falling door
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of falling door
First recorded in 1745–55
Example Sentences
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Answering the crash of the falling door, came another and more fearful crash within.
From Faith Gartney's Girlhood by A. D. T. (Adeline Dutton Train) Whitney
His support being withdrawn, he went plunging headlong with the falling door.
From Fred Fenton on the Track or, The Athletes of Riverport School by Allen Chapman
When inveigled into a movable cage with a falling door, he turned the instant the door fell, seized the lower edge and tried to raise it.
From Bears I Have Met—and Others by Allen Kelly
Rod, seeing what was about to happen, had swept his two comrades back so that none of them chanced to be struck by the falling door.
From The Big Five Motorcycle Boys on the Battle Line Or, With the Allies in France by Ralph Marlow
Everybody had come running, awakened by the noise of the falling door and Mikolai's cries.
From Absolution by Clara Viebig
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