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How to use the word shut-in in a Sentence?

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We’ve witnessed the desecration of cherished monuments, like the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, the Terry Fox Statue, displays of hate symbols, like the Confederate flag and the swastika, and all types of bad behavior that have taken away the freedom of our residents to live without fear, many residents have not slept for days due to the noise and disruptions. Many have been shut in by the crowds – a lockdown imposed by the protest itself.

Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

Every day the barbarity of the Left’s COVID lockdowns and school closures becomes more apparent, the great global resetters who love to see us shut in and shut up were fine seeing our economy destroyed – and even turning kids into screaming zombies.

Laura Ingraham

Found on FOX News
2 years ago

We've been separated before, but this isn't like Christmas or summer time, when it's long but you're doing a million other things, this quarantine means a lot of time alone, thinking, asking yourself questions - a lot of time shut in too. You miss your partner so much more. To be honest, we're having a rough time of it.

Lola Gomez

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The crude oil market is being supported by the Gulf of Mexico production shut-in. ... It is going to look to see if Tropical Storm Barry becomes a major flooding event that impacts the refining sector in Louisiana and impacts gas and diesel.

Andy Lipow

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The move increases the risk that Libyan oil output will be shut in as the NOC in Tripoli is the only legal entity with the right to sell oil.

Sukrit Vijayakar

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

A lot of independents will have to actually shut in production in the Permian to make room for our growth.

Scott Sheffield

Found on Reuters
5 years ago

We were not totally surprised with the draw after the shut-in Canadian production.

Tariq Zahir

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We've seen a couple of small producers in Alberta shut-in gas production due to low prices in recent months, but Canadian Natural's planned shut-ins may only be the tip of the iceberg based on how low AECO prices are.

Richard Redash

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Some producers will likely be forced to shut in some output because they won't get a decent price for their product, and some of the gas that is produced will probably make its way to the oversupplied U.S. market.

Kent Bayazitoglu

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

We were not totally surprised with the draw after the shut-in in Canadian production.

Tariq Zahir

Found on Reuters
7 years ago

Normally people would be shut in if we had snow like we did last year, it has been great weather.

Bill Gersitz

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Lord, when is this going to end? we don't want to be afraid. We are not going to be silenced and shut in the house by fear because the next thing that happens is fear. You thinking if you're walking down the street the police going to pull you over for walking.

Darlene Perkins

Found on CNN
8 years ago

From COS' perspective we believe the costs to shut in and later restart production are very significant. This is the case for most if not all oil sands projects.

Scott Arnold

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

From COS' perspective we believe the costs to shut in, and later restart, production are very significant. This is the case for most if not all oil sands projects, shutting in production is not something COS would contemplate, even at current spot prices.

Scott Arnold

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

We've actually shut in everything at Kinosis and our priority is not to bring Kinosis back on production, we will be focusing on understanding the root cause of any failure here and the reliability of our systems before we ever start up this system again.

Ron Bailey

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Dunlin will shut five years before plan, which will mean all the other fields going into Sullom Voe (oil terminal) will have increased operating costs, the domino effect is now a significant challenge. If some of these fields are shut in, it will affect the whole basin.

Gunnar Olsen

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

Each has his past shut in him like the leaves of a book known to him by heart and his friends can only read the title.

Virginia Woolf

added by anonymous
13 years ago

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