doorway

Example Sentences

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The franchise is in danger of permanently opening the Doorway to Dullness if it nullifies the law of gravity so its characters’ deaths have no weight, as “What If ...?” shows.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 6, 2021

Her 1938 photograph, “Death in the Doorway, ” of a church entrance in the San Joaquin Valley reveals a blanketed corpse that someone, probably unable to afford a burial, has deposited.

From New York Times • Feb. 13, 2020

Many youths come to the U District to blend in with all the students wearing backpacks, according to Josephine Ensign, a professor in the UW School of Nursing who coordinates the Doorway Project.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 11, 2017

Former U.S. president Jimmy Carter handed Dylan the award after a night of performances of his songs, including "Knocking on Heaven's Door" and "Standing in the Doorway", by a cast of superstars.

From Reuters • Feb. 7, 2015

Doorway, doorframe, dolphins dancing on the walls of my sister’s room as I stand in her doorway.

From "Challenger Deep" by Neal Shusterman