be closeted
Example Sentences
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We wanted to be mysterious and be closeted, and Katie was the one who encouraged us not to, and to just be ourselves.
From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026
Or perhaps the speaker could recognize that a cousin at the table may be closeted, and take it upon themselves to model how to push back against transphobia.
From Salon ● Sep. 17, 2025
Although Nakhane speaks freely about his sexual orientation – largely at the prompting of journalists, it must be said – he, too, used to be closeted, like Xolani.
From The Guardian ● Apr. 12, 2018
It’s one thing to be closeted, it’s another to pretend someone you’re seeing doesn’t exist.
From Slate ● Mar. 8, 2016
And Selwood cursed himself for a fool for hating to think that these two should be closeted together, for disliking the notion that Barthorpe Herapath was Peggie Wynne’s cousin—and now, probably, her guardian protector.
From The Herapath Property by J. S. (Joseph Smith) Fletcher
