How to Use foot in the door in a Sentence

foot in the door

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• Watts took a job in a school cafeteria to get her foot in the door with the education system.
  — Kansas City Star, 21 Aug. 2026
• Because of the way that people make money on the internet, music is only one way to get your foot in the door.
  — Devon Ivie, Vulture, 25 Sep. 2026
• But sometimes, simply saying yes—and leveraging a stroke of luck—can be the most effective way to get a foot in the door.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 17 July 2026
• That gives it a foot in the door at far more companies than rivals with which buyers have fewer connections, Faber believes.
  — Andrew Edgecliffe-Johnson, semafor.com, 4 Sep. 2026
• Being asked to prove yourself to AI can play havoc on your confidence and ruin your chances of getting your foot in the door.
  — Colleen Batchelder, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
• Production assistants have traditionally been non-union, and the job was seen as a foot in the door that might lead to more stable employment.
  — Gene Maddaus, Variety, 6 July 2026
• The job of production assistant has traditionally been an entry-level position and a way to get one’s foot in the door.
  — Nina Metz, Chicago Tribune, 7 Aug. 2026
• Regime insiders are positioned to gain the most, and MIPYME owners have a foot in the door.
  — Will Freeman, Foreign Affairs, 17 Sep. 2026
• But Russia’s lead in building miniature nuclear reactors, such as the power plant of the unlimited-range Burevestnik cruise missile, could give it a foot in the door.
  — Fred Weir, Christian Science Monitor, 31 July 2026
• That kind of foot in the door can make all the difference for young people like Ohwobete and Ramírez, who have creative aspirations but few opportunities to realize them on a large scale.
  — Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
• The stem cell industry sees the FDA’s tentative embrace of peptides as its chance to get a foot in the door — and bring stem cells from the grey market to millions of Americans.
  — Margaret Manto, STAT, 5 Oct. 2026
• And if investors continue pumping money into small AI companies with seasoned talent, early-career workers could find even fewer opportunities to get a foot in the door.
  — Emma Burleigh, Fortune, 7 July 2026
• The proverbial foot in the door between TCU Press and the Phillips family came a few years ago, when literary agent Jim Donovan contacted the department about an unpublished memoir on the author.
  — Brayden Garcia, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 22 Sep. 2026