How to Use door-to-door in a Sentence
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Fire crews went door-to-door to get people out of their homes.
—Rick Hurd, The Mercury News, 5 July 2024
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In total, the drive took about an hour and a half door-to-door.
—Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 16 June 2026
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Cookies are sold door-to-door, at a booth or online.
—Kate Perez, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
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And don’t expect door-to-door service.
—Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
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Mary Kay had tried her hand at direct, door-to-door sales before.
—Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
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That's a long way from when her father sold pretzel bags door-to-door nearly four decades ago.
—Terry Collins, USA Today, 9 Apr. 2025
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The six of them went door-to-door, coast-to-coast to pitch natural food stores firsthand.
—Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
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Hise was part of a crew going door-to-door looking for bodies in the days after the storm.
—Lucille Sherman, Axios, 9 Oct. 2024
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The self-response time ends March 7, at which time the door-to-door count will begin.
—Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov. 2024
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The house in Fort Worth, Texas, where a door-to-door salesman was shot.
—Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
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Outreach teams went door-to-door to neighbors to provide support.
—Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
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Rector said when city staff went door-to-door to help residents, some just wanted to grieve and talk.
—Colleen Wright, The Orlando Sentinel, 10 June 2025
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Some assignments are door-to-door; others involve phone calls.
—Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
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The thrilling door-to-door urban combat of the first half gives way to the chaos and failure of the second.
—Keith Phipps, Vulture, 22 Nov. 2024
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Perhaps the best selling point of all is the convenience of a door-to-door service.
—Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
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The group focuses on door-to-door persuasion and get-out-the-vote efforts.
—Jennifer Jacobs and Bill Allison / Bloomberg, TIME, 16 July 2024
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Volunteer groups went door-to-door, ensuring those in need had medicine and supplies.
—Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
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Farage supporters have been going door-to-door, ringing door bells, handing out fliers.
—William Booth, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
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There was damage, but the sheriff’s department said deputies went door-to-door and found no injuries.
—Phil Helsel, NBC News, 4 Mar. 2023
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Each way typically takes him anywhere from 4 to 6 hours, door-to-door.
—Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
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For those who won’t leave their homes, staffers do door-to-door wellness checks, delivering food and water.
—Gabriela Aoun Angueira, Chicago Tribune, 21 Aug. 2025
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Vaccinators also went door-to-door to address parental fears.
—NPR, 9 Nov. 2025
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Teams of first responders went door-to-door to check on residents and assess the damage.
—Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 20 May 2025
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There were door-to-door surveys to assess the prevalence of trachoma and identify hot spots.
—Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
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Each journey takes about 22 hours door-to-door, including layovers.
—Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
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Super commuting lives up to its name – the student said the door-to-door commute time was around four to five hours one-way.
—Kathleen Wong, USA TODAY, 30 June 2023
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But does that occur so much that older children should be banned from throwing on a costume and heading door-to-door?
—Annie Atherton, Washington Post, 27 Oct. 2023
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As heavy artillery rained from the sky, militants went door-to-door to find targets and shoot at unarmed civilians.
—Cora Engelbrecht, New York Times, 7 June 2023
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There’s no need for flashy advertisements, intrusive cold calls or door-to-door sales tactics.
—John Hall, Forbes.com, 10 Aug. 2025
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With that, Cuban went door-to-door around his neighborhood selling the home essential.
—Shawn Tully, Fortune, 10 Oct. 2024
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