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
• Deputies then found the door to the main house forced open and one person dead in the doorway.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
• The video shows the tip of an object poking out of the doorway.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
• 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
• 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
• The shooter entered the mall at a doorway near the food court around 4:54 p.m., Ison said.
  — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 18 July 2022
• At the very end of the hall is the doorway to the mother's secluded bedroom.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 7 July 2023
• As Mario died in his mother’s arms, Rashad watched from the doorway.
  — Reginald Dwayne Betts, New York Times, 14 Dec. 2022
• Standing in the doorway was a man with white hair who appeared to be in his 50s.
  — New York Times, 9 Apr. 2023
• The suspect fired from the doorway and hit her in the hallway, police said.
  — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 25 Oct. 2022
• Hang over the doorway using nails or hooks, and add berries or pinecones.
  — Anna Logan, Country Living, 3 Dec. 2022
• Place one in your doorway during the season to greet guests.
  — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 21 Dec. 2022
• As the party cleared out, Spacey appeared in the doorway, Rapp said.
  — Sonia Moghe, CNN, 7 Oct. 2022
• The shooter fired at her stomach, and Kim was blown back from the doorway into the hall.
  — Eli Saslow Erin Schaff, New York Times, 26 Sep. 2023
• Dear Miss Manners: The doorway from my place of work to the parking garage is at the end of a long hallway.
  — Jacobina Martin, Washington Post, 7 Dec. 2023
• At the doorway, his mother stopped him and whispered to him.
  — Caleb Crain, The New Yorker, 19 Sep. 2022
• The video shows Li in a bedroom doorway holding a knife with an 8-inch blade.
  — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 May 2023
• The former offers up a chic sitting area next to tall arched doorways that open out to a balcony, plus a dining area that seats 10.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 28 Oct. 2024
• One in particular is a knockout, in which Skye sees the dancers from her show assembled in the doorway of her apartment with leering smiles.
  — David Rooney, The Hollywood Reporter, 16 Oct. 2024

Last Updated: 22 Nov 2024