shutter

Example Sentences

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A better idea might be to shutter it permanently.

From The Wall Street Journal

But those shuttered hospices barely represent a dent in the massive hospice home healthcare industry.

From Los Angeles Times

"We lost the front windows. The shutters that should protect them were on the lounge floor," he explained.

From BBC

And after years of the US embassy being shuttered, Washington is also preparing to re-establish its diplomatic presence in Caracas.

From Barron's

Alcatraz island - nicknamed "the Rock" because it was regarded as an impregnable fortress - is home to the shuttered federal penitentiary that housed some of the most dangerous criminals in the US.

From BBC