ajar

Example Sentences

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According to media reports, the ICC is still waiting formal communication from the Pakistan Cricket Board on the boycott, leaving the door slightly ajar for a last-minute deal to get the game on.

From Barron's

I leave her door ajar so I can hear if she calls.

From Literature

The door was ajar, and the sight of his bed with the red plaid sheets and the New York Jets pillow he and Tom had gotten after a game immediately made him relax.

From Literature

Arsenal may have been feeling they had left the door ajar with the draw at Forest.

From BBC

“The door was ajar, so I didn’t think you had anyone—” He looks back at me, and I see him take in the bloody clothes, the icepack—all of it.

From Literature