But when safety problems suddenly shut the processing plants in the 1980's, the fuel was marooned.

After allowing the city to borrow beyond its means for years, banks suddenly shut the spigot.

Jamie, who had been opening his mouth to speak, suddenly shut it.

I backed out as the door at the top of the stairs suddenly shut, and I heard the bolt slide.

The door suddenly shuts from the inside and Mark's cries of pain can be heard.

While he knelt there, Ralston suddenly shut his eyes.

Only last year it suddenly shut its Speedlink service for individual wagonloads of freight.

It suddenly shut itself, sliding upwards very smoothly.

He turned back toward the door only to see it suddenly shut with a speed and force he'd never before seen on a door.

As soon as the Mamelukes arrived at the citadel's gate it was suddenly shut before them.