Doorstep

Examples

• He had determined to wait till the chance presented itself naturally; and here it was, and here he was on the doorstep. Edith Wharton. The Age of Innocence.
• And now I'll be too late with a murder done on my own doorstep. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• Squatted on the doorstep, he was engaged in most carefully examining that which the man had brought from the house. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• You can see for yourself that anyone going out through that open window could reach the front doorstep by taking a long stride. Arthur Conan Doyle. The Return of Sherlock Holmes.
• I sank on the wet doorstep: I groaned--I wrung my hands--I wept in utter anguish. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
• On the doorstep he stood still, remembering a phrase of Lily's: It seems to me you spend a good deal of time in the element you disapprove of. Edith Wharton. The House of Mirth.
• When the girl got into the open street, she sat down upon a doorstep; and seemed, for a few moments, wholly bewildered and unable to pursue her way. Charles Dickens. Oliver Twist.
• At last she set her basket down on a doorstep, and began arranging the old, faded shawl which covered her shoulders. Harriet Beecher Stowe. Uncle Tom's Cabin.
• I left him, said Mike, a setting on some doorsteps round the corner. Charles Dickens. Great Expectations.
• I thought to myself, as we descended the doctor's doorsteps. Wilkie Collins. The Moonstone.
• Hounds and horsemen disappear, and little Rawdon remains on the doorsteps, wondering and happy. William Makepeace Thackeray. Vanity Fair.

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