How to Use exterior/outside door in a Sentence

exterior/outside door

noun
  • The man walked out of the bathroom but held onto the exterior door knob to keep the woman from locking the door.
    David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 Oct. 2020
  • An exterior door stop has to be heavy duty, partly due to the weight of the door and partly due to the high floor-to-door gap.
    Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 31 Jan. 2023
  • Rayl is seen then opening the glass or screen exterior door before pulling at the handle of the main door.
    Danielle Wallace, Fox News, 30 Aug. 2022
  • Don’t forget to raise the pre-hung exterior door so the bottom of the metal threshold is at the same level as the top of the finished floor.
    Tim Carter, Chicago Tribune, 15 Sep. 2023
  • Option two was to barricade the outside door with desks and hide under the windows (out of sight and hopefully out of the line of fire).
    Landon Block, San Diego Union-Tribune, 5 Apr. 2023
  • Painting an exterior door is a quick way to add color to your home's entrance, and this trick works in the backyard, too.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 26 Aug. 2022
  • Rivas kicked the beverage cart and then moved toward the outside door for the plane, using both hands to pull on the exit latch, the affidavit said.
    Bill Lukitsch, Kansas City Star, 24 Jan. 2024
  • Third, a teacher closed the exterior door minutes before the gunman entered, but didn't check to see if the door was locked.
    Paul Best, Fox News, 6 July 2022
  • Or consider an exterior door trim in a shape that suits your home's style.
    Jessica Bennett, Better Homes & Gardens, 20 Mar. 2023
  • The exterior door to her home was damaged and the interior door was ajar.
    Hank Beckman, Chicago Tribune, 30 Sep. 2022
  • Markowitz escaped his grip and left through an exterior door, leaving blood on the white curtains.
    Nienke Onneweer, The Arizona Republic, 2 Mar. 2021
  • Tape paint swatches to an exterior door and observe the color throughout the day.
    Sydney Price, Better Homes & Gardens, 10 Apr. 2023
  • Tenants and guests must slide open an exterior door and then a metal gate, both of which must be closed before the cab will start moving.
    Los Angeles Times, 10 Feb. 2023
  • The French doors opposite the exterior door open into the formal dining room, while glass pocket doors on the left open into the kitchen.
    Marni Elyse Katz, House Beautiful, 5 May 2022
  • Texas districts must inspect every exterior door of each campus before the start of the next school year.
    Dallas News, 30 June 2022
  • As the fiancee's mother went to tend to her grandchildren in the living room, two of the males began kicking an exterior door.
    Paul Walsh, Star Tribune, 14 July 2021
  • State police said Tuesday that the teacher who at one point propped open an exterior door to the school had closed it before the gunman used it to get inside.
    Nathan Ellgren, Adriana Gomez Licon and Jim Salter, Anchorage Daily News, 1 June 2022
  • The students eventually fled out of an exterior door to a store in the area, her father Matt Riddle said.
    Nouran Salahieh, CNN, 15 Feb. 2023
  • The home’s exterior door frame and the handle had been broken, apparently with a sledgehammer that was left at the scene.
    Jeff Weiner, Orlando Sentinel, 21 Dec. 2022
  • The exterior door to the training was propped open because there are no windows or ventilation on that floor, which is how the man made it from the stairwell onto the floor.
    Adriana Pérez, Chicago Tribune, 28 Sep. 2022
  • An exterior door at the community house was found open at 4 a.m. June 7.
    cleveland, 17 June 2021
  • State police initially said the gunman entered the school through an exterior door that had been propped open by a teacher.
    CBS News, 22 June 2022
  • The auditors tested three schools in Uvalde, one of which was accessed through an exterior door with a faulty latch near the school's loading dock, Patterson said.
    Patrick Linehan, ABC News, 19 Dec. 2022
  • There was also an exterior door, and the cell had been built to be soundproof, Klamath Falls police said in a news release earlier this month.
    Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 26 Aug. 2023
  • In one glaring example, McCraw said that Marin -- referring to her not by name, but as the teacher who first called 911 -- had left the exterior door propped open.
    ABC News, 13 Feb. 2023
  • State police initially said the gunman, Salvador Ramos, entered the school through an exterior door that had been propped open by a teacher.
    Jim Vertuno and Jake Bleiberg, The Christian Science Monitor, 22 June 2022
  • Photos show a metal door with a slinging latch above a regular exterior door lock.
    Fox News, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Skrocki said the audit asks that all schools inspect each exterior door of their buildings and log information about them.
    Megan Rodriguez, San Antonio Express-News, 8 July 2022
  • Officials need to ensure that each exterior door at schools closes and locks, according to the guidance.
    Dallas News, 30 June 2022
  • The family's portable generator sat inches from an exterior door to their home with the exhaust pipe facing it.
    Mike Hixenbaugh, NBC News, 21 Sep. 2022

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