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How to use closing in a sentence

40 example sentences · noun, adjective

Closing means the act by which something is closed. Example: “I'd like to add some closing words.”

Examples of closing by meaning

nounThe act by which something is closed.

  • openings and closings of doors

nounThe end or conclusion of something.

  • the closing of a popular play

adjectivePertaining to the finish or ending of a series of events; occurring at the end or after all others.

  • I'd like to add some closing words.
  • The closing scene of Miller's "Death of a Salesman" cannot but evoke a feeling of deep pathos.

More sentences with closing

  • The runner in second place is closing the gap on the leader.From the entry close
  • We’ll schedule closing arguments for Thursday, and the jury will have the case by that afternoon.From the entry have
  • After locking the door and closing the shades, they lit the joint.From the entry joint
  • Sometimes it feels like the walls are closing in on me.From the entry close in on
  • I think we are closing in on the end of this project.From the entry close in on
  • I need this done by closing time. — No worries, I'll have it sorted.From the entry no worries
  • With enemies closing in fast, our hero's mind sprung into hyperdrive.From the entry hyperdrive
  • You'll need to put that drink back quickly; it's very nearly closing time.From the entry put back
  • The police had not yet caught the thieves, but were closing in.From the entry close in
  • Closing of Duffy trial takes proceedings from the whos and whats to why and how.From the entry whos
  • We are closing the phone lines at 9 pm.From the entry close
  • The store is closing down so everything must go.From the entry go
  • The bar's closing now, so drink up!From the entry drink up
  • Drink up. The pub is closing.From the entry up
  • You'll change your mind about not bothering with safety glasses once you've injured your eyeball. That's called closing the barn door after the horse gets out.From the entry eyeball
  • I didn’t know it yet, but an apex predator was closing in.2025 October 15, Virginia Giuffre, “‘Prince Andrew believed having sex with me was his birthright’: Virginia Giuffre on her abuse at the…. From the entry apex predator
  • Some businesses morph and transform, closing and reopening spaces to keep up with changes.2024 April 14, Daniel Peters, “In Memoriam: Our Makan Places Lost to Time”, in ricemedia.co, archived from the original on 17 May 2025. From the entry makan
  • The closing fifteen minutes "evokes an evangelical altar call" filled with references to God.2024 April 8, “The Rapid Secularization of America”, in Fareed Zakaria GPS, spoken by Fareed Zakaria. From the entry altar call
  • But since closing his $44 billion buyout of Twitter last week, Mr.2022 November 2, Kate Conger, Ryan Mac, Tiffany Hsu, “Elon Musk Takes a Page Out of Mark Zuckerberg’s Social Media Playbook”, in The New…. From the entry playbook
  • I'm quite adept at closing bedroom deals within the space of one night, Phoenix .2020, Michelle Love, Billionaire Games. From the entry bedroom deal
  • Go ahead, use your eye sphincters and watch the roof opening and closing.2019 February 1, AJ Willingham, “How to watch the Super Bowl and actually keep up”, in CNN, archived from the original on 10 Mar 2020. From the entry sphincter
  • It's hard to get jobs in retail these days, there's a lot of shops closing down.2017, Lynda Collins, Jo Zebedee, M. Rush, Ghosts in the Glass and Other Stories, page 216. From the entry on the brew
  • After being open only a few short weeks, Freddy Fazbear's Pizza is closing it's doors.2014, Scott Cawthon, Five Nights at Freddy's 2, scene: night 6 ending. From the entry it's
  • Sorry I really buay tank my eyes are closing, head spinning I need to sleep haha.2014 May 20, “little taste of heaven -”, in Sabrina (blog), retrieved 26 Mar 2016. From the entry buay tank
  • It was a soft thrump, like a valve closing on a vacuum.2014, Mary Kay McComas, Kiss Me, Kelly. From the entry thrump
  • Far from closing the door on the leadership of the ’60s generation, Mr.2012 November 7, Matt Bai, “Winning a Second Term, Obama Will Confront Familiar Headwinds”, in New York Times. From the entry close the door
  • "But the reason to go see Dreamatorium is the closing musical number.2011 February 20, Dan Fybel, Rich Rinaldi, “Hamburger Dinner Theater” (14:23 from the start), in Bob's Burgers, season 1, episode 5…. From the entry sparktastic
  • Andrew Bishop then ran over in the closing stages, but it was too late.2010 December 31, “Magners League: Cardiff Blues 27-25 Osprey”, in BBC. From the entry run over
  • The closing years of "Old Labour" in Britain were years laced with corruption, cynicism, emollience, and drift.2010, Christopher Hitchens, Hitch-22: A Memoir, Signal, published 2011, →ISBN, page 202. From the entry emollience
  • Rachmaninov's closing gestures represent an array of structural and expressive responses to this 'endful-ness'.2010, Stephen Downes, Music and Decadence in European Modernism. From the entry endfulness
  • Fair, who was also the Sheriff, came into the building while closing his rain napper.2010, Ann DeWitt, Kevin M. Weeks, Entangled in Freedom: A Civil War Story, page 17. From the entry rain napper
  • The ad shows a typical city scene at closing time as the pubs empty.2008, Judie Lännan, editor, How Public Service Advertising Works, World Advertising Research Center, page 49. From the entry Batmanesque
  • Sniping is the process of placing bids in the closing minutes or seconds of an auction.2007, Entrepreneur Press, Start Your Own Business on eBay: Your Step-By-Step Guide to Success, Entrepreneur Press, →ISBN, page 64. From the entry snipe
  • Don't even go there Jay”, says Teresa closing the bathroom door.2007, Tamika Davis, Life...And the Drama It Brings, page 175. From the entry the devil is a liar
  • The two had become warmly familiar, with Elliot often closing his letters to the president, "Attachedly yours."2006, James L. Haley, Passionate Nation: The Epic History of Texas, page 243. From the entry attachedly
  • The complimentary closing is the word grouping used to bring the message or text to a close.2003, Richard H. Beatty, The Perfect Cover Letter. From the entry complimentary

Meaning of closing

  1. noun The act by which something is closed.
  2. noun The end or conclusion of something.
  3. noun The final procedure in a house sale, when documents are signed and recorded.

Full definition of closing

Questions about closing in a sentence

How do you use closing in a sentence?
Closing is used as a noun and adjective. For example: “I'd like to add some closing words.”
What is a short sentence with closing?
“openings and closings of doors”
What does closing mean?
Closing means the act by which something is closed.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: closing (page history and authors) and the entries each sentence comes from. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws chose the sentences, left out offensive ones and quotations older than 1900, and marked the word in each. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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