ajar

Example Sentences

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The door was ajar, and the sight of his bed with the red plaid sheets and the New York Jets pillow he and Tom had gotten after a game immediately made him relax.

From Literature

Arsenal may have been feeling they had left the door ajar with the draw at Forest.

From BBC

“The door was ajar, so I didn’t think you had anyone—” He looks back at me, and I see him take in the bloody clothes, the icepack—all of it.

From Literature

If our hearts weren’t already open, they’ve just been forced ajar with a rusty, emotional crowbar.

From Salon

It creaks as it swings, revealing a set of dusty concrete steps that ascend to a slightly ajar wooden hatch.

From Literature