Ajar

Examples

• I forced the safe myself over night, and shut it up ajar before I went away. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• But worst of all, the door leading to the pits where I had hidden my Princess was ajar. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• He was in no uneasiness concerning his getting into the house again, for it was full of lodgers, and the door stood ajar all night. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• I followed him into his room, leaving the hall door ajar behind me, for I feared to be alone with the man. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Tired, I suppose, with her importunity, he threw down his spade, approached, and pushed the door ajar. Charlotte Bronte. Villette.
• Again a door was ajar, a room was empty. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• When Dorothea was again at Lydgate's door speaking to Martha, he was in the room close by with the door ajar, preparing to go out. George Eliot. Middlemarch.
• I was in my room; the door was ajar: I could both listen and watch. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I saw the door of Miss Verinder's bedroom, standing ajar. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Just before I reached the landing I saw his door opened from the inside--a long, delicate, nervous hand (not my friend's hand certainly) held it ajar. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• Something creaked: it was a door ajar; and that door was Mr. Rochester's, and the smoke rushed in a cloud from thence. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• We lost no time in repairing to this place, which was within a few hundred yards; and as the door stood ajar, I pushed it open. Charles Dickens. Bleak House.
• He recovered, turned round, saw the door ajar, a faint light revealed. D. H. Lawrence. Women in Love .
• The door, when we got round to it, was ajar, and the school-master's voice reached us plainly, as we both stopped for a minute under the porch. Wilkie Collins. The Woman in White.
• A gate in the fence standing ajar, I pushed it open, and went in. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• She was obliged to leave the door ajar as she found it; but she fully intended that Mr. Elton should close it. Jane Austen. Emma.
• As it was rather warm, some of the tenants of the numerous little rooms which opened into the gallery on either hand, had set their doors ajar. Charles Dickens. The Pickwick Papers.
• Coming near, I found the door slightly ajar; probably to admit some fresh air into the close abode of sickness. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• I found Adele peeping through the schoolroom door, which she held ajar. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• The door was ajar, and a riband of bright firelight fell over the ground without. Thomas Hardy. The Return of the Native.
• Pulling at the bell again and getting no reply, she pushed the outer door, and found it standing ajar. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• On the table stood a dark-lantern with the shutter half open, throwing a brilliant beam of light upon the iron safe, the door of which was ajar. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Adventures of Sherlock Holmes.
• Then, looking at Tom's safe, he sees the door ajar, and finds the lock forced, and the money gone. Charles Dickens. Hard Times.
• I soon arrived at the hut: the door was ajar. Mary Shelley. The Last Man.
• I had left the great door ajar; should I find it thus? Charlotte Bronte. Villette.

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