Examples of doorjamb in a Sentence
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Occasionally someone will even lean on my doorjamb with their backside in my office.
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
The officers who initially responded found blood on the doorjamb of the victim’s car and on the rear driver's side door, the report says.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
No one had his mysterious feeling for bathroom tiles and doorjambs, table edges, tub rims, mantelpieces and mirrors.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
This is on a placard that's usually located in the driver's-side doorjamb.
—Katherine Keeler, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2023
Slide the latch back away from the doorjamb to unlock the door.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
This situation is not like a broken tailight or rubber falling off a doorjamb, Desai said.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2022
To my robovac, hitting a doorjamb and cleaning with dispatch are one and the same.
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 20 Oct. 2020
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Judith Martin, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
The officers who initially responded found blood on the doorjamb of the victim’s car and on the rear driver's side door, the report says.
—Will Carless, USA Today, 16 Apr. 2025
No one had his mysterious feeling for bathroom tiles and doorjambs, table edges, tub rims, mantelpieces and mirrors.
—Sebastian Smee, Washington Post, 27 Mar. 2024
This is on a placard that's usually located in the driver's-side doorjamb.
—Katherine Keeler, Car and Driver, 21 Mar. 2023
Slide the latch back away from the doorjamb to unlock the door.
—Joseph Truini, Popular Mechanics, 17 Jan. 2023
This situation is not like a broken tailight or rubber falling off a doorjamb, Desai said.
—Phoebe Wall Howard, Detroit Free Press, 11 July 2022
To my robovac, hitting a doorjamb and cleaning with dispatch are one and the same.
—Virginia Heffernan, Wired, 20 Oct. 2020
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“Doorjamb.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorjamb. Accessed 10 Jan. 2026.
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doorjamb
noun
door·jamb
-ˌjam 
: a vertical piece that forms a side of a doorway
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