How to Use door-to-door in a Sentence

door-to-door

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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
  • In total, the drive took about an hour and a half door-to-door.
    — Mike Sullivan, CBS News, 16 June 2026
  • Cookies are sold door-to-door, at a booth or online.
    — Kate Perez, USA Today, 16 Feb. 2026
  • And don’t expect door-to-door service.
    — Michael Butler, Miami Herald, 16 Jan. 2026
  • Mary Kay had tried her hand at direct, door-to-door sales before.
    — Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 15 July 2026
  • 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
  • The six of them went door-to-door, coast-to-coast to pitch natural food stores firsthand.
    — Andrew Watman, Forbes.com, 1 May 2025
  • My last job happened to be as a door-to-door salesman selling welcome mats.
    — Literary Hub, 24 July 2026
  • 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
  • The self-response time ends March 7, at which time the door-to-door count will begin.
    — Steve Lord, Chicago Tribune, 23 Nov. 2024
  • The house in Fort Worth, Texas, where a door-to-door salesman was shot.
    — Marlene Lenthang, NBC News, 12 Feb. 2024
  • Outreach teams went door-to-door to neighbors to provide support.
    — Sara Tenenbaum, CBS News, 23 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Some assignments are door-to-door; others involve phone calls.
    — Kathy Kristof, San Diego Union-Tribune, 30 Mar. 2026
  • 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
  • Perhaps the best selling point of all is the convenience of a door-to-door service.
    — Carly Olson, Los Angeles Times, 15 Jan. 2024
  • Most operators rely on cold emails and calls or door-to-door visits.
    — Nick Cherkassky, Forbes.com, 24 Sep. 2026
  • Soon, the property will have its own jetty, so door-to-door service will be available.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 18 Aug. 2026
  • The group focuses on door-to-door persuasion and get-out-the-vote efforts.
    — Jennifer Jacobs and Bill Allison / Bloomberg, TIME, 16 July 2024
  • Volunteer groups went door-to-door, ensuring those in need had medicine and supplies.
    — Reis Thebault, Washington Post, 17 Mar. 2023
  • Farage supporters have been going door-to-door, ringing door bells, handing out fliers.
    — William Booth, Washington Post, 12 June 2024
  • 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
  • Each way typically takes him anywhere from 4 to 6 hours, door-to-door.
    — Sarah Jackson, CNBC, 16 Oct. 2025
  • 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
  • Vaccinators also went door-to-door to address parental fears.
    — NPR, 9 Nov. 2025
  • 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
  • There were door-to-door surveys to assess the prevalence of trachoma and identify hot spots.
    — Gabrielle Emanuel, NPR, 30 Dec. 2024
  • Each journey takes about 22 hours door-to-door, including layovers.
    — Karthika Gupta, Travel + Leisure, 10 May 2026
  • 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
  • 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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