How to Use doorknob in a Sentence

doorknob

noun

• The garage was locked and $20 in damage was caused to the doorknob to break in.
  — Erik S. Hanley, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 11 Oct. 2017
• Now, hold the wire with one hand and grab the doorknob with the other.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
• Aim for a spot just above the doorknob, which is the weakest point on the door.
  — Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
• Now, hold the wire with one hand and grab the doorknob with other.
  — Kevin Dupzyk and Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 18 Nov. 2020
• There was for me a sharpness to the doorknob, to the everyday.
  — Los Angeles Times, 10 Jan. 2022
• How long can the virus survive on a hard surface, like a doorknob, or in the air?
  — Author: Melissa Healy, Anchorage Daily News, 30 Jan. 2020
• Don’t forget to add a dab of icing and a Red Hot for a doorknob.
  — Bradley Ford, Popular Mechanics, 30 Nov. 2022
• If there was a window open, the cord would snake into the house and get hooked on a doorknob.
  — Star Tribune, 28 May 2021
• Fumbling for the doorknob, his thumb found the biolock.
  — Lizz Schumer, Peoplemag, 28 May 2024
• The virus can also live on surfaces such as doorknobs for about the same amount of time.
  — Amanda Musa, CNN, 23 Jan. 2024
• The movie opens with an 11-second scene of Wills turning a doorknob.
  — Deneen L. Brown, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2017
• And don’t forget the doorknob, which is possibly one of the highest-touch spots of the house.
  — Brigitt Earley, Good Housekeeping, 27 Oct. 2020
• There, Kruse put a chair under the doorknob, shut off all the lights, pulled the blinds and climbed into the bathtub with Solano.
  — Kristen Jordan Shamus, Detroit Free Press, 4 Mar. 2018
• Or touched the doorknob to the entrance of his U Street apartment building?
  — Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
• For over-the-door storage, consider the doorknob placement and depth of the unit.
  — Caitlin Sole, Better Homes & Gardens, 11 Jan. 2023
• Marvel at the way the nose comes away in your hand like a doorknob and how the ears don’t seem to be attached to anything.
  — The Editors, Field & Stream, 8 Oct. 2020
• The doorknob had been removed and drawers were gone through.
  — cleveland, 30 July 2023
• Sharing is why part of his doorknob collection is in a small glass case right at the front of the store.
  — Jennifer Kornegay, Southern Living, 11 July 2017
• Sharing is why part of his doorknob collection is in a small glass case right at the front of the store.
  — Jennifer Kornegay, Southern Living, 14 Oct. 2014
• Tie large and small tassels to doorknobs, the keys to a writing desk, or the pull of a dresser drawer.
  — Charlotte Observer, 1 Feb. 2024
• Police found pry marks on a rear door and a doorknob broken off.
  — Steve Sadin, Chicago Tribune, 6 Dec. 2022
• Talk to us parents about a code like hanging a sock on the bedroom doorknob.
  — Author: Wayne and Wanda, Anchorage Daily News, 19 Oct. 2019
• Adhere the paper to the doorknob, and seal with two coats of decoupage medium.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 6 Dec. 2023
• The receptor, called an ACE2 protein, is the doorknob, and the spike protein is the key that unlocks it.
  — National Geographic, 3 Apr. 2020
• Yet the dweeb, the doorknob insists he is being guided by the spirit.
  — Gordon Monson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 28 May 2022
• Also check to see if there are windows near the doorknob; a thief could smash the window, reach in and unlock and open the door.
  — John Nugent, Chron, 24 Oct. 2020
• For a touch more pizazz, the client swapped in an octagonal doorknob of chunky green glass.
  — Alice Welsh Doyle, WSJ, 29 Mar. 2022
• The staff at the lighthouse discovered the doorknob was missing on June 3.
  — Frank Miles, Fox News, 11 June 2021
• How much risk to take when the smallest act can be a risk: touching a doorknob, buying milk.
  — Jodi Kantor, New York Times, 23 Mar. 2020
• Parisi said Troconis’ prints were only compared to prints on a doorknob.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 31 Jan. 2024

Last Updated: 7 Oct 2024