closing time
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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Small-business owners buzzed customers in through locked doors and, at closing time, rolled down metal security gates, luring graffiti vandals.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 8, 2026
Prosecutors reportedly described Songz becoming “needlesly irate” after being informed it was closing time by a Dramma Night Club worker at around 4:25 a.m.
From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 15, 2025
That same thump carried me back to Eixample and Batea, a sleek bistro where Catalan and Galician food dance until closing time.
From Salon • Dec. 6, 2025
On Monday night, just 20 minutes before closing time, chaos erupted at the Ludu International Shopping Plaza in southwestern Shanghai’s Songjiang district.
From BBC • Oct. 2, 2024
A classmate of mine, whose mother had rooms for herself and her daughter in a ladies’ residence, had stayed out beyond closing time.
From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou
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