Example Sentences

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The family scrambled beneath a doorframe, a time-worn strategy based on the belief, often mistaken, that doorways offer protection.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 30, 2026

The room was overflowing—people along walls, in doorways.

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

Less than 4% of all U.S. homes offer single-floor living, no-step entries, and wide hallways and doorways — the key features of accessible housing — according to Harvard University’s Joint Center for Housing Studies.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

He can see its merits, explaining that white can work particularly well as a backdrop for architectural details like panelling and arched doorways which is a "growing trend in modern homes".

From BBC • Dec. 19, 2025

I kept glancing at the blank, stony, pinched faces of the men and women staring at me from steps and doorways, and at the children, all white-headed just like you see them in the Appalachians.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns