doorknob

Example Sentences

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Being released made Borowske feel as though a weight had been lifted: “As soon as I got that release, I called a resident here and said, ‘Hey, I can come fix your doorknob now.’”

From Washington Post

With no lockboxes to dangle from doorknobs, they had to fetch keys before taking clients on a showing.

From Washington Post

And one of the latches doesn’t work, leaving the building open to intruders, who roam the halls at night turning doorknobs, trying to get into open apartments.

From Los Angeles Times

For someone with O.C.D., certain circumstances or actions that most people would consider harmless, like touching a doorknob, are believed to have potentially dire consequences that require extreme corrective responses, if not total avoidance.

From New York Times

She lists doorknobs, light switches, faucet handles and remote controls.

From Washington Post