Shutters

Examples

• I heard Sir Percival barring up the window-shutters. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Holmes edged his way round the wall and flinging the shutters together, he bolted them securely. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• The shutters were up but it was still going on inside. Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• When they reached the front it was dark, and the shutters were closed, so that nothing of the interior could be seen. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Its former pleasant air of occupation was gone, and the shutters were half closed. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• I see Dawson the Ironmonger has his shutters up--which Sir Pitt made such a noise about. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• By degrees, the shutters were opened; the window-blinds were drawn up; and people began passing to and fro. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• Take down the shutters, yer idle young ruffian! Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• I will go into the library and write you some memoranda from my uncle's letter, if you will open the shutters for me. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• My first care was to close the shutters, so that no light might be seen from without, and then to close and make fast the doors. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• Seeing the shutters opened, and the blinds drawn up, I felt that it would be an act of polite attention to knock, and make inquiries. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Dixon has shut the shutters; but this is papa's study, and I can take you to a chair to rest yourself for a few minutes; while I go and tell him. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• Physician had opened the shutters of one window while waiting, that he might see the light. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• Mr. Guppy and his friend follow Rosa; Mrs. Rouncewell and her grandson follow them; a young gardener goes before to open the shutters. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• No one could pass these shutters if they were bolted. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Meanwhile, Mr Venus, who had left the duelling frogs to fight it out in his absence by candlelight for the public delectation, put the shutters up. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• The shutters are more or less closed all over the house, and the ground-floor is sufficiently dark to require candles. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• As the light goes in, the great eyes in the shutters, darkening, seem to close. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The sound of wheels roused her from these musings, and leaning behind her shutters she saw the omnibus take up its freight. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• You remember at that date, when I called upon you in your rooms, how I put up the shutters for fear of air-guns? Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• The garden gate was locked and the shutters were closed, just as he himself had left them on the evening after the funeral. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• The lights had disappeared, and the shutters were closed--all in bed, no doubt. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• It was the first time she had entered this room since her husband had been taken ill, and the servant had chosen not to open the shutters. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• Here, where you sit, I close the shutters to compose you. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• This she carried to the corner of the bank, and, glancing behind to see if the shutters were all closed, she struck a light, and kindled the furze. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Eustacia, who had been sitting listlessly in the parlour, started up at the intelligence and flung open the shutters. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Can I have the shutters opened please? Ernest Hemingway. A Farewell To Arms.
• He did not speak readily; but he went and opened the shutters, and let the ruddy light of dawn flood the room. Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell. North and South.
• It was quarter-past ten when she closed her book, fastened the shutters, and retired. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.
• There is nothing in which deduction is so necessary as in religion, said he, leaning with his back against the shutters. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes.

Editor: Lora