doorknob
Example Sentences
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“Also”—she stops, her hand on the doorknob—“Ana Lopez is a nice girl.”
From Literature
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The shop—Birdie’s Tea Shoppe—even has a pink glass doorknob on its pink door.
From Literature
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The moment her hand touched the surface, bright silver lines emerged in the dark, weaving and curling around each other until they formed the outline of a doorknob, inches from where her hand rested.
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A company was hired to perform a deep clean of the school’s classrooms, doorknobs and kitchen equipment.
From Los Angeles Times
Each one is accented with diamond-encrusted doorknobs and serves as storage for multiple trinkets, mementos, and collector’s items.
From Literature
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.