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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Gunshots are then heard, and one of the men still visible in the doorway can be seen slumping to the floor.
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CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
The Wheelers If Will and Eleven end the show on the other side of the doorway to the Upside Down, then what about Mike?
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
The annual Country Club Plaza lighting ceremony began with one man, a ladder, and a modest string of 16 lights strung across the doorway of one building on Christmas Day in 1925.
—Kansas City Star, 25 Nov. 2025
Dad is hanging back in the doorway.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 2025
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CBS News, 28 Nov. 2025
The Wheelers If Will and Eleven end the show on the other side of the doorway to the Upside Down, then what about Mike?
—Josh Wigler, HollywoodReporter, 25 Nov. 2025
The annual Country Club Plaza lighting ceremony began with one man, a ladder, and a modest string of 16 lights strung across the doorway of one building on Christmas Day in 1925.
—Kansas City Star, 25 Nov. 2025
Dad is hanging back in the doorway.
—Literary Hub, 24 Nov. 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 1 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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