doorman

Example Sentences

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I kind of walked through the crowd and into the building, and I said to the doorman, “What’s all that about?”

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026

“Later, he covered her rent and furnished her apartment in a doorman building in the West Village.”

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025

The doorman and a few members of the maintenance staff dashed upstairs to find that Sasha still wasn’t responsive.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 1, 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

He’s the doorman and security guard, and he’s always cracking jokes while he’s waiting to carry suitcases up and down the stairs.

From "The Queen of Water" by Laura Resau