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verb

past tense of closet

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Once viewers figure that out, there isn’t much mystery or suspense as gay reporter Gino (Joe Mantello) tries to hunt down the killer with the help of his closeted cop boyfriend (Russell Tovey) and the newly out Adam (Charlie Carver). Brian Moylan, Vulture, 26 Apr. 2024 The pic takes place in the 1950s, where married Muriel and her brother-in-law Julius embark on separate but parallel straight life paths, only to discover their closeted desires bubbling to the surface. Mike Fleming Jr, Deadline, 8 Oct. 2024 The dark comedy puts a deeply silly spin on Civil War history: imagining Mary as an alcoholic, wannabe cabaret star, and Lincoln as a closeted gay man pining for his bodyguard. Patrick Ryan, USA TODAY, 6 Sep. 2024 Papi was born John Paul Brammer, and grew up a closeted Catholic school kid in rural Oklahoma, a town so small Brammer’s mother was his ninth-grade English teacher. Jason Parham, WIRED, 9 Aug. 2024 See all Example Sentences for closeted 

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“Closeted.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/closeted. Accessed 31 Oct. 2024.

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