How to Use door in a Sentence

door

noun
  • He stood at the door.
  • I heard a knock on the door.
  • Please don't block the door.
  • I peeked through the open door.
  • The servers could walk right up to the door and ring the bell.
    Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 May 2023
  • In the end of the movie, Chris sits alone in her room and hears her door open.
    Jordan Moreau, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
  • Make use of the door Don’t let the door itself go to waste.
    Laura Fenton, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Y’all are just going to have to break through the door.
    Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
  • The professor then locked all the doors and told the class to get on the ground.
    Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
  • The blast of cold air when the door swung open caused Corl to shudder.
    Eyal Press, New York Times, 15 June 2023
  • Video from the house shows the suspect heading up to the front door.
    John Bacon, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
  • Kotb didn't have a chance to make it in the door before the hugs started.
    Emma Aerin Becker, Peoplemag, 9 Aug. 2024
  • The sign on the door said the landlord had taken over the property and changed the locks in the process.
    Alysa Guffey, The Indianapolis Star, 4 July 2024
  • That guy that ran one of the best teams in motorsports couldn’t get me in the door.
    Nathan Brown, The Indianapolis Star, 27 Apr. 2023
  • Instead of being shown a new desk, the anchor was shown the door.
    Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Mar. 2024
  • The public can enter the building through the east side door.
    Beacon-News Staff, Chicago Tribune, 2 June 2023
  • One room on the side of the restaurant is sectioned off by open garage-bay doors.
    Jenna Thompson, Kansas City Star, 29 May 2024
  • De Vido crept to the front door and peered through a glass viewing slot.
    Naaman Zhou, The New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2024
  • Health workers kept the door to my room open, and big dudes guarded it through the night.
    Smithsonian Magazine, 10 July 2023
  • Residents in the area should lock their homes and car doors, Bivens said.
    Holly Yan, CNN, 8 Sep. 2023
  • The door fits 12-inch pizza peels and 10-inch cast-iron skillets.
    Nena Farrell, WIRED, 25 Nov. 2023
  • Valet parking: The valet lot is across from the check-in area at doors 4 and 20 in the Dolphin and Flamingo garages.
    Vinod Sreeharsha, Miami Herald, 9 Feb. 2024
  • Anything but cracking the door to let Tom back in your mind, heart and life.
    Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 18 June 2023
  • Above the door to the right, the numbers are etched in Roman numerals.
    Jazz Tangcay, Variety, 22 June 2024
  • At that point, any physical will was just out the door.
    Emily St. Martin, Los Angeles Times, 11 May 2023
  • But once in the door, a few just might wind up staying for the camaraderie.
    John Carlisle and Photos By Ryan Garza, Freep.com, 28 Apr. 2023
  • The bouncers locked the doors and rolled down a garage door-style window opening.
    Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
  • After breaking through the front door, police sweep the house and find the baby in a back room.
    Rey Covarrubias Jr., The Arizona Republic, 21 June 2024
  • Alcala then grabbed Rowan by the arm and pulled her into a bedroom and locked the door behind him.
    Jessica Sager, People.com, 19 Oct. 2024
  • Advertisement On Saturday a line consistently trailed out the front door and to the sidewalk from 8 a.m. until mid-afternoon.
    Stephanie Breijo, Los Angeles Times, 18 Oct. 2024

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