How to Use outside the door in a Sentence

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  • And the rest of her life was waiting, just outside the door.
    Adam Galler, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Apr. 2021
  • And sure enough, outside the door a white van was parked, waiting to take me to set.
    Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2023
  • In an era long before cellphones, Glaub rushed to the house phone outside the door to the club.
    Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 15 July 2023
  • There is no seating in the shop, but a bench just outside the door makes a handy pie perch.
    Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 14 Mar. 2024
  • There were piles of them inside the oven room, outside the door and alongside the building.
    David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
  • The team shop opened at 9 a.m. with a line waiting outside the door and around the Progressive Field.
    Paul Hoynes, cleveland, 20 Nov. 2021
  • The view is where a lot of the value is with the San Diego skyline, boats and marine life all outside the door.
    San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
  • Or Leopold’s Ice Cream, where the lines often run 40 deep outside the door by midafternoon.
    Alex Pulaski, Washington Post, 8 July 2022
  • On one of the double beds, the rust-orange spread is rumpled; outside the door to the bathroom, there is water in the sink.
    Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
  • The sky-blue limousine parked outside the door was a provocation.
    Michael Hofmann, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
  • Now, all the while, Mrs. Roosevelt has been listening, outside the door.
    Jay Nordlinger, National Review, 17 Jan. 2022
  • During a stay, guests can request items such as fresh towels to be placed outside the door.
    Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2020
  • Then, on the night of the open house, a line of about 30 people built up outside the door as groups of three to five were asked to look quickly to relieve the others.
    Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 30 Nov. 2023
  • Each evening, a brown paper bag with a day’s worth of food for each student is left outside the door to their room or apartment.
    Connor Sheets | Csheets@al.com, al, 4 Sep. 2020
  • The line for pancakes and egg scrambles at Cafe Brazil trails outside the door until 4 a.m., with wait times up to 40 minutes long.
    Arcelia Martin, Dallas News, 15 June 2023
  • Early in the day, Chevchenko passed a friend’s house, placing food and water for the trio of cats sitting outside the door and taking the keys for the Camry.
    Los Angeles Times, 14 Mar. 2022
  • By midmorning, a small group of students stood outside the door peering in.
    Nancy Shohet West, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
  • The long lines outside the door made a strong impression, as did the diamond rings and gold bracelets worn by women behind the counter.
    James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2021
  • The Simpsons see mainly people and pets from the front of the house; the backyard is where all sorts of other animals live just outside the door.
    Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 11 Feb. 2022
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    Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
  • That was his first glimpse of a literary life—a home with magazines on the coffee table and a boat tied up to a dock outside the door.
    Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022
  • The results were surprising: a mouse waiting list, and a mouse line outside the door of the restaurant, which accepted walk-ins.
    Cora Frazier, The New Yorker, 25 July 2022
  • No one outside the door was hurt, Honolulu police Capt.
    Fox News, 13 Apr. 2021
  • Keller posted on Facebook a photo of herself on Facebook outside the door of the Walgreens.
    Scott Wartman, The Enquirer, 10 July 2020
  • If the door to the bedroom is closed the smoke will set off the high detector and will have to fill the hallway outside the door before infiltrating under the door.
    Letter Writers, Twin Cities, 18 Jan. 2024
  • Hopeful diners lined up outside the door for a last-minute reservation.
    Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
  • Architecturally, part of the text would have been outside the door’s threshold.
    James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
  • Diaz stumbled back outside the door and then noticed to her horror that her boy was still in the restaurant a few steps away and in mortal danger.
    Merrie Monteagudo, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 July 2023
  • Tensions quickly rise when people learn what kinds of alien creatures are lurking just outside the door.
    Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 14 June 2023
  • Residents, including those now supporting the recall, have lined up outside the door to the board room to get a seat inside.
    Rory Linnane, Journal Sentinel, 24 June 2024

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