doorknob

Example Sentences

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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

Haven’t touched a doorknob since, you know, 1990.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 13, 2024

His fingers wrapped around the old brass doorknob and pulled.

From "Beasts of Prey" by Ayana Gray