doormat
Example Sentences
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“Love fall most of all,” reads the doormat at the front door.
From Los Angeles Times
On Sunday, they finally reached the gooey center, meeting the Texans, a franchise better suited as a doormat than an NFL team.
From Washington Post
Chicago and one more facing Pacific Division doormat Anaheim the final two weeks.
From Seattle Times
Now Colorado, a Pac-12 doormat and one of the worst teams in college football, was pushing them around, too.
From Los Angeles Times
Imagine a letter dropping on the doormat that is neither junk mail, a bill, nor a suspicious brown envelope.
From BBC
From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.