closed-down
Example Sentences
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He began his political career as a mayor in Western Pennsylvania steel country, with closed-down steel mills and boarded-up Main Streets.
From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 13, 2025
The city centre has come in for criticism recently for its empty buildings, closed-down shops and an air of neglect.
From BBC • Aug. 26, 2023
German Chancellor Olaf Scholz and Economy Minister Robert Habeck will attend the event, a briefing on where the new chip factory will be built - on the site of a closed-down coal plant.
From Reuters • Feb. 1, 2023
This dissonant city symphony ends on a somber note, in a shot of a closed-down movie theater with a “For Rent” sign in the window.
From New York Times • Nov. 18, 2021
Waiting at the Pelican crossing by the closed-down beautician's she asked me if I'd had a good day and I said, “Okay.”
From "Black Swan Green" by David Mitchell
