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doorknob

[dawr-nob, dohr-] / ˈdɔrˌnɒb, ˈdoʊr- /


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Then with one hand on the doorknob he laid the other for an instant on my shoulder.

From Literature

But I was wide awake, so I noticed a random moonbeam strike the doorknob as it began to turn.

From Literature

"There's a Korean saying that describes it as 'like a blind person feeling for a doorknob'," he says.

From BBC

In an AI era when attackers can jiggle every virtual doorknob continuously, human defenders don’t stand a chance.

From The Wall Street Journal

It didn’t take him long to gulp them down, lick the fork one last time, and then transfer the fork to his other hand so he could grab the doorknob.

From Literature