How to Use door in a Sentence
door
noun- He stood at the door.
- I heard a knock on the door.
- Please don't block the door.
- I peeked through the open door.
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The boy climbed over the rope and pushed on the green door of the house.
—Kate Dicamillo, Harper’s Magazine , 9 Nov. 2022
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The servers could walk right up to the door and ring the bell.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 17 May 2023
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In the end of the movie, Chris sits alone in her room and hears her door open.
—Jordan Moreau, Variety, 6 Oct. 2023
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The staff at the Old Canteen snuck him out the back door.
—Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 15 June 2022
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Make use of the door Don’t let the door itself go to waste.
—Laura Fenton, Washington Post, 15 Aug. 2023
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Someone tore through the fence and smashed in the garage door.
—Paighten Harkins, The Salt Lake Tribune, 10 May 2022
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Y’all are just going to have to break through the door.
—Ingrid Vasquez, Peoplemag, 19 Oct. 2023
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About halfway down the track, the mice came to a closed door.
—Avery Hurt, Discover Magazine, 2 May 2025
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The professor then locked all the doors and told the class to get on the ground.
—Rebecca Cohen, NBC News, 7 Dec. 2023
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The killing is then heard in the hall before the room’s door is thrown in.
—Josh St. Clair, Men's Health, 20 May 2022
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The blast of cold air when the door swung open caused Corl to shudder.
—Eyal Press, New York Times, 15 June 2023
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The dog handler struggles to open the door all the way.
—David Hernandez, San Diego Union-Tribune, 29 May 2022
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Check your ego at the door, say, 'This is about my kid.
—Alex Ross, Peoplemag, 14 Feb. 2023
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Righty Héctor Neris slammed the door on the Tigers in the ninth.
—Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press, 8 May 2022
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Video from the house shows the suspect heading up to the front door.
—John Bacon, USA TODAY, 30 Apr. 2023
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The house was weirdly dark and quiet, and the doors were locked.
—Mara Bovsun, New York Daily News, 9 Feb. 2025
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And Jayson Tatum wasn’t walking through the door to save the season.
—Fiifi Frimpong, New York Daily News, 17 May 2025
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It’s one of the most fair ways of getting money out the door.
—Mackenzie Maysstaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2022
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The Sox closed the door in the next inning for a 6-1 victory.
—Ryan Morik, FOXNews.com, 3 May 2025
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Until one of them goes too far and opens the door to the spirit world.
—Mia Galuppo, The Hollywood Reporter, 7 Dec. 2022
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Until one of them goes too far and opens the door to the spirit world.
—Peter Debruge, Variety, 7 Dec. 2022
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Rooney went on record a few days earlier to say the door is open for a return.
—Mike Defabo, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2026
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Locked doors, bloody bits in trunks, deceptive lovers with ill intentions.
—Literary Hub, 28 Jan. 2026
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Bundle up before heading out the door this morning, Florida is getting a rare taste of true winter.
—Doris Alvarez Cea, Florida Times-Union, 27 Jan. 2026
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Amazon did not say exactly when the stores would shut their doors.
—Joseph Wilkinson, New York Daily News, 27 Jan. 2026
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So, open your door, open your windows.
—Charlie Dektar, New Yorker, 27 Jan. 2026
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