How to Use outside the door in a Sentence
outside the door
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And sure enough, outside the door a white van was parked, waiting to take me to set.
—Angela Watercutter, WIRED, 1 Dec. 2023
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There is no seating in the shop, but a bench just outside the door makes a handy pie perch.
—Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Feb. 2024
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The room was so packed that some people were gathered outside the door.
—Dhruv Khullar, New Yorker, 6 Apr. 2026
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Use a sturdy, weather-proof mat outside the door to catch dirt and mud.
—Mary Marlowe Leverette, The Spruce, 9 Jan. 2026
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Kids have an in-house ski school with convenient drop-off and pick-up right outside the door.
—Katharina Kotrba, Forbes, 19 Dec. 2024
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During a stay, guests can request items such as fresh towels to be placed outside the door.
—Trevor Fraser, orlandosentinel.com, 22 Oct. 2020
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Two customers, a father and his adult son, appeared outside the door.
—James Verini, New Yorker, 2 Mar. 2026
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There were piles of them inside the oven room, outside the door and alongside the building.
—David Kindy, Smithsonian Magazine, 4 June 2024
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The sky-blue limousine parked outside the door was a provocation.
—Michael Hofmann, Harper's Magazine, 27 Oct. 2020
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The piles of snow outside the door are one-dimensional.
—Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 15 Mar. 2026
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On the wall outside the door, one of Gravenberch’s Ajax shirts takes pride of place.
—James Pearce, New York Times, 24 Apr. 2025
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In an era long before cellphones, Glaub rushed to the house phone outside the door to the club.
—Michael Granberry, Dallas News, 15 July 2023
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Then a colleague walked by and started talking to our boss, still standing outside the door.
—Judith Martin, The Mercury News, 8 Mar. 2025
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By midmorning, a small group of students stood outside the door peering in.
—Nancy Shohet West, BostonGlobe.com, 5 May 2023
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Hopeful diners lined up outside the door for a last-minute reservation.
—Vogue, 25 Mar. 2024
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During the break, those inside must leave so that those in the long line outside the door can get a chance to watch the trial.
—Colette Davidson, The Christian Science Monitor, 3 Dec. 2024
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Testing revealed the blood drops outside the door belonged to Guthrie.
—Hannah Fry, Los Angeles Times, 14 Feb. 2026
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Each evening, a brown paper bag with a day’s worth of food for each student is left outside the door to their room or apartment.
—Connor Sheets | [email protected], al, 4 Sep. 2020
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Tensions quickly rise when people learn what kinds of alien creatures are lurking just outside the door.
—Samantha Olson, Seventeen, 14 June 2023
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Bags usually need to be outside the door by midnight, Myatt said.
—Nathan Diller, USA Today, 28 Mar. 2025
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—Gary Robbins, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Nov. 2023
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The cat would visit their home, sitting outside the door and wanting attention.
—Daniel R. Depetris, Newsweek, 6 Dec. 2024
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Ahead of Friday's closure, there was a line outside the door at Good Bones.
—Ashley Portillo, CBS News, 30 Jan. 2026
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On one of the double beds, the rust-orange spread is rumpled; outside the door to the bathroom, there is water in the sink.
—Laura Collins-Hughes, New York Times, 8 Nov. 2023
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Architecturally, part of the text would have been outside the door’s threshold.
—James L. Fitzsimmons, The Conversation, 1 May 2024
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The view is where a lot of the value is with the San Diego skyline, boats and marine life all outside the door.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Jan. 2023
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Pack also said there could be evidence on the welcome mat outside the door, which the person appears to have stepped on.
—Jordan Freiman, CBS News, 10 Feb. 2026
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The long lines outside the door made a strong impression, as did the diamond rings and gold bracelets worn by women behind the counter.
—James R. Hagerty, WSJ, 21 Nov. 2021
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That was his first glimpse of a literary life—a home with magazines on the coffee table and a boat tied up to a dock outside the door.
—Mary Norris, The New Yorker, 15 July 2022
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In one video clip, the suspect approaches the front door and raises a gloved hand to the camera outside the door before turning back.
—Alex Sundby, CBS News, 17 Feb. 2026
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