doorman

Example Sentences

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Fishman, who owns a number of doorman buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn, said he had third-party security guards and superintendents ready to step in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 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

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

The dejected doorman blew his nose loudly in a Westing Man-Sized Hankie.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin