be closeted with
Example Sentences
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Some of them never came again, but others would return in the afternoon and be closeted with him for hours.
From A Romantic Young Lady by Robert Grant
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 Anthony Trollope
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 Anthony Trollope
Merton had engaged a withdrawing room, where he meant to be closeted with his guests, one by one, administer the oath, and prosecute delicate inquiries on the important question of immunity from infection.
From The Disentanglers by Andrew Lang
I chafed at it, for I wished to be closeted with him myself.
From Verner's Pride by Mrs. Henry Wood
