Examples of closeted in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web Even my work as a closeted man was still about talking about these little tender pockets of things that aren’t talked about. — Sonia Rao, Washington Post, 13 May 2022 Elliott compared the film’s depiction of cowboys to Chippendale dancers and seemed perturbed by Benedict Cumberbatch’s portrayal of a closeted gay ranch hand. — J. Kim Murphy, Variety, 10 Apr. 2022 Cumberbatch stars in the film as a closeted gay rancher in 1825 Montana whose repression manifests in toxic ways such as making life hell for his new sister-in-law (Kirsten Dunst) and her son (Kodi Smit-McPhee). — Zack Sharf, Variety, 7 Mar. 2022 Fellowes recycles too many of his favorite archetypes, from the closeted gay couple to the scheming servant. — Judy Berman, Time, 20 Jan. 2022 Jane Campion’s neo-Western psychodrama, which is nominated for best picture, follows a Montana rancher, a closeted gay man battling his own toxic masculinity played by Benedict Cumberbatch. — NBC News, 2 Mar. 2022 For one: how Phil’s malevolence comes from a place of self-loathing and self-protection as a closeted gay man living in Montana in 1925. — Los Angeles Times, 1 Mar. 2022 Cumberbatch’s character is a closeted gay man in the film. — Zack Sharf, Variety, 1 Mar. 2022 There are occasional flashes of Downton-esque absurdity: A French chef is a walking wheel of Gallic cheese; a housemaid schemes with a closeted gay man in an alliance ripped right out of the Crawley household. — Sophie Gilbert, The Atlantic, 27 Jan. 2022 See More

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