How to Use ajar in a Sentence

ajar

adjective or adverb

• Keep in Mind There is no door alarm to warn you that one of the fridge's doors is ajar.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 June 2023
• Keep in Mind: There is no door alarm to warn you that one of the fridge's doors is ajar.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 May 2022
• But keep the door just slightly ajar for some chaos. 6.
  — Michael Middlehurst-Schwartz, USA TODAY, 21 June 2023
• Also, look to see if the lid or door is ajar or not closed all the way.
  — Washington Post, 14 Oct. 2021
• The door is open—or at least ajar—for a team like TCU to step in and knock the Sooners off their pedestal.
  — Daniel Rapaport, SI.com, 22 Jan. 2018
• The four teamed up, approaching a church door that was ajar.
  — Dennis Wagner, USA TODAY, 25 Mar. 2021
• Even as to prior restraints, the Supreme Court left the door slightly ajar.
  — New York Times, 9 June 2021
• With the lid of the pot slightly ajar, let the soup cook for an hour or more, until the lentils are well-cooked-through, very soft and creamy.
  — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2020
• That one misstep left the door a bit ajar, and Tsitsipas barged through.
  — Star Tribune, 9 Oct. 2020
• Drop the heat to allow for a simmer, then cover, with the lid slightly ajar.
  — Danny Chau, The New Yorker, 13 Mar. 2022
• Reduce the heat to low, and cover, leaving the lid just barely ajar.
  — ExpressNews.com, 9 Nov. 2020
• Also, the officer found a wide-open garage door, as well as an ajar man door off the garage.
  — John Benson, cleveland.com, 18 Jan. 2018
• Hollywood’s door is ajar; who in their right mind doesn’t walk through it?
  — Raven Smith, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2022
• The release states Greendale Police went back to the hotel and found the door to Tompkins' room ajar with a body on the floor, against the wall.
  — Madeline Mitchell, The Enquirer, 7 Oct. 2020
• The officer turned around and Bouey was made to strip completely naked with the door still ajar.
  — Kate Morrissey, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2022
• Then Miguel Gutierrez spotted the front door ajar and his fears were reignited.
  — Zeke MacCormack, San Antonio Express-News, 26 Mar. 2018
• That left the door just ajar for the Bengals, and Burrow smashed the door down with four touchdown passes in the second half.
  — Charlie Goldsmith, The Enquirer, 19 Dec. 2022
• The man can be seen through a slightly ajar wooden fence, more than a dozen feet from the officer.
  — Darcy Costello, The Courier-Journal, 31 Oct. 2017
• However, the door was slightly ajar, and the force of using her key pushed the door open, despite the fact that her key did not open the lock.
  — P.r. Lockhart, Vox, 30 Nov. 2018
• Smith said he was concerned because the family did not use the front door, which was ajar.
  — Dallas News, 6 Dec. 2022
• February asks you to open your social channels back up; reach out to an old friend and keep the doors to your heart ajar.
  — Meghan Rose, Glamour, 1 Apr. 2021
• When the broth is slowly boiling, add the clams, stirring in, and cook for 5 minutes, with the pot covered but the lid slightly ajar.
  — Bill St. John, The Denver Post, 15 Jan. 2020
• The front door had been unlocked and a rear sliding door was ajar when the roommate returned to the home, officials said.
  — Katherine Rosenberg-Douglas, chicagotribune.com, 3 Nov. 2020
• Police found items strewn in the driveway leading up to the residence; the north side door was ajar and appeared to be forced open.
  — Deborah Kadin, chicagotribune.com, 18 June 2021
• The container’s back doors were ajar, and boxes had spilled out onto the sidewalk.
  — Malia Wollan, New York Times, 23 Jan. 2024
• Police went to the house after a neighbor called a non-emergency line to report that the front door was ajar.
  — Chron, 16 Nov. 2021
• Indiana has kicked open a door so rarely ajar in the history of this program.
  — Zach Osterman, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Nov. 2020
• When the worried mom got home from a Genesis meeting, her door was ajar and a window open.
  — The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 May 2021
• The bedroom door was slightly ajar, and loud music was playing on a radio in the living room.
  — Peter Hermann, Washington Post, 27 Feb. 2018
• More corporate projects will release under ajar source than open source.
  — Forrester, Forbes, 13 Nov. 2023

Last Updated: 22 Aug 2024