How to Use doorstop in a Sentence

doorstop

noun
  • His students haven’t had to lug home those doorstops in years.
    — Jay Mathews, Washington Post, 5 Oct. 2019
  • This shelf then acts as a doorstop that pushes back against the glacier’s flow.
    — Andrea Thompson, Scientific American, 14 May 2018
  • To many folks, fruitcake has all the appeal of a doorstop.
    — Anne Byrn, Southern Living, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Wedgefishes are, well, wedge-shaped, like doorstops with fins and tails.
    — David Shiffman, The Conversation, 11 July 2023
  • Others, such as spider toxins, act more like a doorstop to keep them open.
    — Quanta Magazine, 20 Feb. 2014
  • Another pair of bricks there has been commandeered as a doorstop.
    — Briana Miller | , oregonlive, 11 Sep. 2023
  • News footage of the crime shows a man with a box of candy appearing on the woman’s doorstop.
    — Teri Webster, Dallas News, 29 Mar. 2022
  • Pull up a chair and order a plate of crispy fried chicken, followed by a doorstop of red velvet cake.
    — Zoey Goto, Travel + Leisure, 8 Mar. 2026
  • This mountaintop acts like a doorstop, blocking the glacier’s forward progress.
    — Jeremy Kahn, Fortune, 15 Dec. 2021
  • The doorstop is effective even when the chain or other external locks give way.
    — Caroline Morse Teel, USA TODAY, 8 Mar. 2018
  • Readers might reasonably wonder if such an artist merits a doorstop like this one.
    — John Lingan, Washington Post, 4 May 2023
  • The weather may still be chilly, but Monday’s equinox is a reminder that warmer days are on our doorstop.
    — Justin Grieser, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2022
  • This ridge acts like a doorstop, creating back pressure that holds the ice shelf together.
    — Douglas Fox, Scientific American, 1 Nov. 2022
  • The difference can be significant enough to produce a doorstop rather than a cake.
    — Alice Medrich, WSJ, 13 Apr. 2018
  • The finest is this one, which stays more aligned with the author’s 19th-century doorstop of a novel.
    — Randy Myers, The Mercury News, 1 Jan. 2025
  • The novel piles on loads of scary details about what the world would be like if your computer became nothing but a doorstop.
    — New York Times, 14 June 2018
  • Cal’s success has brought a slew of suitors to his doorstop, all hoping to convince him to leave Kentucky.
    — John Talty | [email protected], al, 19 Nov. 2020
  • And in short stories and doorstops, her attention is ruthless and unflinching.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 16 Oct. 2025
  • No surprise to see a patriotic doorstop on the president’s list.
    — Brittany Allen, Literary Hub, 27 Aug. 2025
  • And in the cafe’s bookshelves, nobody had bought a copy of the report, a hefty doorstop being offered up for $15.
    — Steve Rubenstein, SFChronicle.com, 6 June 2019
  • Maybe not a doorstop or a cellphone or an affordable, efficient form of public transportation.
    — Alex Delany, Bon Appétit, 11 Sep. 2019
  • Nearer the coast, Ben Bulben dominates the landscape, jutting from the earth like a great doorstop.
    — J.r. Patterson, Washington Post, 29 July 2022
  • The action is intended to demonstrate your concern and good manners, not your efficacy as a doorstop.
    — Judith Martin, Washington Post, 24 July 2019
  • Instead of being angry, Lucifer's delighted to be the focus of a doorstop of a novel.
    — Sara Netzley, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2021
  • Weighing 75 pounds and measuring 29 inches tall, this oversize gnome works well as dashing decor or a doorstop.
    — Nevin Martell, Washington Post, 16 Mar. 2023
  • The doorstop of a tome features Fulk's more-is-more design, from private homes to private jets, as well as images from his legendary parties.
    — Adam Rathe, Town & Country, 3 Oct. 2016
  • As a foot soldier in the Labour Party, Peter Chowney is a veteran of the doorstop pitch.
    — Simon Montlake, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Aug. 2017
  • Mrazek would also stop Pastranak on the doorstop later in the first period, a great save, although far from matching his earlier one.
    — Marc Narducci, Philly.com, 1 Apr. 2018
  • On another occasion, a stick of dynamite and a death threat was left at the doorstop of the county health officer tasked with enforcing the law.
    — San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Sep. 2021
  • In your standard Christmas story, there is a family fruitcake that makes the rounds every year and doubles as a doorstop until it is mailed to the next victim.
    — Murr Brewster, The Christian Science Monitor, 16 Dec. 2020

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