How to Use behind closed doors in a Sentence

behind closed doors

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• The nickname isn’t just one shared behind closed doors, by the way.
  — Rachel Burchfield, InStyle, 7 July 2026
• A lot of people share their stories with me behind closed doors.
  — Mackenzie Cummings-Grady, Billboard, 11 July 2025
• But the contempt seems to be even louder behind closed doors.
  — Jeanna Smialek, New York Times, 25 Mar. 2025
• After nearly three hours, the board went behind closed doors.
  — J. David Goodman, New York Times, 14 Nov. 2023
• The event, which lasted for almost two hours, was held behind closed doors.
  — Anthony Man, Sun Sentinel, 27 Feb. 2023
• But much of Williams's struggles around her split was kept behind closed doors.
  — Dave Quinn, People.com, 23 June 2025
• Their work takes place behind closed doors, not open to the public or to news media.
  — Kate Brumback, Chicago Tribune, 11 July 2023
• But behind closed doors, Paduch preyed on the men and boys who sought him out.
  — Maite Amorebieta, NBC News, 23 Nov. 2024
• These are not large reptiles, and are kept in very secure glass tanks behind closed doors.
  — Judith Martin, Mercury News, 10 July 2025
• By the things that are rewarded in front of us and punished behind closed doors.
  — Stephanie Dillon, Rolling Stone, 23 May 2025
• And then some of the other ones have been supportive behind closed doors.
  — Lisa Respers France, CNN, 30 Sep. 2023
• One day before the deadline, the council met again behind closed doors.
  — Rachel Uranga, Los Angeles Times, 4 Dec. 2024
• What happened behind closed doors there haunts a nation years later.
  — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 3 Sep. 2024
• And once again, these lawmakers are doing it behind closed doors.
  — Regan Deering, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2025
• Not all gyms—even the ones that look fancy on the floor—are created equal behind closed doors.
  — Christa Sgobba, SELF, 28 Dec. 2024
• That’s my thing that’s happening behind closed doors that people don't know about.
  — Jordan Greene, People.com, 20 Feb. 2025
• If that does not happen, the decision should not be made behind closed doors at the staff level.
  — Charles Rilli, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Apr. 2026
• The temperature may be cold outside, but that is not the case behind closed doors.
  — Lisa Stardust, Refinery29, 15 Jan. 2026
• His character only takes short breaks behind closed doors, when all the cameras are off.
  — Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 4 Nov. 2024
• The comments were full of playful quips imagining what the pups might get up to behind closed doors.
  — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Oct. 2025
• Deals that used to get done among a few insiders behind closed doors can now be accessed by more investors.
  — Rovshan Rasulov, Forbes.com, 22 Aug. 2025
• What England have done behind closed doors in the lead-up to this match remains unknown.
  — Alan McCall, New York Times, 1 July 2026
• After an outburst between the three, the politicians then went behind closed doors.
  — Kyler Alvord, PEOPLE, 31 Dec. 2025
• The stuff that was behind closed doors and that no one but the closest people in my life have ever known happened.
  — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 25 Feb. 2026
• The stuff that was behind closed doors and that no one but the closest people in my life have ever known happened.
  — Mekishana Pierre, Entertainment Weekly, 3 Mar. 2026
• In this version, the derring-do is more covert and the battles mostly take place behind closed doors.
  — Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 11 Mar. 2026
• At that point, the seven-woman, five-man panel will go behind closed doors to come to their verdict.
  — Dominic Patten, Deadline, 3 June 2025
• The governor also received a briefing on the fire behind closed doors in a yurt.
  — Stacey Barchenger, AZCentral.com, 19 July 2025
• The journalism side of my work was always rooted in wanting to see what was behind closed doors.
  — Grace Hollars, IndyStar, 3 Nov. 2025
• What exactly is being sold — and why — unfolds behind closed doors.
  — Patrick Brzeski, HollywoodReporter, 27 Jan. 2026