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ajar

adjective as in slightly open

adverb as in slightly open

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Example Sentences

Freeman said that during the gap in the video, Prather was pounding on the door so violently it popped ajar.

When the police officers arrived minutes later, they pushed the door ajar and found Trawick, a personal trainer and dancer, standing near his stove, holding the knife and stick.

The evidence suggested that the killer or killers had probably entered the building through the back door, which had been found ajar.

Despite the high drama of shutting down news, Facebook still has sizable payment offers on publishers’ tables and there they remain with doors ajar.

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Every day, we are all forced to recalculate the wisdom of reentering a world that is, if far from completely reopened, at least left cautiously ajar.

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A guard is manning the door, which is always kept ajar so she can be monitored.

Her door stands ajar, halving the room with a beam of light.

By the time the No Smoking sign flashes off, both of the Allmans are fast asleep, their mouths characteristically ajar.

An “exit” door left ajar welcomed leering lingerers backstage.

Postscript: According to his Instagram and Facebook feed, Ajar is still living large.

It was ajar, and Kerry, taking an electric torch from his overall pocket, flashed the light upon the name-plate.

Edna had discovered it accidentally one day when the high-board gate stood ajar.

He and Queeker stood in the passage and saw the bed, the invalid, and the watcher through an inner door which stood ajar.

I went to the stranger's room, and listened at his door, which was slightly ajar.

With our door ajar we watched the ghastly struggle between the faithful mongrel and the assassin.

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On this page you'll find 11 synonyms, antonyms, and words related to ajar, such as: open, unclosed, unlatched, and unshut.

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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