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
It was sturdily built with a steel jamb, impossible to kick in.
From Salon • Jun. 10, 2022
Thankfully none of players entering the locker room afterward clanked off the door jamb.
From Seattle Times • May 27, 2022
The jamb was splitting on the inside and it finally gave way and he pushed it open and stepped down the companionway into the cabin.
From "The Road" by Cormac McCarthy
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