ajar

Example Sentences

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A defender must monitor every virtual door and window; an attacker need only find one that is ajar.

From The Wall Street Journal • Feb. 19, 2026

According to media reports, the ICC is still waiting formal communication from the Pakistan Cricket Board on the boycott, leaving the door slightly ajar for a last-minute deal to get the game on.

From Barron's • Feb. 5, 2026

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

From BBC • Jan. 18, 2026

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

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2025

In my dorm the hallways were littered with shoe boxes and coat hangers, doors ajar, everything dark and quiet as the grave.

From "The Secret History" by Donna Tartt