be closeted with
Example Sentences
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Or, again, Mr. Balfour may be closeted with Professor Vardon, Doctor Ray or Vice-Chancellor Mitchell at the very moment when the Nicaraguan envoy is clamouring at the door.
From Punch, or the London Charivari, Volume 159, December 8, 1920 by Seaman, Owen, Sir
What she was working for was time—time for her father to come, time to be closeted with St. Vincent and learn all the details of what really had occurred.
From A Daughter of the Snows by London, Jack
Mr Slow said that he might be closeted with Miss Mackenzie for some little time, perhaps for a quarter of an hour or twenty minutes.
From Miss Mackenzie by Trollope, Anthony
To be in her presence was to be closeted with the awfulness and splendour of God.
From The Kempton-Wace Letters by London, Jack
Of the doctor he saw but little: he never came to Greshamsbury unless to see Lady Arabella as doctor, or to be closeted with the squire.
From Doctor Thorne by Trollope, Anthony
