doorpost

Example Sentences

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All 30 men who went to war from the East Yorkshire village gave John Hugill a coin he nailed to his doorpost below a horseshoe.

From BBC • Nov. 10, 2017

One of its other common names is Coughwort and in Paris, the flowers used to be painted as a sign on the doorpost of an apothecary's shop.

From BBC • Dec. 26, 2016

In fine, Baseball again is knocking at the Nation's doorpost.

From Time Magazine Archive

One hit the doorpost of the hall, another stuck in the door’s thick timbering, still others rang on the stone wall, shivering hafts of ash.

From "The Odyssey" by Homer

We kiss the mezuzah that is on the doorpost, not hidden, and we enter their house, where we are greeted by my mother’s sister and brother—Tía Mazal and Tío Yehuda.

From "Across So Many Seas" by Ruth Behar