shut out

Example Sentences

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England captain Harry Brook said Saturday that it would be "a shame" if Pakistani players were shut out of England's domestic white-ball Hundred competition by Indian-owned franchises.

From Barron's

This time she came within two minutes of shutting out a team that had scored 31 times in its previous six games.

From Los Angeles Times

Shiffrin entered the race knowing that it was her last chance to take something away from these Games—or be shut out for a second consecutive Olympics.

From The Wall Street Journal

Because it’s not about how much of the world you see, but how much of it you can shut out.

From The Wall Street Journal

That didn’t stop her from following me, so I tried to shut out the sound of her bare feet plopping along in the dust.

From Literature