doorman
Example Sentences
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Luke Timm, the doorman at Common Country—known to his TikTok following as simply “hot bouncer”—said his experience hasn’t felt political.
From The Wall Street Journal • Dec. 23, 2025
“Later, he covered her rent and furnished her apartment in a doorman building in the West Village.”
From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025
I was in New York that night watching in my apartment and made so much noise the doorman called and said, “I think the neighbors are worried about you.”
From Los Angeles Times • May 2, 2025
He would often relate the story of how he was spotted by a former drill sergeant outside a New York hotel while he was working as a doorman.
From BBC • Feb. 27, 2025
It was almost time for her shift at the bar to begin, but she took the train uptown anyway, and found herself outside a redbrick prewar building with a black awning and a doorman.
From "Little Fires Everywhere" by Celeste Ng
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.