doorway
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Synonyms for doorway
Synonyms
access, accession, admission, admittance, door, entrance, entrée (or entree), entry, gateway, ingress, key, passport, ticket
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There had been screaming and yelling shortly before dawn one Sunday from a resident who was sitting in his open doorway nearly naked. — Los Angeles Times, "An entire L.A. homeless encampment moved into apartments. But their past still found them," 15 Aug. 2019 Tristan was found dead in a pool of blood just inside the doorway of the home Tuesday morning after Cruz's sister and father investigated his claims, prosecutors said in court Wednesday. — Jay R. Jordan, Houston Chronicle, "Police: Houston man confesses to family that he killed friend in city’s East End," 8 Aug. 2019 The shooting happened Wednesday, March 7, 2018 at 3:40 p.m. in the doorway of a classroom. — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, "Teen gets 12 months in fatal shooting of Huffman classmate Courtlin Arrington," 8 Aug. 2019 Trimble was peeking around the doorway of the bedroom, according to the review. — Kieran Nicholson, The Denver Post, "Two Aurora officers cleared in fatal shooting of armed man wearing body armor," 7 Aug. 2019 An officer stood in the open doorway of the home, and crime tape was looped around a gray Kia Telluride and a silver Mercedes-Benz ML 320. — Emily Palmer, New York Times, "Woman and Daughter, 10, Found Dead in the Bronx, Police Say," 15 June 2019 There are pink houses with brown-and-white checkerboard patterns arching over their doorways, red houses with white trimming their windows, orange houses with white imitation brick running up their sides. — Hadley Keller, House Beautiful, "Engadin Has Some of the Most Delightfully Painted Homes in the World," 23 July 2019 In May, Bivens stood in her doorway and watched a group of volunteers carry a case of water to her doorstep — a sight reminiscent of the days when Keahey did the same. — Lavendrick Smith, Dallas News, "After tragedy, a Dallas County community still holds out hope running water will one day come," 22 July 2019 Mike, 43, said on a recent weekday evening, standing at his doorway in this Bering Strait village of 646 people. — Anchorage Daily News, "The Alaska village where every cop has been convicted of domestic violence," 18 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'doorway.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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