How to Use door in a Sentence

door

noun
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  • He stood at the door.
  • I heard a knock on the door.
  • Please don't block the door.
  • I peeked through the open door.
  • 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
  • Instead of being shown a new desk, the anchor was shown the door.
    — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 28 Mar. 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
  • The bouncers locked the doors and rolled down a garage door-style window opening.
    — Jolene Almendarez, The Enquirer, 17 Mar. 2024
  • The victim was able to break the welds on the screen door and pull the metal screen material down.
    — Sara Smart, CNN, 15 Aug. 2023
  • Just before the driver slammed the door, a woman in a red flapper dress joined us.
    — Carmel Breathnach, New York Times, 8 July 2023
  • Here are the best cookies, ranked, delivered straight to your door.
    — Sam Stone, Bon Appétit, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Some passengers stepped off, and the door once again closed behind them.
    — Alexandra E. Petri, Los Angeles Times, 21 July 2023
  • The stores Target plans to close will shut their doors on October 21.
    — Ramishah Maruf, CNN, 26 Sep. 2023
  • Salazar said at a late-night briefing that the bodies were found in a small room against a door and had likely been moved.
    — CBS News, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Repair or replace old and torn screens in doors, windows, and vents.
    — The Enquirer, 10 July 2023
  • They were forced to bang on the doors until a janitor let them into the building.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 10 Apr. 2024
  • The video shows Smith falling onto the floor, and Rodriguez shutting the cell door and walking away.
    — Christina Hall, Detroit Free Press, 10 July 2023
  • In a letter taped to the inside of the glass front door at suite 115, the landlord’s lawyer says the tenant — Ashglen Inc. — defaulted on the lease.
    — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 5 Mar. 2024
  • That showed the nose landing gear doors were open, but the nose gear itself remained in the up position, Delta said.
    — Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 28 June 2023
  • It’s mated with twin balconies and sliding glass doors on the main deck that leave the aft end of the yacht fully open to the elements.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 24 Nov. 2023
  • One drawback is that this tent doesn't have door ties, so the fabric just hangs loose when the zippered entrance is open.
    — Theresa Holland, Peoplemag, 5 June 2023
  • The challenge for theatrical movies is to get audiences in the door, to buy a ticket and enjoy the show.
    — Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 16 June 2023

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