closeting

Example Sentences

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That there exists so recent and clear an example of purposeful Hollywood closeting helps explain, to a certain extent, how these narratives can take hold.

From Slate • Jul. 25, 2019

You haven’t been able to keep up with your regular phone calls because of the pain of closeting yourself.

From Slate • Jul. 20, 2019

Soon he was closeting himself in his room listening raptly and endlessly to John Gielgud reciting Clarence’s speech from “Richard III,” desperately attempting to obliterate his Jersey accent.

From New York Times • Apr. 12, 2012

“We have no visibility, people are dying, and this whole world is just closeting everything.”

From Washington Post

No more closeting;, she could have one part of Old Chao, Janis and the children another.

From "Typical American" by Gish Jen