How to Use doorway in a Sentence

doorway

noun

• She stepped through the doorway.
• Please don't block the doorway.
• Homeless people sleep in the doorways of the shops.
• He stood in the doorway, wondering if he should go in.
• There are no stand-in-the-doorway-and-block-out-the-sun guys.
  — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2021
• Place it over the front doorway or twist it around the porch rail.
  — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2024
• Lo asked from the doorway of his home in the east San Jose foothills.
  — Julia Prodis Sulek, The Mercury News, 26 May 2024
• His left arm got snagged in the doorway when the plane lurched up.
  — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
• This was with the kitchen doorway sealed off and the window closed, too.
  — Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 30 May 2023
• The bus driver stands in the doorway and blocks the girls’ exit, the video shows.
  — Caleb Lunetta, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2023
• His frame in the doorway warmed the cockles of our heart.
  — Monita Soni, al, 14 Dec. 2020
• Deputies then found the door to the main house forced open and one person dead in the doorway.
  — Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
• In the video, the bear stands in the doorway and doesn’t venture too far into the store.
  — Michael Hollan, Fox News, 17 Nov. 2021
• The video shows the tip of an object poking out of the doorway.
  — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
• Deputies then found the door to the main house forced open and one person dead in the doorway.
  — Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
• The video shows the woman then crouching in a doorway with the tank.
  — Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 9 June 2022
• Durham can be seen putting his hands up at the doorway.
  — Jodicee Arianna, The Arizona Republic, 11 July 2022
• The black flecks swirl as players step through a doorway to fight the boss.
  — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
• Stand facing a doorway and grab the right side of the door frame with your right hand.
  — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 8 May 2021
• In the shaky footage, the two men can be seen standing in the doorway, each with a hand on the hammer.
  — Reis Thebault, Anchorage Daily News, 15 Dec. 2022
• After the mother left the home, the 38-year-old man came to the doorway holding the knife.
  — Darrell Smith, Sacramento Bee, 31 Dec. 2024
• The arched doorway echoes the windows lining the home’s façade.
  — David Foxley, Architectural Digest, 20 Nov. 2024
• Amanda appears in the doorway and slams the door on him.
  — Emily Palmer Heller, Vulture, 14 May 2021
• So, like this, the image of her father in the doorway comes back to her.
  — Weike Wang, The Atlantic, 26 Oct. 2024
• Elijah was standing in the doorway of the home when he was shot.
  — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 27 May 2021
• The shooter entered the mall at a doorway near the food court around 4:54 p.m., Ison said.
  — Stephanie Pagones, Fox News, 18 July 2022
• In the video, McDaniel said Bunch fed the moose carrots and pet it from the doorway of her home.
  — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 2 Feb. 2021
• At the very end of the hall is the doorway to the mother's secluded bedroom.
  — Kimberley Mok, Treehugger, 7 July 2023
• Lauren Reed’s two young daughters, who are 6 and 3 years old, were in the doorway of her kitchen talking out a dispute about blocks that minutes before had ended in yelling and tears.
  — Adrianna Rodriguez, USA TODAY, 18 Mar. 2025
• Above the doorways, delicate gold cherubs peer down, a touch not seen in previous White House administrations.
  — David Faris, Newsweek, 17 Mar. 2025