had drawn the door shut on Mattie.
4 The door of Mattie's room was shut, and he wavered a moment on the landing.
5 "It's a pity, though," Mrs. Hale ended, sighing, "that they're all shut up there'n that one kitchen."
6 If you say 'war' just once more, I'll go in the house and shut the door.
7 But it was something we did or said that made her shut up talking and look sort of sick.
8 And those who were so traitorous as not to believe should, at least, have the decency to keep their mouths shut.
9 She grabbed hold of the door to shut it with a bang, but the hook which held it open was too heavy for her.
10 She opened her mouth to tell him why Mrs. Meade could not come and then shut it abruptly.
11 The room was in semigloom, for Scarlett had pulled down the shades to shut out the heat and brightness.
12 She was a child and mad with fright and she wanted to bury her head in her mother's lap and shut out this sight.
13 She shut the door and locked it and flung herself down on the sagging old sofa crying, laughing, kissing the letter.
14 She walked quickly into the parlor and shut the door behind her.
15 She shut her eyes tightly, trying to squeeze out tears, but remembered to turn her face up slightly so he could kiss her with no difficulty.
Example Sentence: (53 in 4 pages)
1 It is too late to shut the stable door after the horse has been stolen.
2 Every door may be shut but death's door.
3 It is too late to shut the stable door when the steed is stolen.
4 The shop has shut down because of lack of trade.
5 Wise men love truth, whereas fools shut it.
6 A buxom widow must be either married, buried or shut up in a convent.
7 Steve was off work for a week after he shut his hand in the car door.
8 The cat shut its eyes while it steals cream.
9 Keep your eyes wide open before marriage, and half shut afterwards.
10 A window slammed shut in the wind.
11 I wish you'd shut up for a moment and listen to what the rest of us have to say.
12 The door clicked shut behind him.
13 The door clanged shut behind them.
14 She went into her room and shut the door behind her.
15 Keep your mouth shut and your ears open.