jamb
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The 10-year-old stood outside the only home he’d ever known — a home he could traverse in total darkness, whose every floorboard and door jamb he knew like the back of his hand.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jan. 28, 2025
On Thursday, Arredondo told The Texas Tribune that the delay occurred because the only entryway into the school was blocked by a locked door with a steel jamb.
From Salon ● Jun. 10, 2022
Doors are similar and need to close tightly against the jamb and sill weather stripping.
From Washington Post ● Feb. 16, 2022
Trust me, the finished molding you install over the door atop the drywall will cover even a 1-inch gap between the top of the door jamb and the bottom of the rough opening.
From Seattle Times ● Nov. 2, 2021
The window slid in a crooked path up its jamb.
From "Song of Solomon" by Toni Morrison
“With stone jambs and dams, we often will play with the thickness and other dimensions, so that it adds depth and volume to the bathroom space.”
From Seattle Times ● May 23, 2024
Lacking an automated connection to a monitoring service, she connects exposed wires running along jambs to a light switch.
From Salon ● Dec. 6, 2023
“I started with a little campfire and it had eyes and it was really amorphous, like going through door jambs and keyholes” he said.
From New York Times ● Jun. 20, 2023
Even if it means his leaving scratch marks on the chamber’s door jambs on the way out.
From Washington Times ● Apr. 13, 2021
Bulging tongues of ice had broken doors off their hinges, and through their splintered jambs I could see evidence of a raid: kicked- over furniture, drawers torn open, snows of paper on the floor.
From "Hollow City" by Ransom Riggs
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