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How To Use Open-and-shut In A Sentence

  • That would seem to make it an open-and-shut case.
  • His dodgy memoirs are ultimately more thrilling than the open-and-shut casebook of Sherlock Holmes.
  • It is the abrupt open-and-shut of the vocal cords that (through a process known as biofeedback) apparently charges the higher harmonics with increasing energy, resulting in separation between up to six simultaneous tones. Culture | guardian.co.uk
  • He's obviously guilty it's an open-and-shut case.
  • It’s just that the murder case against this Dorinda Dillon is so open-and-shut, which is fine with me. As Husbands Go
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  • The murder was an open-and-shut case.
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  • If stock charts were the equivalent of eyewitness testimony, St. Joe Co. would have an open-and-shut case against the companies responsible for the Deepwater Horizon disaster. Sneak Play
  • Like ombudsmen everywhere, what I need is an open-and-shut case for my Sunday column, something that I can turn into a journalism lecture that doesn't sound too much like a jealous fit.
  • The EU's Directive is anything but an open-and-shut case.
  • And because there is no such thing as an open-and-shut case, you may get the wrong guy.
  • But this isn't an open-and-shut argument, and in any event it leaves open the possibility that some forms of severe child abuse can indeed be punished by the government.
  • He's obviously guilty it's an open-and-shut case.
  • You'd think that match officials getting decisions right would be just about the most fundamental thing for a sport — and that any attempt to improve decision-making accuracy would be a non-negotiable, open-and-shut, black-and-white case. Technology Catches Up With Cricket
  • It looked like an open-and-shut case until the judge, suddenly and without explanation, announced that he was dismissing the allegations. Kill the Irishman
  • In Bahrain, where many Shiites openly nurture cultural and religious ties to Iran, the Saudis saw the case as even more open-and-shut. The New Cold War
  • New England's Wes Welker seems to have an open-and-shut case for being the best slot receiver in league history, catching 554 passes in the five seasons since he joined the Patriots. NFL's Best Slot Receiver May Be Cruz, Not Welker
  • If the police get their hands on the notes and the weapons they'll have an open-and-shut case for the murder each member confessed to. TIES THAT BIND
  • Large-scale suits by individual shareholders have been rare in Japan up to this point, but lawyers say the apparently open-and-shut nature of the Olympus case could help re-shape investors' willingness to enforce their rights. Japan Retail Investors Mull Olympus Suit Options
  • To read the local press, it was an open-and-shut case.
  • You would think that confronted with such an open-and-shut case of missed opportunities, Peacock would immediately comply with Parks's request.
  • These are straight open-and-shut cases which police should have little trouble prosecuting since both the complainant, in the name of the council, and witnesses in buyers of the plots, are available.
  • Young detectives, if not the older ones, prefer cases that are not open-and-shut. YESTERDAY'S SHADOW
  • The murder was an open-and-shut case.
  • Cerezzi says that, outside of a confession, this is about as open-and-shut as they come. THE UNORTHODOX MURDER OF RABBI MOSS
  • Our lawyer thinks that we have an open-and-shut case.
  • Perhaps one could come up with a crisp legal principle, or a crisp political norm for prosecutorial behavior, that would limit prosecutions to such open-and-shut cases.
  • Neither side in this argument has an open-and-shut case, and certainly agreeing with the president's case doesn't make you a fool.

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