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

If nothing else, it’s smarter closeting strategy—people are going to get a lot more suspicious if every time they see him with you, he starts stammering and shoving you out of view.

From Slate • Mar. 8, 2016

And because he is closeting up his doubts and fears, his subsequent eruptions into madness, when words abruptly morph into howls, have a harrowing logic.

From New York Times • Jun. 5, 2014

“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