doorway

Example Sentences

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A great song offers pleasure, but a great album – no skips – is a doorway.

From Salon • Jun. 5, 2026

A young woman I photographed in her nail salon had matched herself entirely to the space, and the pride and beauty she took in it was visible just standing in the doorway.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 4, 2026

She uses a shared toilet and shower, and has taped a foam board across the bottom of her doorway to keep out rats and cockroaches.

From Barron's • May 28, 2026

As he emerges through the doorway into the precinct outside, his friends laugh.

From BBC • May 20, 2026

Then Tante Jans standing in her doorway with a look that froze in the bones the thought of bouncing a ball.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom