swing door
Britishnoun
Example Sentences
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His daughter, Nora, was 2 when she got caught between the elevator’s swing door and its accordion door, Reber said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 13, 2020
Turn the corner and walk through a waist-high swing door and Watson’s entire kitchen is alive with color, just like the rest of her home.
From Washington Times ● Jan. 12, 2020
The bulky devices attach to the inside of an elevator’s swing door and fill the additional space, like a foam insert in a box.
From Washington Post ● Jul. 18, 2019
In places, robots swing door panels around to spot-weld with pinpoint accuracy; but a few metres away, a section of the factory still runs as it did 67 years ago, Davis confirms.
From The Guardian ● Dec. 11, 2015
A very old man, bent but active, with white mustaches that bristled forward like those of a prawn, pushed open the swing door and went in.
From "1984" by George Orwell
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