1
: the opening that a door closes
especially
: an entrance into a building or room
2
Synonyms
Examples of doorway in a Sentence
Please don't block the doorway.
She stepped through the doorway.
He stood in the doorway, wondering if he should go in.
Homeless people sleep in the doorways of the shops.
Recent Examples on the Web
Video played in court shows a series of muzzle flashes from behind a tree where Sergio Harris had been standing and police would later say more than 100 rounds had been fired during the shootout that killed innocent bystanders, including a homeless woman sleeping in a doorway.
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Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
Bathrooms are accessible, with widened doorways that can accommodate a wheelchair.
—Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Packed to capacity, with dozens of spectators resigned to watching from the doorway and baselines, Lillard was the most notable of a whole gallery of Oakland lifers who crammed into the bleachers to watch the game.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
One sweet clip shows all five girls crammed together in a doorway, with Geri, 51, and Victoria, 49, on the ground, while Emma, 48, Mel B, 48, and Mel C, 50, stand above them singing for the camera.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
The officers backed away and the door started to close as officers retreated from the doorway.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2024
The various pieces of footage shows Nex walking to the school nurse’s office with a school security officer, stopping at a doorway and swaying at one point.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
An officer then attempted to grab Dorsey from the doorway, who then resisted, causing the officer to struggle with him on the ground.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
Filmed in January of 2020, this video shows Atlas clearing debris and going through a doorway.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
Sam Stanton, Sacramento Bee, 3 Apr. 2024
Bathrooms are accessible, with widened doorways that can accommodate a wheelchair.
—Michelle Brunner, Washington Post, 23 Mar. 2024
Packed to capacity, with dozens of spectators resigned to watching from the doorway and baselines, Lillard was the most notable of a whole gallery of Oakland lifers who crammed into the bleachers to watch the game.
—Joseph Dycus, The Mercury News, 6 Mar. 2024
One sweet clip shows all five girls crammed together in a doorway, with Geri, 51, and Victoria, 49, on the ground, while Emma, 48, Mel B, 48, and Mel C, 50, stand above them singing for the camera.
—Charna Flam, Peoplemag, 5 Mar. 2024
The officers backed away and the door started to close as officers retreated from the doorway.
—James Hartley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 27 Feb. 2024
The various pieces of footage shows Nex walking to the school nurse’s office with a school security officer, stopping at a doorway and swaying at one point.
—Jo Yurcaba, NBC News, 26 Feb. 2024
An officer then attempted to grab Dorsey from the doorway, who then resisted, causing the officer to struggle with him on the ground.
—Adrienne Davis, Journal Sentinel, 20 Mar. 2024
Filmed in January of 2020, this video shows Atlas clearing debris and going through a doorway.
—IEEE Spectrum, 15 Mar. 2024
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“Doorway.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorway. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.
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doorway
noun
door·way
-ˌwā 
1
: the opening or passage that a door closes
2
: a means of reaching or gaining something
the doorway to success
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