He tried to shut them, but the colors were inside his head.

I tried to shut the images out of my mind.

An angry fire chief tried to shut the construction workers up.

He tried to shut his eyes, but they would no longer obey him at all.

The child did not answer, but tried again to shut the door.

He noted that the Government did not try to shut several large drug companies even after people who used some of their products had died.

He tried to shut them all out, and went toward the bed again.

He was trying to shut you up once and for all.

So they tried to shut him out of the games - which was a mistake.