doorknob

Example Sentences

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They don’t know where or how to grasp a doorknob, handle or door edge or how much pulling, pushing or twisting force to apply.

From Los Angeles Times • May 31, 2026

Few signs of forced entry were visible on Sunday at the singer's home apart from a broken doorknob, an AFP journalist observed.

From Barron's • Nov. 17, 2025

I could almost hear the click of the doorknob.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 22, 2025

"I turn my hearing aids off, deaf as a doorknob, tune everything out, it's really joyful."

From BBC • Jan. 3, 2025

He blinked and sat up, slipped his feet into his slippers, took the skunk sling from the doorknob where he’d hung it the night before, and went into the living room.

From "A Boy Called Bat" by Elana K. Arnold