Closes

Examples

• The same girl who feeds the gum into the wrapping machine closes the lids of the boxes and places them on a packing table by her side. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• When this crack closes no smoke can reach them, and if we hasten to extinguish the flames I believe they will be safe. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• When current is made, the relay attracts an armature, which thereby closes a circuit in a local battery and thus causes a click of the sounder. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• That feline personage, with her lips tightly shut and her eyes looking out at him sideways, softly closes the door before replying. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• I see myself, as evening closes in, coming over the bridge at Rochester, footsore and tired, and eating bread that I had bought for supper. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
• Jo closes his eyes, muttering, I'm wery thankful. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Under these conditions the current of the main line is not sent through the sounder, but through the relay which opens and closes a local battery in connection with the strong sounder. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• When the piston moves downward as in (3), the valve in the pipe closes by its own weight, and the air in the cylinder escapes through the valve in the plunger. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• As soon as this is accomplished, a mechanical device draws up the rod _E_, which in turn closes the opening _N_, and thus prevents the steam from passing into the part of _D_ above _M_. Bertha M. Clark. General Science.
• The buffing will hit the high spots but the proper process turns the minute edges, closes the pores and makes the silver hard and compact, vastly increasing the wearing quality. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• She closes the volume, rises, and walks through the room. Charlotte Bronte. Shirley.
• And then the lockjaw closes down and nips off a couple of the last syllables--but they taste good. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• Mr. Weevle softly holds up his finger, and draws him into the passage, and closes the street door. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• The first act in the conspiracy closes there. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• A frangible plate D closes the end of barrel A, but blows out above a certain pressure to avoid bursting strain in the gun. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• My narrative of these remarkable events, written under equally remarkable circumstances, closes here. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• He closes his picture with a rollicking burst of humor which contrasts finely with the grief of the mother and her children. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• I am blind with crying--I can write no more---- * * * * * * * * * * [The First Epoch of the Story closes here. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A large discharge valve for the concentrated syrup closes the bottom of the pan. Edward W. Byrn. The Progress of Invention in the Nineteenth Century.
• The stopped fowls going round again, Mrs. Bagnet closes her eyes in the intensity of her relief. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• Boots comes out and closes the shutters of the ground-floor chamber. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.
• He stares at his daughter, stares all around him, closes his eyes, and lies slumbering on her arm. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.

Editor: Monica