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Fill the doorknob with sand to add weight and stability to the arrangement.
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Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
Which doorknob covers are best?
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
The Ransacker would construct makeshift alarms by placing objects on doorknobs.
—Ian Berry, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
While conducting a wellness check, police officers discovered Birchmore's body seated on the floor of her apartment with a luggage strap around her neck tied to a closet doorknob.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
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Emily Williams, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Oct. 2025
Which doorknob covers are best?
—Bestreviews, Mercury News, 24 Sep. 2025
The Ransacker would construct makeshift alarms by placing objects on doorknobs.
—Ian Berry, CNN Money, 22 Sep. 2025
While conducting a wellness check, police officers discovered Birchmore's body seated on the floor of her apartment with a luggage strap around her neck tied to a closet doorknob.
—Caroline Blair, PEOPLE, 20 Sep. 2025
See All Example Sentences for doorknob
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“Doorknob.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorknob. Accessed 19 Oct. 2025.
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doorknob
noun
door·knob
-ˌnäb 
: a knob that when turned releases a door latch
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