jamb

Example Sentences

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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

“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

When the finished trim and door weather stripping is added on the side wall jambs, you lose about 2 1/4 inches in width.

From Seattle Times

There’s also an additional cost if you want your vehicle’s inside door jambs wrapped.

From Seattle Times

Gooch, a 37-year-old resident of Leavenworth, Kansas, about 25 miles northwest of Union Station, related his experiences in an Associated Press interview outside his apartment, his crutches leaning against the door jamb behind him.

From Seattle Times