How to Use doorman in a Sentence

doorman

noun
  • One of the doormen stops me and asks where the others are.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Sailor risked it all for his doorman bestie… then got carried out in a walk of shame.
    — Ronnie Li, USA Today, 23 Aug. 2025
  • As a result, doormen are no longer allowed to give the dogs bones.
    — Susan Lehman, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2020
  • The killer was greeted by the doorman and caught on videotape.
    — Ron Charles, Washington Post, 24 May 2023
  • When the doorman tried to escort the man outside, the man punched him.
    — Bob Sandrick, cleveland, 24 Feb. 2022
  • The cheerful doorman smiles warmly and helps you with your things.
    — Forbes Travel Guide, Forbes.com, 26 Jan. 2026
  • There was a building with a doorman who got sick; a crew deep-cleaned the lobby.
    — Michael Schulson, Scientific American, 27 Mar. 2020
  • There’s a bathroom behind where the doormen work.
    — Kayla Grant, PEOPLE, 29 Oct. 2025
  • The doorman is very friendly and asks if there’s a party going on.
    — Devan Díaz, Los Angeles Times, 11 Mar. 2025
  • Chapman makes no attempt to flee; he is disarmed by the doorman.
    — Cnn Editorial Research, CNN, 28 Apr. 2021
  • The building has full-time doorman service and just nine units in total.
    — Emma Reynolds, Forbes, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Go past our old building, visit the doorman, his name is Claude.
    — Anne Carson, New Yorker, 5 May 2025
  • The unit is in an old-school full-service doorman building with a nice rooftop garden.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 3 Nov. 2025
  • Its ceilings are gilded in 24-karat gold and the doormen wear white top hats.
    — Paul Brady, Travel + Leisure, 18 Sep. 2025
  • But at mid-block, where there’s no doorman, dogs are whimpering as their paws hit the concrete.
    — Curbed, 28 July 2023
  • Is doorman Lester going to be the main murder case next season?
    — Sydney Bucksbaum, EW.com, 29 Oct. 2024
  • This time, people form a line to a door guarded by a young doorman holding a stack of stickers.
    — Journal Sentinel, 23 May 2024
  • The building has a doorman, a bike storage area and a landscaped roof terrace.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
  • So who killed the Arconia’s beloved doorman?
    — Rosy Cordero, Deadline, 28 Oct. 2025
  • The last doorman strike in New York was in the spring of 1991.
    — Elise Taylor, Vanity Fair, 17 Apr. 2026
  • The building has a 24-hour doorman, on-site super, and use of a pool, steam rooms and saunas.
    — New York Times, 24 Dec. 2020
  • This was before there were doorman buildings downtown.
    — Jessica Radloff, Glamour, 20 Mar. 2026
  • Laundry in the building, a doorman, and parking (with a waitlist) is a plus.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 5 Jan. 2026
  • Quinn was the doorman at a nearby dope house where, shortly before the murders, drugs were stolen.
    — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 18 Feb. 2026
  • How about the Black doorman (played by Method Man who steals the movie) saving the day.
    — Tom Teicholz, Forbes.com, 24 Apr. 2025
  • Monthlies are high at $2,690, but the building comes with a full-time doorman.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 25 Mar. 2025
  • The car door closed, and the doorman was suddenly standing directly in our path.
    — James Barron, New York Times, 7 Oct. 2025
  • And the doorman from Flash Dancers topless club, still open at 4, came out with the cape and put it on me.
    — Andy Hoglund, Vulture, 1 Feb. 2022
  • Upon arrival, guests meet a doorman at the entrance on Adams Street.
    — Kellie Hwang, azcentral, 12 June 2018
  • At Congress an aide says the plenary is closed because the doormen and other staff didn’t show up to work.
    — Gabriel Shinohara, Bloomberg.com, 28 Apr. 2017

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