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Example Sentences

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She believes the carpet python - which is non-venomous - had squeezed itself through the shutters on her window onto her bed below.

From BBC

St. Vincent Behavioral Health Campus LLC purchased the shuttered hospital in Los Angeles’ Westlake neighborhood at the end of last year.

From Los Angeles Times

She slowed her fast walking just a bit to let me catch up, and together we admired the redbrick buildings with their cheery white shutters and the bumpy cobblestone roads.

From Literature

Macy’s plans to shutter 14 locations nationwide, including two in California, in the coming months.

From Los Angeles Times

On 28 December, traders selling imported electronic goods in Tehran were jolted by the sudden currency collapse; they shuttered their shops, went on strike, and urged others in the bazaar to follow suit.

From BBC