within doors
Example Sentences
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Both families are from Basra in southern Iraq, and they lived within doors of one another in Dearborn.
From Time • Feb. 25, 2011
“Keep within doors, Ophelia. I would not have you appear in public view,” he ordered.
From "Ophelia" by Lisa Klein
It was my first experience of the lovely and graceful English homes, and it fully realised all my expectations, both within doors and without.
From Ghosts and Family Legends A Volume for Christmas by Crowe, Catherine
"You are right, and the sooner we are within doors the better," his companion assented.
From For the Cause by Weyman, Stanley J.
For two days Mère Clouet, Yvonne and Jean remained within doors in nerve-racking uncertainty, trembling at the slightest sound, or the faintest cry in the streets.
From When a Cobbler Ruled a King by Seaman, Augusta Huiell
