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

Something snatched at Coraline, reaching through the closing gap between the door and the doorpost.

From "Coraline" by Neil Gaiman

Kit leaned against the doorpost and let the tears run down her cheeks.

From "The Witch of Blackbird Pond" by Elizabeth George Speare