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Example sentences for "shut down"

  • In the first place," Billings began, "we want to know why the works have been shut down?

  • I s'pose Wright knows his own business best; but it looks mighty dangerous to shut down so sudden.

  • Cross it to-night or try to scrap with McCane's crew before I tell you to, and I'll shut down.

  • Oh, I know it's rotten, but I have to stand for it or shut down.

  • They should be opened whenever the engine is stopped or started, and should be left open when the engine is shut down, especially in cold weather to prevent freezing of water and consequent damage.

  • Are you going to shut down at once and go to tinkering with it?

  • It is a necessity when a cross-head pump is used, since such a pump will not work when the engine is shut down.

  • There is a small cock by which this water of condensation may be drained off when the engine is shut down in cold weather.

  • Bauxite and rutile mines have been shut down by civil strife.

  • The government's policies of supporting large military and internal security forces and of allocating resources to key supporters of the regime have exacerbated shortages.

  • Shut down on account of losing water when aqueduct was |drained; also cleaned coarse sand filter.

  • Shut down to drain and scrape sand filter; | O.

  • June 22| Shut down to scrape and apply asbestos | and coke; removed 0.

  • Agriculture, including fishing and forestry, is the leading sector of the economy.

  • KIRBY; Embassy at Rue Pelletier Caventou and Rue Vauban, Lome (mailing address is B.

  • There wa'n't anything to do but to shut DOWN, and I've SHUT down.

  • And I've sent orders to shut down at the Works," he added.

  • Subsistence agriculture accounts for half of GDP and provides 80% of total employment.

  • Despite the country's economic windfall from oil production resulting in a massive increase in government revenue in recent years, there have been few improvements in the country's living standards.

  • Before Bruce reached the pump-house he heard Banule ringing the telephone violently, and his frenzied shout: "Shut down, Smaltz!

  • Then he went to the pump-house and told Banule to telephone Smaltz to shut down.

  • He was days nerving himself to make the call; but there was no alternative--it was either that or shut down.

  • Bratislava adopted an austerity program in June and devalued its currency 10% in July.

  • It was an occasion when the older man would have shut down, but Robert had, along with his arbitrary impetuosity, a real dislike to shut down on account of the men, for which they would have been the last to give him credit.

  • Then suddenly he leaned his face close to her and whispered with a hiss of tragedy, "Lloyd's shut down.

  • And the second time the government shut down he continued helping Social Security recipients, but he was working without pay.


  • The above list will hopefully provide you with a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "shut down" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this group of words.


    Some common collocations, pairs and triplets of words:
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