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Meanings of closing against in English

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Usage of closing against in English
1
In France, civil and military employments are closing against Jews.
The Red Lily — Volume 01
2
I nodded, my throat closing against grief and assorted terrors.
Summers at Castle Auburn
3
He heard the last door closing against him.
In the Wilderness
4
Behold the grand formula, the first words that Satan spoke when he saw heaven closing against him.
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Volume 3
5
The mulatto had a sensation as if the portals which disclosed a new and delicious life were slowly closing against him.
Birthright: A Novel
6
There had once been a gate hanging to that post and closing against another post now concealed by the bushes of the fence-row.
Who Goes There? / The Story of a Spy in the Civil War
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The real tragedy of his failure at Washington was in the closing against him of the opportunity to know his country as a whole.
Lincoln; An Account of his Personal Life, Especially of its Spri...
8
"Thank you," Holden said again, his eyes closing against his will.
Cibola Burn
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"Ah," said Mrs. Peniston, shutting her lips with the snap of a purse closing against a beggar.
The House of Mirth
10
"Who knows?" Behold the grand formula, the first words that Satan spoke when he saw heaven closing against him.
The Confession of a Child of the Century — Complete
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