How To Use Door In A Sentence

If the indoor tables don't satisfy you, and if the weather is right, do ask for a table on the terrace.
The series ended with a battle between a door car and a dragster.
She distinguished the undrawing of iron bars, and then the countenance of Spalatro at her door, before she had a clear remembrance of her situation — that she was a prisoner in a house on a lonely shore, and that this man was her jailor. The Italian
Only a bit of string looped round a nail in the doorpost held it shut.
Some retailers, including Sears, have already held some "door-buster" early-morning sales, which makes Black Friday -- the day after Thanksgiving that's looked upon as a kick-off to the holiday shopping season -- a little "grayer," he said. Boulder Daily Camera Most Viewed

We drove home in silence and, when he parked in our long driveway, I stopped to pluck some ixora flowers while Nnamabia unlocked the front door. Excerpt: The Thing Around Your Neck by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Here, however, they are unlikely to survive the frosts although both impatiens and pelagoniums can be kept for next year in a heated greenhouse or brought indoors and used as house plants.
Less than a minute later he had gone past the courts, down a stairwell and opened the fire door.
I had to struggle through the crush to get to the door.
In the early hours of New Year's Day, she said, Webb visited her home and smashed windows in her front door.
The features in this home are just too many to mention such as coffered ceilings, multi-light windows, heavy door and window casings, and other elements that give this home great charm. WN.com - Business News
The centre is ideally located within easy reach of many historical sites and venues for practical and outdoor activities.
He vanished from the scene, to materialize presently in front of the door.
They now leave the door open so that Carol Ann can go in there on her own and have a whiz.
He opens the door for me, and I slide in, scooting over to save him a trip.
The mobile service is designed to bring the marriage bureau to the doorstep of the customer.
The development includes eight sound stages, production facilities, digital facilities and outdoor back lot areas.
They point out that, for customers, obsoleting an investment is not an ‘escape’ but a ‘closed door.’
The Blonde had the doracha seekh, a combination of chicken and crab flakes chargrilled in the tandoor oven and served with a piquant mango and avocado chutney, at £7.50.
They had to make do with kitchen tuffets, orange boxes, a piano stool and a rocking chair borrowed from next door.
As Locke and Jean stumbled to their feet, the door on the wall opposite the window slammed open, and in stepped a broad-shouldered man with the slablike muscles of a stevedore or a smith. Archive 2008-07-01
The neo-classical house features a main doorway framed with Ionic pillars and topped by a balustraded balcony complete with carved stone coat of arms.
You are welcome to visit the school at any time; we have an open-door policy.
The innkeeper, who was a choleric gnome of poor disposition, looked out of the door. STARDUST
I stood in the doorway for a moment, gathering my energy for polite chitchat. FOOLS GOLD
He deliberately paused outside the door, forcing them to wait in frustration before they dared erupt into excited comment.
Methods: With infrared ray sensor and PLC, to control radiation protection door.
Leave the inner tent door open a fraction, even if you don't have mesh.
He swung the door wide open in a parody of welcome.
And while they were in the midst of their banqueting, the door was suddenly burst open, and the Dagda stood there, with his men.
During the night two young partisans sat on guard at the bedroom door listening to murmured conversation. Whicker's War
Helen closed the door behind the man, and said a silent prayer of thanks.
Just outside the pub, in Quartz Street, is The Braai & Meat, a small outdoor restaurant, with happy customers tucking into pap and braaied meat.
She pushed the button and waited in front of one of the shiny gold colored doors.
All birds were hatched in incubators and kept in brooders until approximately 7 weeks of age, at which time they were moved to 5 x 7 x 4 m outdoor flight pens.
Outdoor barbecue ready to eat food and spices which are less likely to fatten up ah?
How about how the door of your car opens as you back up from the burnout to let burnout smoke escape the cockpit?
He beat on the man's muscular arm, trying to pull himself free as the man opened up the door.
At the back door, out of inexorable necessity, in developed and convincingness and sincerity laid down by all authorities on the art of the short story. Confession
Outdoor or extensively reared pigs that may be exposed to wildlife are at a greater risk of contracting trichinellosis from wildlife sources (6). ThePigSite - Global Pig Industry News Feeds
The arcade is an indoor playground, a room full of games and toys, and people playing them.
Since breads play a major role in Indian cuisine, the restaurant imported mud from specific regions of India to make the tandoor, influencing the taste to some extent.
But they escaped the relegation trapdoor by just one point as Leicester were held at Stoke. The Sun
A broad avenue of lime trees led up to a grand entrance with huge oak doors.
The initial lift of the bar targets the lower back and thickens the erectors, the middle part of the lift widens the barn-door lats, and the squeeze and lockout at the top emphasize the upper back.
In fact, areas where the outdoor temperature routinely falls to about 15 degrees are not good candidates for heat pumps.
She cast the door aside with a big wave of her hand, much to the delight of the girls behind her.
Patagonia has turned organic cotton and fleece made of recycled plastic into high-end outdoor wear.
The car, a dark four-door saloon, drove off, leaving him behind.
KATIE HALL, VICTIM OF PHILLIP GARRIDO: Phillip went out to answer the door. CNN Transcript Sep 8, 2009
Except for the frequent conferences now in the new Forty-second Street offices that commanded a view of two rivers and a vast battledoor and shuttlecock of the city, it was the first time in all those years that stretched from the night at the Waldorf that they had sat thus tête-à-tête. Star-Dust
But as they hesitate outside the door marked Geo.
Mariah excused her for doorbell duty and we all lounged out on the floor and sofa.
Through the open doorway, he heard the voice of Aline Fulke but her words were unclear.
At the bottom of the staircase a door opens into the white painted kitchen, where a small cooker supports an oversized kettle. Times, Sunday Times
He slammed the door and drove the bolt home.
These included chicken tikka, Chinese chicken and chicken tandoori, each in a wrap.
stood near the door
The door was bolted, and the woman stood against it, arms folded across her chest.
Rescue workers had to use special equipment to cut open the steel doors.
The outer door needs repairing.
She struggled with the handle before swinging the door open, diving in and slamming it shut again.
Education at the primary and secondary levels has always been rules-based: raise your hand, get a hall pass, obey the dress code, show your work, double-space, check your chewing gum at the door. Dov Seidman: Breaking the Ruler
Over the south door, the twelfth-century carving of Christ in Glory is seated in a niche, within the traditional mandorla.
the office next door
He regained his balance and then retreated to his post beside the door, curling into himself like a wounded possum. NO BODY
The insects are forming thick clouds near the ground, and they carpet the inside of the car when the doors are cracked open.
The cost of maintenance of parish cemeteries are available at the church doors.
in a hurry to lock the door
Thousands of people flocked to the Malton Racing Stables Open Day, when 18 stables around Malton and Norton opened their doors to a fascinated public.
The run is a 825-metre stampede from the corral where the bulls are kept to the outdoor bullfighting arena where they will be invariably killed by matadors later in the day.
After a short break James will commence his winter training for the forthcoming indoor season.
It's a world where dinosaurs are your next door neighbours, and where some of the most famous feuds in history where actually territorial disputes between apatosaurs bearing grudges... Susanna Clarke in the NY Times
He stated once that Castle Howard was probably the first venue to stage outdoor concerts, apart from opera honeypot Glyndebourne, in Sussex.
He threw his weight at the door and it burst open.
I was happy as a sandboy — beautiful wife, beautiful children, house, secure job, good social life — then, wham, the wife hits me between the eyes with the muscled actor from next door who's been shafting her for months. Disordered Minds
As soon as the door closed behind her I hurried to the dirty window in the front room and I watched as she walked down the street looking remarkably out of place in the drab surroundings in her bright green dress.
Leo got a door to pucker open, and they walked out into the light of a fusion-lamp sun. METAPLANETARY
A creaky door led to a small shower room with plush red towels. Times, Sunday Times
The door opened and Dr Aziz, a tall cadaverous man entered. A SEASON IN HELL
He tried other doors: one opened into a former barn, now a workshop.
But as if divining his thoughts -- just as they passed through the dining-room door, Euphra looked round at him, almost over Funkelstein's shoulder, and, without putting into her face the least expression discernible by either of the others following, contrived to banish for the time all Hugh's despair, and to convince him that he had nothing to fear from Funkelstein. David Elginbrod
These guys went at it like two tomcats fighting over the pussy next door.
A man staggers out of the shed through a side door, clutching his ribs with his left hand, a gun in his right. CHAMELEON
You may get quite serviceable clothes delivered by the boxload to your front door. Baby clothing: Consider used
The door knocker was a female figure in brass.
But he's a timid child, fearful of water, heights, spiders, darkness and the great outdoors.
The opening door woke Roger, startled Patrick and gave the cat an unwonted and sudden attack of conscience. MIDNIGHT IS A LONELY PLACE
Even pieces of rags were shoved into the gaps peeping through the corners of its locked door.
C. Security: Coordinate installation of door hardware, keying, and access control with Owner's security consultant.
He inserted the key in the lock but could not open the door.
Somebody had bricked up all the doors and windows.
A famous art collector is walking through the city when he notices a mangy cat lapping milk from a saucer in the doorway of a store, and he does a double take.
Gwen flashed an angry look at her and went around her to the door, shutting it tightly behind her.
Then a sixth man appeared at the door, a small strangled cry came from Miranda.
The hotel first opened its doors in 1849 and was given a full refit four years ago. The Sun
Suddenly the door opened and a man burst in exclaiming: ‘Trescothick's gone first ball!’
He went to the screen door that looked out on the barnyard.
Just then the door opened and in stepped a wiry bearded man, who was mumbling to himself and skittering around cattishly.
The upper part of the gablet over the centre doorway is of the seventeenth century, and bears the shield of Sir George Hay of Kinfauns, who rented the lands of the bishopric about the beginning of the seventeenth century, the crozier being added to the shield in connection with the lands of the see. [ Scottish Cathedrals and Abbeys
She reached the doors of the college cafeteria, slamming them behind her and locking the door. Times, Sunday Times
All the houses will have a traditional look with curved timber framed windows, decorative roof detail and over-door pediments.
In the small main lobby, there was an elevator with an out-of-order sign on it older than I was, an open door to a stairway, and a directory with little plastic letters spelling out the names of bail bondsmen and repo services on black felt. Free Excerpt 2/5: Book of Secrets by Chris Roberson
Yet again she refused, and this time the mage threw open the door to her room in a blind rage.
In the spirit of the colonial revival, they replaced the Victorian era mansard roof with a hip roof with dormers, removed the two-story service wing, replaced windows and doors, and restored or embellished interior woodwork.
He tried to push the heavy door open.
Behind the portcullis was a thick oaken door studded with steel. The Cloister and the Hearth
Walking someone to the door will once again be considered a courteous gesture.
The final bell rang and everyone rushed out the door like a wild stampede of animals.
Heavy double doors closed with amplified loud scraping before a final crash as they came together and locked.
He knocks boldly at the door who brings good news.
The operations door rolled easily on rolamite tracks. Two in Time
My stepson is assaulted outside a night club by door staff, the plod arrive and, as he is the one unconcious on the floor, he’s knicked. Sonnex and Farmer – only a matter of time. « POLICE INSPECTOR BLOG
This may be because when he started mixing up a bucket in the new kitchen, billows of dust began puffing under the doors onto my new upstairs carpets.
After much blundering and backing, it stopped at the door: rolling heavily from side to side when its other motion had ceased, as if it had taken cold in its damp stable, and between that, and the having been required in its dropsical old age to move at any faster pace than a walk, were distressed by shortness of wind. American Notes for General Circulation
Eadie said just before 2 pm, as she was about to prepare a late lunch, she looked out the back door and called out to her mother, pensioner Millie, only to see the gushes of water and slush cascading from the neighbour's yard.
He got his bag caught in the train doors as they were closing.
I have shut an 'boulted the door an' by Him that made me, you'll never lave this house, nor go out of that door a livin 'woman, unless you tell me all you know about that Tobaccy-Box. The Black Prophet: A Tale Of Irish Famine Traits And Stories Of The Irish Peasantry, The Works of William Carleton, Volume Three
It's kind of an open concept, like a half covered, tiered, outdoor auditorium.
In this light, AKP prominent names are searching for a formula which will open the doors of universities to students wearing headscarf, while preventing robe, turban and black chuddar with the new constitution. Constitutional debate in Turkey
No. 1057 represented the final years of steam with a Pyle National headlight centred on the smokebox door and a standard tender.
India has a cuisine as diverse as its contrasting climate and the Punjab is famed for its clay ovens and tandoori cooking.
Close the door carefully, don't slam it.
He sank to a sitting position with his back against the door, pulling his knees to his chest.
Many cycads may be grown outdoors in California and the southern United States, but they cannot seem to tolerate the less equable climate in other parts of the nation.
An evolutionary biologist at East Carolina University in Greenville, North Carolina, specializes in trapdoor and funnel-web spiders, and tarantulas.
She gathered her courage and tapped at the frame of the screen door.
She walked abruptly to the door and pulled it back and ran to the railing where the carn fell away to the sea below. LET NOT THE DEEP
There were four curtained windows through which we could see that it was already dark outside, and a door that was slightly ajar.
I eased the door open silently, but the Fool's preternatural awareness served him well. THE GOLDEN FOOL: BOOK TWO OF THE TAWNY MAN
Faye grabs her folder and stands in Don's doorway to annunciate "very good then, you can call me with the details. Janet Turley: Mad Men Season 4, Ep 10: "Get Rid of It"
The intense fire that resulted built up enormous pressure in the hall, forcing thick black smoke under those bedroom doors that were shut.
He combed his fingers through his short cropped hair and opened the door.
I sighed and then picked up my crutches, hobbled to the door, and down the hall of the apartment to the living room.
One best and common example is the red diamond-shaped posters with the character 福 pinyin: fú, or "auspiciousness" which are displayed around the house and on doors. Sweetnicks- Food & Life - It's All at Sweetnicks
Farrell also said that Atlanta Bread would offer breakfast, lunch and dinner and also provide some outdoor seating.
The twelve-panel front door is surmounted with a transom window and framed by fluted pilasters supporting an open pediment.
Nawt tath wee notised, but ! abowt that door agin. COMFORT - Lolcats 'n' Funny Pictures of Cats - I Can Has Cheezburger?
There is a single garage with up-and-over door - subject to planning permission, this could be converted to additional accommodation.
Once we hit our eighties the temptation is to stay indoors and just sit around. Times, Sunday Times
A hallway in a largish single-storey house is a big job, lots of doors and a not inconsiderable amount of wall.
Valerie cautiously approached the door, reaching for the handle and turning the knob.
Decorated in pale green, it has decorative ceiling plasterwork, a white marble fireplace and French doors to the back garden.
In yesterday's closed-door meeting of the defense committee, lawmakers with the committee reached agreement after several hours' discussion on unfreezing the two budgets.
It has stunning views down the River Necker and was on the doorstep of easily accessible attractions.
Looking under the door, I saw a pair of orange high-tops.
Eggs have been thrown at the library doors, staff have been attacked with stones and foul-mouthed youths have hurled abuse at readers.
Setting the crossbow on the counter and sheathing his sword, he moved with surprising speed and agility to replace the bar across the door.
As someone standing on the doorstep looking for a good reason to enter the 'club', swatter is now gone. Sound Politics: King County GOP election results
Doors open to the public at 1.00 pm and the prize-giving will take place at 1.30 pm.
Mac put a heavy hand on her shoulder and pushed her aside to allow Jon to stoop in the doorway and lay a girlish kiss on the girl's badly rouged cheek.
It is too late to shut the stable door when the steed is stolen.
Cut simple holiday shapes out of paper or felt, then hang with thread from curtain rods, hanging lamps, doorways or over the outside of a lampshade.
Fei Shen is the company's A320 emergency doors the world's only supplier has delivered a total of A320 emergency doors Series 8300, A330/340 before the cargo door 100.
We are privileged to have internationally important fish stocks on our doorstep, including salmon in the River Kent, and rare species such as char and schelly in the nearby lakes.
But wait, above the old medicine cabinet from the house next door that we bought and demolished to build our garage, more mossiness has appeared. Returns « Fairegarden
I stood up and opened the door to find Leon just standing there.
And, if you're illuminating things away from the house, like your trees, get some outdoor floodlight holders that you can spike right into the ground.
She waited to tell him of her decision until the main doors of the school opened, as if to greet them, and the girls streamed through in varying degrees of sullenness and exultation and prettiness and slouching disarray.
A blue spruce, which looks good both indoors and in the garden, is a great choice. The Sun
Clad in steel, the GigaMatrix looks like a copier from the late 1980s, with two flat TV monitors on top and a door on the side. Gut Reactions
By Otto, February 8, 2010 @ 3: 55 pm try Dunedoo or Wee Waa in NSW, but I suspect the former would be lost on those undeucated in the Australian outdoor toilet. Cheeseburger Gothic » Prepping for Pucka.
He suddenly leapt up and made a break for the door.
By ‘real’ stress I mean when the bank heavies are actually knocking on your door and it's pay up time on the arrears on the house payments.
She opened the back door only to see thrown down on the lawn an empty can of her bully beef and, to make matters worse, an empty tin of her cat's food!
Can you hold this nail in position while I hammer it into the door?
An arson attack victim has spoken of her fear after finding that firebugs had set fire to her front door.
There was a smack, then the sound of a door closing and locking.
I stood at the sliding doors of Crosshouse Hospital, my arm around my grandmother.
A notice was posted on the box office doors to announce the postponement ‘due to inclement weather’.
Keeping buildings low-rise and increasing the number of front doors helps to cut down bills. Times, Sunday Times
He and his mates are laughing and jeering at their next-door neighbour: a crazy old man, stripped to the waist, performing what looks like some kind of weird callisthenics routine in his backyard.
Wooden legs bristling in every direction from under his arms, he moved crabwise towards the side door. DEATH IN FASHION
He finally reached Bear Dooley's half-closed office door, which was burdened with numerous layers of thick brown paint. THE X FILES 3: GROUND ZERO
Mum sounded very alarmed and distressed and told me to lock the doors. The Sun
For opening doors and not giving a damn about what anybody else has to say to it.
I only wish that some one had opened the exit door before I passed through it.
Suddenly the lobby door crashed into the adjacent wall and stayed there, the knob half-buried in the Sheetrock. Least Resistance
Should your work often take you outdoors, think about a ruggedised model to cope with the grind.
Just as the girl shut the door Yuki pulled herself upright and staggered to the bed.
Love Israel/Palestine or leave it, like Simone Bitton's politics or not, the film RACHEL deserves to be seen and Cindy Corrie deserves to be heard because, if nothing else, Rachel was an exceptional "girl-next-door. Undefined
She whacked her head on the door as he dragged her in. The Sun
For example, the right shift key is the same size as the standard letter keys, and lots of typists will go crazy hitting the next-door up arrow instead.
The peace lily is an indoor plant and will not tolerate frosty conditions.
The Smiths Door Chime Kit costs about ￡10 from electrical retailers.
Bifold doors in the large kitchen and dining room open out onto a landscaped garden. Times, Sunday Times
The person who answered the door was the artist, Yelton, who had even carved a talking stick for the Queen about 10 years ago.
She greeted me at the door wearing only her bra and knickers, and a seductive smile.
The opening is not such a problem, it's the vast forbidding swoop of the gaping door itself. Times, Sunday Times
Tailored suits are teamed with polo-shirts and, if he's the outdoor type, there are pages of sports-inspired casual wear.
Letters were piled up behind the door, but no food or drink was found in the flat and it is feared she may have starved to death after becoming too afraid to go outside.
You may talk vaguely about driving a coach – and – six up a good old flight of stairs, or through a bad young Act of Parliament; but I mean to say you might have got a hearse up that staircase, and taken it broadwise, with the splinter – bar towards the wall and the door towards the balustrades: and done it easy. A Christmas Carol
At irregular intervals, metal doors and gates gave access to whatever was behind the wall.
Jack came back upstairs moments after Sean and sighed heavily, slumping against the door, then quickly retreating to the safety of his office.
Two shoppers were injured in the stampede as shop doors opened on the first day of the sale.
Ford opened the door and hopped in just as the light changed and traffic started to move again.
But just as terror is about to knock something shifts, perhaps enough consciousness raised that a sinister energy is alchemize, and terror turns and retreats from the door. My Journey to Report on the Horrors and Hope in the Congo (Part VI)
She grasped the hilt of her sword and thrust it at the stones, wedged it between the planks on the door.
He was about to shut the door when an idea came to him.
There it was, finally, complete with the slate-gray lighting, blaring hippish soundtrack and chirpy “greeters” — Britney, Mariah, Amber, Becky, Megan, you know the type — just inside the double doors, anxious as all get-out to welcome you to your next dining experience. Lil Patty Grows Up : Patricia Smith : Harriet the Blog : The Poetry Foundation

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