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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So neatly psychologizing both the causes and the cure for Scrooge’s cruelty suggests that people can only be made to care through the narrowest of doorways.
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
String lights across ceilings or doorways, arrange candles, place tea lights in lanterns, and weave fairy lights into wreaths.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2025
Tartan ribbons wind up the Colonial-style lampposts, and wreaths hang in shop doorways and windows, framed by lush pine garlands.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
Courts in other states have handled disputes where homeowners challenged HOA orders to remove religious decorations, including nativity displays and small religious symbols on doorways, with outcomes typically turning on whether the HOA applied its rules neutrally.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 2 Dec. 2025
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Sara Holdren, Vulture, 5 Dec. 2025
String lights across ceilings or doorways, arrange candles, place tea lights in lanterns, and weave fairy lights into wreaths.
—Halee Miller Van Ryswyk, Better Homes & Gardens, 4 Dec. 2025
Tartan ribbons wind up the Colonial-style lampposts, and wreaths hang in shop doorways and windows, framed by lush pine garlands.
—Lisa Cericola, Southern Living, 4 Dec. 2025
Courts in other states have handled disputes where homeowners challenged HOA orders to remove religious decorations, including nativity displays and small religious symbols on doorways, with outcomes typically turning on whether the HOA applied its rules neutrally.
—Miguel Torres, AZCentral.com, 2 Dec. 2025
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“Doorway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorway. Accessed 8 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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