doorman
Example Sentences
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“My doorman saw me there, and he said, ‘Father David…?’ ” says Sedaris.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026
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
I kind of walked through the crowd and into the building, and I said to the doorman, “What’s all that about?”
From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 5, 2026
“Later, he covered her rent and furnished her apartment in a doorman building in the West Village.”
From Slate • Nov. 19, 2025
The doorman escorted her to the door of apartment 4d.
From "The Westing Game" by Ellen Raskin
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