doorway
the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close
How often you will meet it
Rank 2,350 of 71,295 words measured. It occurs 7,376 times across 191,579 chapters — 0.004% of every word in the library.
What it means
noun
- the entrance (the space in a wall) through which you enter or leave a room or building; the space that a door can close also: door, room access, threshold he stuck his head in the doorway
doorway in real books
Each sentence below was written by a published author and is taken from a different book in our library. Open one to read the passage it came from, with narration.
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They crowded through the doorway after the detective.
The Abandoned Room · Wadsworth Camp · Chapter 1
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Her brother Mux was standing expectantly in the open doorway.
Cornelli · Johanna Spyri · Chapter 1
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She was gone, and the doorway looked very black and lonesome in consequence.
Mrs. Wiggs of the Cabbage Patch · Alice Caldwell Hegan Rice · Chapter 1
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But for ten years he and this sweet-faced elderly woman in the doorway had been father and mother to the orphaned girl.
Gloria and Treeless Street · Annie Hamilton Donnell · Chapter 1
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There was a fearful to-do then, and the landlord jumped over the bar and stood in the doorway, whistling for the police.
Bill's Lapse Odd Craft, Part 4. · W. W. (William Wymark) Jacobs · Chapter 1