jamb

Example Sentences

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The 10-year-old stood outside the only home he’d ever known — a home he could traverse in total darkness, whose every floorboard and door jamb he knew like the back of his hand.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 28, 2025

When I tested the original Lockly Vision, I couldn't access the fingerprint reader as the lock butted up too close to my door jamb.

From The Verge • Jul. 22, 2022

Arredondo described the classroom door as reinforced with a hefty steel jamb, designed to keep an attacker on the outside from forcing their way in.

From Salon • Jun. 10, 2022

He was steaming his shirt while it hung from a door jamb.

From Washington Post • Mar. 8, 2022

She was standing in the doorway in her nightwear, clutching the jamb, cradling her belly in one hand.

From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy