DOORWAY in a Sentence

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1. She stormed past him to the doorway.
2. Young people bedded down in doorways.
3. Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.
4. The young captain paused in the doorway.
5. A woman suddenly appeared in the doorway.

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 Meanings and Examples of DOORWAY
Definition Example Sentence Classic Sentence
doorway
 n.  the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
Classic Sentence: (161 in 11 pages)
1  All the way across the floor, a man, newly come and standing in the doorway, saw them, started in recognition and watched closely the slanting eyes in the sulky, rebellious face.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
2  "I stood there in the doorway before you saw me and I watched you," he said.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER IX
3  But as she hurried toward the incensed group, she saw Rhett bow jauntily and start toward the doorway through the crowd.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XII
4  She turned swiftly to the four negroes who huddled in the doorway, their black faces a peculiarly ashen shade.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
5  Through the blur, she saw the men moving toward the doorway, heard the sergeant calling commands in a loud rough voice.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXVII
6  She stood in the doorway watching, the cold draft blowing her skirts about her damp ankles.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXII
7  The young captain paused in the doorway.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XXXIV
8  Johnnie Gallegher was standing in the doorway of the miserable shack that served as cook room for the little lumber camp.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
9  She stormed past him to the doorway.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIV
10  Rhett Butler stood in the doorway, his black slouch hat low over his eyes, the wild wind whipping his cape about him in snapping folds.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
11  Pitty gave a little squeak, like a mouse who feels the trap snap down, as she saw massed in the doorway, a Yankee captain and a squad of bluecoats.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
12  In the doorway appeared Ashley, white faced, his head lolling, his bright hair tousled, his long body wrapped from neck to knees in Rhett's black cape.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
13  He stood in the open doorway with his men peering curiously over his shoulders and the cold wind swept the house.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
14  Rhett's big body barred the doorway but, past his shoulder, Scarlett saw Ashley lying white and still on the bed.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLV
15  Before the ladies could recover from their shocked astonishment at her statement and at a spinster mentioning such a matter, Melanie was standing in the doorway.
Gone With The Wind By Margaret Mitchell
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XLIX
Example Sentence:
1  A strange figure appeared in the doorway, clad in white.
2  She remained in the doorway, listening to his litany of complaints against her client.
3  She bumped her head in the doorway and swore loudly.
4  The doorway was so low that he had to stoop.
5  He crouched in the shadows near the doorway.
6  The speaker broke off, turning to stare at her as she stood in the doorway.
7  Mary suddenly appeared in the doorway.
8  A woman suddenly appeared in the doorway.
9  She could not even get her head through the doorway.
10  If you need a door ajar or else without the cat running through it, placing the bottle in the doorway will usually keep it away.
11  Young people bedded down in doorways.
12  A few pedestrians carrying their evening shopping sheltered from the rain in doorways.
13  As it started to rain, everyone clumped together in doorways.
14  On the streets of New York the homeless live in abject poverty, huddling in doorways to find shelter from the wind.