The group of us closed in a little around the car.

And as I saw her a cold hand closed around my heart.

Before she could go far, he closed a hand around her arm.

She opened her left hand and closed it around the case.

The post office closed around the turn of the century.

The theater then closed around the late 1980s to early 1990s.

I took one step, two steps, and a hand came out of the darkness to close around me.

He reached up and his fingers closed around the line.

We see it among college students who will close ranks around one of their own.

But her throat closed around any words she might have said.

He said that the store, largest in a national chain, closed around 1960.

It closed around 1900 when the residents of the area voted to go dry in a referendum.

Interest in watch crafting declined and the school closed around 2000.

It was built in 1910 and closed around 1984.

The museum later closed around 1850, and artifacts were returned to people who had given them for show.

His business become a limited company in 1917 but closed around 1960.

There was formerly a busy livestock market near to the station, which eventually closed around 2001.

Maintenance was continued until about 1953 and the mines closed around 1960.

While the Congo post office closed around 1925, the name has remained with the community ever since.

It also had a pub which was opened in the late 19th century and closed around 2005.