Doorways

Examples

• Two doorways should be left by cutting out a single studding in each compartment upon the most convenient side. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• The clerks and servants cut him off by back-passages, and were found accidentally hovering in doorways and angles, that they might look upon him. Charles Dickens. Little Dorrit.
• These doorways reach to within three feet of the ground, and should be about seven feet in height. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• In tall buildings the multitude of messengers and the frequent passing in and out would demand the increase in elevator facilities and even the enlargement of halls and doorways. Various. The Wonder Book of Knowledge.
• On either side were the doorways of the various apartments which lined it. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Those intended for stairways, eaves, cornices, windows, doorways, etc. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
• Watch the wall at your end of the chamber, Tars Tarkas, I cautioned, it is through secret doorways in the wall that the brutes are loosed upon us. Edgar Rice Burroughs. The Gods of Mars.
• Do not make the doorways over 6 or 7 feet in length vertically, as in all cases they weaken the structure. William K. David. Secrets of Wise Men, Chemists and Great Physicians.
• He tried a new direction, but made nothing of it; walls, dark doorways, flights of stairs and rooms, were too abundant. Charles Dickens. Our Mutual Friend.
• Here and there in the doorways we saw women with fashionable Portuguese hoods on. Mark Twain. The Innocents Abroad.
• It hid in doorways too, rubbing its horrible shoulders against doors, and drawing them up to its ears, as if it were laughing. Charles Dickens. A Tale of Two Cities.
• There are doorways and dust-heaps for such deaths, and such despair--find one, and take your flight to Heaven! Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.

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