doorman

Example Sentences

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“Everything is going up,” said Ariel Buenaventura, a doorman at a 16-story red-brick building on Manhattan’s Upper East Side.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

“A lot of people have anxiety, and rightfully so,” said Ali Nikovic, a doorman at a building just off Fifth Avenue.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 17, 2026

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

From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025

And there was a segment about taxi drivers, a segment about a doorman and a segment about a woman who’s deaf.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 10, 2025

One, carrying a doctor's bag, quickly limped on crooked legs to the side of the writhing doorman.

From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin