Wondering how to use Closeted in a sentence? Below are 10+ example sentences from authentic English texts. Including the meaning .
Closeted meaning
- Not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity.
- Not open about some aspect of one's identity, tendency, or fondness; secret.
Using Closeted
- The main meaning on this page is: Not open about one's sexual orientation, romantic orientation, or gender identity. | Not open about some aspect of one's identity, tendency, or fondness; secret.
- In the example corpus, closeted often appears in combinations such as: closeted gay, as closeted, being closeted.
Context around Closeted
- Average sentence length in these examples: 27.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 5 start, 10 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Closeted
- In this selection, "closeted" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 27.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, remain, acclaimed, deeply, gay, queer and man stand out and add context to how "closeted" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include a closeted millennial republican and am more closeted as a. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "closeted" sits close to words such as abating, abductors and abstaining, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with closeted
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Growing up as a closeted queer girl in this environment was challenging, to put it simply. (16 words)
A new Spanish-language Disney+ series follows the acclaimed, closeted designer’s ascent in the fashion world. (17 words)
A closeted millennial Republican congressman planning his first reelection campaign receives a gigantic taxidermied aardvark in the mail. (18 words)
There was more: a claim she'd had an abortion after sleeping with Gilmour (with whom she has never had sex), a reference to 'Gary Lineker's list of closeted gay players', and sinister collages of Mount and Chilwell with other women. (42 words)
When the writers of “Kaathal” approached him with their story about the struggles of a closeted gay man, the director said he thought of just one actor for the role: Mammootty, a 72-year-old star with a large following in Kerala. (42 words)
During this important period, Ethel placed Bobby in the hands of New York advertising agency executive 'Lem' Billings, a closeted homosexual who had idolized JFK, to the extent that he was said to have been in love with him. (39 words)
Hollywood has a certain mystique—everyone moves to La La Land with big dreams, but what happens when those dreams are derailed by surreal nightmares, crazed silent film stars, scandalous pasts, and closeted actors? (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
As a closeted queer teenager, Omegle was in my rotation of websites that allowed me to talk to women, and sometimes sexually connect with them, completely anonymously.
But the theme also explores the complex familial relationships often navigated by queer Singaporeans, many of whom remain closeted from their loved ones.
Chakrabarti’s characters—diverse in race, class, sexuality, and religion—reveal themselves through longings: a closeted man dreams of conceiving a child with his lover’s wife; a lonely married woman secretly builds an airplane in her garage.
During this important period, Ethel placed Bobby in the hands of New York advertising agency executive 'Lem' Billings, a closeted homosexual who had idolized JFK, to the extent that he was said to have been in love with him.
Growing up as a closeted queer girl in this environment was challenging, to put it simply.
He remained, however, known as an Closeted gay talk-show host Bob Stewart, the producer of the game show “Bob Stewart’s Game Show”, speculated why Griffin felt it necessary to conceal his sexual orientation.
I am more closeted as a Jew with strong ties to Israel than I am as a queer person in New Haven.
There was more: a claim she'd had an abortion after sleeping with Gilmour (with whom she has never had sex), a reference to 'Gary Lineker's list of closeted gay players', and sinister collages of Mount and Chilwell with other women.
They go from being a closeted person to an out member of the community and that’s a big step.
When the writers of “Kaathal” approached him with their story about the struggles of a closeted gay man, the director said he thought of just one actor for the role: Mammootty, a 72-year-old star with a large following in Kerala.
A new Spanish-language Disney+ series follows the acclaimed, closeted designer’s ascent in the fashion world.
Annette Bening, playing a bored housewife on the cusp of total breakdown, is sensational here, likewise Chris Cooper as a closeted dad.
Her desire to serve, she says, stems in part from her time as a closeted kid scared that her life would be ruined and her family ashamed if she lived as her authentic self.
Hollywood has a certain mystique—everyone moves to La La Land with big dreams, but what happens when those dreams are derailed by surreal nightmares, crazed silent film stars, scandalous pasts, and closeted actors?
Mo (Zahdi) and Hisham (Shahin) are out in America, but know they’ll have to be deeply closeted in homophobic Alexandria.
One surveyed parent reported that their daughter had to remain closeted at her high school because its director stated that she would not accept lesbian students.
The matter of who killed closeted gay man Theo Glancy, which seemed obvious at first, becomes a knotty problem to untangle, with Todd keeping us uncertain of which direction the real threat is coming from.
There he sees his attacker, an obviously closeted guy physically threatening anybody who comes onto him within a space designed for that.
A closeted millennial Republican congressman planning his first reelection campaign receives a gigantic taxidermied aardvark in the mail.
Just wasn’t sure if you knew his bio, considering he was ultra-conservative it’s sad but not surprising he lived a closeted life.
Common combinations with closeted
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- closeted gay 9×
- as closeted 7×
- being closeted 4×
- remain closeted 3×
- of closeted 3×
- stay closeted 3×
- closeted queer 2×
- closeted man 2×
- closeted homosexual 2×
- closeted homosexuals 2×