doorway

Example Sentences

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As I left the museum, I walked straight into a glass wall that I thought was a doorway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 20, 2026

They recognized the doorway, in other words, but they weren’t falling through it the way I was.

From Slate • Mar. 15, 2026

Video posted on X shows Lamin trying to keep people away from the shop as smoke billows from its doorway.

From BBC • Mar. 9, 2026

As I was gargling in the bathroom, she appeared at the doorway to snidely say, “Don’t drink it.”

From Salon • Feb. 17, 2026

“I could tell you, Kathy, but I think I’d rather show you,” he said, then turned away and walked toward the door before stopping in the doorway and facing her again.

From "Legendary Frybread Drive-In" by Cynthia Leitich Smith