1
: the opening that a door closes
especially
: an entrance into a building or room
2
Examples of doorway in a Sentence
Please don't block the doorway.
She stepped through the doorway.
He stood in the doorway, wondering if he should go in.
Homeless people sleep in the doorways of the shops.
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Sentimental Value’s vision of film as a doorway to empathy and repair is by far the most compelling.
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Susie Goldsbrough, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2025
The congregation writhes, sometimes in unison, and whirls and stomps; at one point, a line of folks snake through a doorway and into the foreground, as the camera rotates in the opposite direction.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2025
Residents emerged from the apartment block doorways carrying a few belongings and family pets in their arms.
—Time Photo Department, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
Light streamed from above and illuminated two large doorways, so that the dancer’s shadows provided a backdrop.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
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Susie Goldsbrough, The Atlantic, 28 Dec. 2025
The congregation writhes, sometimes in unison, and whirls and stomps; at one point, a line of folks snake through a doorway and into the foreground, as the camera rotates in the opposite direction.
—David Fear, Rolling Stone, 26 Dec. 2025
Residents emerged from the apartment block doorways carrying a few belongings and family pets in their arms.
—Time Photo Department, Time, 23 Dec. 2025
Light streamed from above and illuminated two large doorways, so that the dancer’s shadows provided a backdrop.
—Marcia Luttrell, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Dec. 2025
See All Example Sentences for doorway
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“Doorway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorway. Accessed 29 Dec. 2025.
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doorway
noun
door·way
-ˌwā 
1
: the opening or passage that a door closes
2
: a means of reaching or gaining something
the doorway to success
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