postern

Example Sentences

Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.

But most of them opened their postern gates and let Mr. Jones come in with the money he was determined to inject into them.

From Time Magazine Archive

Upon being prompted, however, he went on: "Behind shut the postern, the lights sank to rest."

From Time Magazine Archive

It was a battered wooden postern under a slab of stone.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

The dungeon door was open and the postern gate had been unguarded, just as she had said.

From "A Dance with Dragons" by George R. R. Martin

Instead of taking the short cut along the Sound we went down the road and entered by the big postern.

From " The Great Gatsby" by F. Scott Fitzgerald