How to Use doorway in a Sentence

doorway

noun
  • She stepped through the doorway.
  • Please don't block the doorway.
  • Homeless people sleep in the doorways of the shops.
  • He stood in the doorway, wondering if he should go in.
  • There are no stand-in-the-doorway-and-block-out-the-sun guys.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Place it over the front doorway or twist it around the porch rail.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2024
  • Lo asked from the doorway of his home in the east San Jose foothills.
    — Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
  • His left arm got snagged in the doorway when the plane lurched up.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
  • This was with the kitchen doorway sealed off and the window closed, too.
    — Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 30 May 2023
  • The bus driver stands in the doorway and blocks the girls’ exit, the video shows.
    — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
  • His frame in the doorway warmed the cockles of our heart.
    — Monita Soni, al, 14 Dec. 2020
  • Deputies then found the door to the main house forced open and one person dead in the doorway.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • In the video, the bear stands in the doorway and doesn’t venture too far into the store.
    — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2021
  • The video shows the tip of an object poking out of the doorway.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Deputies then found the door to the main house forced open and one person dead in the doorway.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • The video shows the woman then crouching in a doorway with the tank.
    — Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 9 June 2022
  • Durham can be seen putting his hands up at the doorway.
    — Jodicee Arianna, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2022
  • The black flecks swirl as players step through a doorway to fight the boss.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The wind that broke through the open doorway knocked over a cardboard cutout.
    — Michael McCleary, The Indianapolis Star, 21 Sep. 2020
  • Don Eaton is a big man, a tall man, wide and high as a doorway.
    — Marc McAndrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2020
  • The man can be seen lying in the doorway as the crowd applauds.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Stand facing a doorway and grab the right side of the door frame with your right hand.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 8 May 2021
  • In the shaky footage, the two men can be seen standing in the doorway, each with a hand on the hammer.
    — Reis Thebault, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2022
  • After the mother left the home, the 38-year-old man came to the doorway holding the knife.
    — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 31 Dec. 2024
  • The arched doorway echoes the windows lining the home’s façade.
    — David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
  • Amanda appears in the doorway and slams the door on him.
    — Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 14 May 2021
  • So, like this, the image of her father in the doorway comes back to her.
    — Weike Wang, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2024
  • Elijah was standing in the doorway of the home when he was shot.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 27 May 2021
  • These present us with a doorway into the lives of some of those who came to be called Forty-Niners.
    — Matthew Wills, JSTOR Daily, 23 Apr. 2025
  • Seal with Caulking Caulking is usually found around windows, sinks, bathtubs, showers, and doorways.
    — Nafeesah Allen, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 May 2025

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