accordion door
Example Sentences
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After Ivy catches Felix going somewhere he knows is not allowed, we hear him behind the accordion door of his sad makeshift bedroom, beseeching God in Spanish.
From New York Times ● Nov. 15, 2022
Most residential elevators have two doors: a swinging exterior door and an accordion door on the elevator itself.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2020
Investigators believe it was Jacob pushing the elevator call button, opening the swing door and closing it behind him but failing to open the elevator car’s accordion door, according to court records.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2019
In different laundry rooms you stood—at first behind the accordion door of an apartment’s laundry niche, and once in the dining room of that big old house we rented.
From Slate ● May 11, 2018
He added a plastic accordion door to each space and created a little common play area in front where we could keep our toys and books.
From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama
