doorman

Example Sentences

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Fishman, who owns a number of doorman buildings in Manhattan and Brooklyn, said he had third-party security guards and superintendents ready to step in.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

Building management was “basically allocating all their responsibilities to us,” said Stephen Biggs, who works at JP Morgan and lives in a doorman building on Third Avenue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“The U.S. is going to put conditions on us, that’s what’s going to happen,” said a doorman who spoke on condition of anonymity.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 29, 2026

“Later, he covered her rent and furnished her apartment in a doorman building in the West Village.”

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025

"I'll call and tell the doorman you'll be driving my car. Wait in the garage if he says I'm not back yet; I'll be home as soon as I can."

From "You Bring the Distant Near" by Mitali Perkins