How to Use close/seal the deal in a Sentence

close/seal the deal

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• Cheese goes between the two meat patties, with another slice on top to seal the deal.
  — Kathleen St. John, The Denver Post, 11 Sep. 2024
• Even the family dog dressed up as Tick-Tock the Crocodile—with a clock necklace to really seal the deal!
  — Casey Clark, Parents, 20 Sep. 2024
• But much like the season, the club couldn’t close the deal.
  — Julian McWilliams, BostonGlobe.com, 25 June 2023
• Those two things would have been enough to seal the deal for me.
  — Jane Pek, refinery29.com, 24 Feb. 2022
• The hope is that the latest movement on AI will be enough to seal the deal.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 7 Nov. 2023
• And if the hardware doesn’t close the deal, the warranty might.
  — Dan Neil, WSJ, 15 Sep. 2022
• The rose lapel pin and horse signet ring really seal the deal.
  — Marykate Boylan, Town & Country, 25 July 2023
• Farmer: The Rams have shown an inability to close the deal in the red zone.
  — Gary Klein, Los Angeles Times, 2 Jan. 2024
• Your goal is to have your references close the deal for you.
  — Phil Blair, San Diego Union-Tribune, 31 July 2023
• Then five [Genisys] and six [Dark Fate] didn’t close the deal as far as I’m concerned.
  — James Hibberd, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 May 2023
• There are smiles, a few happy tears and finally a grand kiss to seal the deal.
  — Eric Andersson, Peoplemag, 16 July 2024
• Jones said Love knew more about the details needed to close the deal than any of the bankers in the conference room.
  — Dallas News, 10 Mar. 2022
• Kroger and Albertsons had hoped to close the deal early this year.
  — Compiled Bydemocrat-Gazette Stafffrom Wire Reports, arkansasonline.com, 27 Feb. 2024
• And while that may draw them in, the practicality will seal the deal.
  — Brigitt Earley, Glamour, 27 Oct. 2023
• The Heat led by as many as 14 points but could not close the deal and now faces an elimination game.
  — Greg Cote, Miami Herald, 18 Apr. 2024
• What Rosie doesn’t plan on is how charming and handsome the city boy Everett St. Claire, there to close the deal on the inn, will be.
  — EW.com, 24 Nov. 2023
• Kliavkoff was unable to seal the deal during the prolonged stretch of solitude in the Big Ten.
  — Jon Wilner | , oregonlive, 5 Aug. 2023
• Twitter and Musk are working to close the deal by Oct. 28, after months of legal back-and-forth.
  — Fortune, 21 Oct. 2022
• Once the male and female are together, the male will continue calling and strut and dance on the ground to seal the deal.
  — Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 18 Oct. 2023
• The shareholder vote is one of the final steps needed to close the deal, which Musk is now fighting to get out of in court.
  — Clare Duffy, CNN, 13 Sep. 2022
• Crabtree-Ireland said that getting the studios to agree to the fund was one of the last elements that helped close the deal.
  — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Nov. 2023
• The angst that will flow from failing to close the deal in Boston is appropriate and fair.
  — Dan Wolken, USA TODAY, 30 May 2023
• Icahn is still holding all of his shares, and expects that Musk will close the deal a the original price of $54.20.
  — Byshawn Tully, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2022
• In order to seal the deal, Tyland has to mud wrestle with the leader of the fleet, Lohar (Abigail Thorn).
  — Eliana Dockterman, TIME, 5 Aug. 2024
• And when Texas needed a couple more first downs to seal the deal, of course Sarkisian called for two handoffs to Robinson.
  — Nick Moyle, San Antonio Express-News, 2 Oct. 2021
• Michael Rasmussen scored an empty netter to seal the deal with 6 seconds left.
  — Andrew Birkle, Detroit Free Press, 4 Jan. 2024
• Then a frustrating school day two years ago helped seal the deal for the now 43-year-old substitute teacher.
  — Kff Health News, The Mercury News, 17 July 2024
• Hunters usually start their takedowns by grabbing the pythons by the tail, and close the deal by clenching an open hand behind the snake’s head.
  — Kevin Paul Dupont, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Aug. 2022
• Bill is a ruthless corporate lawyer renowned for his ability to close the deal.
  — Zoe Si, The New Yorker, 16 Dec. 2020
• This recipe is much like Hello Dolly, but with butterscotch chips and a sprinkle of sea salt on top like fairy dust to seal the deal.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 6 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 25 Oct 2024