Even after she closed her eyes in death—she had noticed it—she had been kept from every duty in the household and for the beloved dead, because it was deemed unsuitable for her, and Els and every one avoided putting the serious demands of life between the "little saint" and her aspirations towards the bliss of heaven.
— from In the Fire of the Forge: A Romance of Old Nuremberg — Volume 05 by Georg Ebers

Run now, good people, for you may see clearly how evil is dealt with in high places!
— from The Financier: A Novel by Theodore Dreiser

The Spaniard closed his eyes in dumb listening.
— from Titan: A Romance. v. 2 (of 2) by Jean Paul

Although the Protestant Revolt of the sixteenth century had established independent denominations in the countries of northern Europe, as we have seen in Chapter IV, Roman Catholic Christianity remained the state religion of Italy, Spain, Portugal, France, Austria, the Austrian Netherlands, Bavaria, Poland, and several of the Swiss Cantons.
— from A Political and Social History of Modern Europe V.1. by Carlton J. H. (Carlton Joseph Huntley) Hayes

She closed her eyes in dreamy denial.
— from Slaves of Freedom by Coningsby Dawson

As that Lord’s-day closed, so she closed her eyes in death, sleeping in Jesus.
— from The Foundling; or, The Child of Providence by J. (John) Church

And then, messages having been sent south, Alfred the King set forth for the Northland, and with him came his Queen and Edgiva the Beautiful, and in a litter old Wyborga, who said that now her task was over and her word had come to pass, and therefore she would see Guthred crowned, and one more thing accomplished, ere she closed her eyes in death.
— from Wulnoth the Wanderer: A Story of King Alfred of England by Herbert Inman

It was he who now shook his head; with a groan the sufferer closed his eyes in despair.
— from Green Fancy by George Barr McCutcheon

ck husband, she closed his eyes in death at Poligny, and became an eligible widow.
— from Model Women by William Anderson