Shutting

Would you mind shutting the door?

"Would you mind shutting the door?" "No, not at all."

The son demonstrated his anger by shutting the door and noisily.

We have ways of making women speak; we have none for shutting them up.

Shutting down.

A kindly-looking young woman took the hand of the miserable drunkard and drew him inside, shutting the door before he had time to realise what had happened.

Tom left without shutting the door.

The snow fell heavily, blocking up the roads and shutting all the cottagers within doors.

"I can just imagine myself sitting down at the head of the table and pouring out the tea," said Anne, shutting her eyes ecstatically. "And asking Diana if she takes sugar! I know she doesn't, but of course I'll ask her just as if I didn't know. And then pressing her to take another piece of fruit cake and another helping of preserves. Oh, Marilla, it's a wonderful sensation just to think of it."

Indonesia's Mount Merapi volcano erupted Tuesday, sending a massive cloud of ash high into the air over Java island and shutting down a nearby airport.