How to Use doorway in a Sentence

doorway

noun
  • She stepped through the doorway.
  • Please don't block the doorway.
  • Homeless people sleep in the doorways of the shops.
  • He stood in the doorway, wondering if he should go in.
  • His left arm got snagged in the doorway when the plane lurched up.
    — John Wilkens, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Nov. 2022
  • Place it over the front doorway or twist it around the porch rail.
    — Stephanie Osmanski, Southern Living, 10 Mar. 2024
  • There are no stand-in-the-doorway-and-block-out-the-sun guys.
    — John Maffei, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 Dec. 2021
  • Train it above doorways and windows and against walls.
    — Zoe Gowen, Southern Living, 8 Mar. 2026
  • Hoover was struck while standing in the back doorway of the home.
    — Jacob Beltran, San Antonio Express-News, 31 Mar. 2026
  • The man in the doorway had broad shoulders and wore bulky gloves.
    — Clare Sestanovich, New Yorker, 13 July 2025
  • The door opens a foyer, which has arched doorways on each side.
    — Angela Serratore, New York Times, 26 Mar. 2025
  • Place the tree out of the way of traffic and do not block doorways.
    — Tribune News Service, cleveland, 19 Dec. 2019
  • Staff hung a thin plastic sheet across the doorway with binder clips.
    — Evan Allen and Beth Teitell, BostonGlobe.com, 12 Mar. 2021
  • Standing in the doorway was her son.
    — Ronnie Li, USA Today, 4 Mar. 2026
  • Avoid doorways and do not run outside.
    — Sam Morgen, USA Today, 19 Jan. 2026
  • The black flecks swirl as players step through a doorway to fight the boss.
    — Gieson Cacho, The Mercury News, 25 Sep. 2024
  • This was with the kitchen doorway sealed off and the window closed, too.
    — Hiroko Tabuchi, New York Times, 30 May 2023
  • Of course, rugs can't hide screws in some areas, like doorways.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Don Eaton is a big man, a tall man, wide and high as a doorway.
    — Marc McAndrews, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Sep. 2020
  • Walls and doorways can be added to divide the space or left off to keep it open.
    — Clint Davis, People.com, 1 Aug. 2025
  • Glaeser’s leather workshop is just through an open doorway at the back of the store.
    — Jeff Csatari, Popular Mechanics, 13 Dec. 2019
  • Stand facing a doorway and grab the right side of the door frame with your right hand.
    — Jen Murphy, WSJ, 8 May 2021
  • The video shows the tip of an object poking out of the doorway.
    — David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Sep. 2022
  • The man can be seen lying in the doorway as the crowd applauds.
    — Rachel Treisman, NPR, 16 Apr. 2025
  • Deputies then found the door to the main house forced open and one person dead in the doorway.
    — Los Angeles Times, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Deputies then found the door to the main house forced open and one person dead in the doorway.
    — Los Angeles Times, 18 Jan. 2023
  • Elijah was standing in the doorway of the home when he was shot.
    — Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 27 May 2021
  • The video shows the woman then crouching in a doorway with the tank.
    — Kyla Guilfoil, ABC News, 9 June 2022
  • Aytaç watched from his doorway.
    — David Wingrave, Harpers Magazine, 24 Oct. 2025
  • Aiden is standing in the doorway holding a bloody knife.
    — Isabella Wandermurem, Time, 22 Oct. 2025

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