But I did pause at the hummingbird weaving in the doorway to say, “Pachis.” The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Jay stood in the doorway, a slight sweat stain ringing the neck and underarms of his shirt. Root Magic 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

The car sways, and Four grabs the side of the doorway for balance. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

They will enter through the basement doorway and make their way up the back steps to the lower tower rooms. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

"Come in," he whispered, and as I entered the room I turned and saw him peek out the doorway as if I might have been followed by the police. Hole in My Life 2002-03-26T00:00:00Z

I could stay right here in the doorway. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan leans into the open doorway and whispers, “A weapons room.” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Lyra saw the old man standing doubtfully in the doorway, and behind him, the corner of a large wooden box. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Other faces peered from the doorways, too timid to come out. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Aproned shopkeepers cheered ecstatically from the narrow doorways of their shops. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He’s standing in the doorway, tapping his feet. Blended 2018-10-30T00:00:00Z

I remember watching from my doorway, my hand wrapped around the door frame. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

Styx stood with his shoulder against the open doorway, watching the landscape glide by faster and faster. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

One of the men leaned in the doorway of a barbershop. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

As soon as I stepped through the doorway, it felt like all eyes turned to me. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

“I was right there in the doorway, watching the entrances. Why’re you so out of sorts?” Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

I hadn’t noticed Tracy—Mom—was standing in the doorway, listening to us. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

A figure stepped out of a patched-up doorway and said, “Wait, wait.” The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

Finally they arrived at a stone doorway leading straight into the side of the hill. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I found myself alone, I’d stop and look for a view—out of a window, say, or through a doorway into a room—any view so long as there were no people in it. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Your mother is standing in the doorway looking impatient. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

The three dockworkers we'd seen earlier now stood in the doorway. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

In Newark, New Jersey, Pierson comes upon a man crouched in a doorway. Spooked! 2018-08-07T00:00:00Z

If she closed her eyes she could imagine the arched doorway, the Persian rug on the living-room floor, the yellow chairs and the huge window that looked over the bay. Julie of the Wolves 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then I heard footsteps and spun around to see Bronwyn in the doorway. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Finally the corridor ended in a doorway filled waist-high with old lumber. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The plastic sheeting was gone, and Charlie stood in the doorway, grinning. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

A young woman stands in the doorway of the next hut. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

But he did not pause to admire it, and turning aside he followed his master through the narrow doorway in the wall of the cave. The Two Towers 1954-11-11T00:00:00Z

He stood there in the front doorway with the sun just squeaking by him on all sides. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She blinked her eyes open, her gaze unfocused, and saw her stepsister, Ana, in the doorway. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

The kids came diving out, jamming in the doorways, pushing into the backs of other kids, knocking each other flat on the disintegrating boardwalk. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Constance whispered hoarsely, hovering in the doorway. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

And just then Becca, Taylor, and TeeTee appeared in the doorway of the school, but because of the rain, they didn't come out. Patina 2017-08-29T00:00:00Z

The frayed threads, like delicate hairs of a newborn child, caught the dim light from the doorway. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

The cabin door was open; the boy’s mother was standing in the doorway. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I talked myself out of being disappointed when he didn’t surface in my office doorway. Becoming 2018-11-13T00:00:00Z

She scanned the room, squinting through the hole in the stone, and caught sight of something that twinkled and burned like a star at floor level by the doorway. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

In the middle of this bright green cave rose a small mound, eight inches tall, in the end of which was an arched entrance neatly lined with stone, like a small doorway without any door. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Six guards appeared in the doorway behind them, joining the dozens already in the chamber, swords at the ready. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Anh’s patent leather shoes shone in the sun as she practically skipped through the doorway. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

He slumped back into bed, his eyes on the dark doorway to the hospital wing as the footsteps drew nearer. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

His three sons were standing in the doorway watching us. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

At the doorway, he stops, turns, and smiles. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

We walked to the end of the hall and rounded a corner, and there, standing in a doorway, was a girl. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

As soon as he was inside the doorway, he typed the unlock code into the phone. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He waited a moment and then turned to the doorway, where Lee still stood. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Grayson, as they had predicted, was in the doorway waiting for them as they arrived. Stella by Starlight 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I give chase, skidding to a stop in front of Mama’s darkened doorway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I stood in my doorway the twenty-third of November dressed from head to toe in deerskins. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He passed a business card through the crack in the doorway. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Who are these people?” growled Father from the doorway. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A woman in a uniform blocked the doorway. Hope Springs 2021-08-10T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dudley was still for a minute and then, moving her head acquiescently, turned and walked deliberately across the kitchen to a farther doorway. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She stood still in the doorway, smiling a little at them, rubbing the nails of one hand with the thumb and forefinger of the other. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Oh,” said a voice from the door, and the laughter died as Cook and Ophie turned to see a very plain white woman standing in the doorway. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Matt put the bundle of Kira’s belongings down on the floor just inside the doorway, but he wouldn’t step inside the room. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

I leapt up the steps and burst through the doorway. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

And to my relief, Kingston appears in the doorway between the kitchen and the dining room. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

They passed one person after another, crouched in the hallways or in doorways, their bodies red and puffy, some of their eyes swollen shut, while others clutched arms and legs, wailing in terror. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

He slid down and sat in her doorway. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

However, what made me smile as I stood in the doorway was that I saw he now had a small silver frame on the side table behind his desk. Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

Leo stood in the doorway of the mess hall, taking in the scene around the dining table. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

But now, as he stood in the doorway again, homing to her presence, he thought he saw her shoulders rise with apprehension, her elbows draw in. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I passed the next doorway, I felt a third twinge: a little stronger now, but still only a whisper. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway to his room. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“I’ll get the cast net and go for sardines. Will you sit in the sun in the doorway?” The Old Man and The Sea 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Gwen asked, and Ash saw the girl standing expectantly in the doorway. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wang Lung sat in his doorway and looked out over the waters that were yet far enough from his house that was built on a high wide hill. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

I turned to see my mother’s small silhouette in the doorway. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Ivan and Anya both jumped and clung to each other as a figure silhouetted against the light stomped to the doorway, halted just inside, and jammed its hands to its skirted hips. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

A moment later she appeared in the doorway. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

She gripped the sides of the doorway, but the mesarthium was smooth; there was no frame, nothing to give her purchase, and there were too many hands, grabbing at her arms and hair and shoulders. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Victory is on one side of the inner doorway, leading them on, and Death is on the other. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Stray dogs sniffed at the grime, and beggars wrapped in newspaper slept in the doorways. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And behind this person, standing in the doorway, were an assortment of people the children could not see but who promised to be just as frightening. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Stockton passed through the doorway, between us. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Some­times I asked Baba if I could sit with them, but Baba would stand in the doorway. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Grandma was standing in the doorway waiting for us. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

We stand in the doorway for a moment, and we both know that it’s the first time we’re alone in a house. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But then my mother stood in the den doorway with her hands on her hips. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

From the doorway, Jemmy watched Hold-Your- Nose Billy vanish into the tangled maze of tree limbs and brambles. The Whipping Boy 1986-04-01T00:00:00Z

Daddy stands in the doorway, watching a reporter and camera operator set up in front of Mr. Lewis’s shop. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

As he approached the doorway, he could no longer remember which way to go. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

A dull glint caught Anya’s eye as she stood in the doorway. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Two monstrous women with brick-red forearms folded across their aprons were talking outside a doorway. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Curley popped into the doorway again and stood looking into the room. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

Slumping against the doorway, I tipped my head back and let out a sigh. Mississippi Trial, 1955 2002-05-27T00:00:00Z

The streets were mostly silent and deserted that morning, but every now and then we’d pass a woman wearing curlers or a group of men in T-shirts with motor-oil decals, loitering in a doorway. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

She looks at the cake with the big “10” on it and then back at Natalie through the doorway. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

Once I heard her humming a pretty melody in her room, some Korean folk song, but as I walked toward her doorway to hear it better she stopped immediately, and I never heard it again. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed the Municipal Trade Bank, a huge, elegant fortress with marble pillars and an iguanodon-mounted guard on either side of the mighty doorway. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Still in a daze, I get to the doorway last, just in time to see Brian Li lying on the floor rubbing his shoulder. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

She laughed then, watching Theodora’s expression as she stood in the doorway of the green room. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Free to sleep in doorways or between the white sheets of a singing woman. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

She and Percy stood shoulder to shoulder in the doorway, waiting for the next wave. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

The doorway, which looked large enough for one of the statues to walk through, was framed with stone that had been carved with symbols—more adinkra. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

At the doorway to the garage, he paused. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

His happy question thinned to a whisper as he looked at me, standing in the doorway, menacing and mean, a pitchfork pointed straight at him. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I washed out my bowl and stood in the doorway waiting for Osh, but he tipped his chin at me and said, “Go on home. I’ll be staying here.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

The Wagon Lit conductor was hovering in the doorway. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mr. Nixon, the headmaster, dashed past the doorway, emitting fumes of anger and tweed. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I pause by the doorway and look at him, half buried under the quilt, peaceful and strong. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Words were secret doorways and I held all the keys. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

But in the same motion he leaped up, swung about, and stood between me and the doorway of the ruined church. Crispin: The Cross of Lead 2002-06-01T00:00:00Z

My cousins helped me hang a white sheet in the doorway of the sitting room, and when everyone was seated I plugged in the projector and clicked on the radio. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

I pushed back the gunny sack hanging in the doorway and there he sat in the sprung armchair, staring at a flask of something on the counter. The Evolution of Calpurnia Tate 2009-05-12T00:00:00Z

Gabe appeared in the doorway and growled, “Bean dip, Sally? Didn’t you hear me?” The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

The way he would sit in the doorway and play his guitar made people stop and listen and maybe disappoint the jook for that night. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

I wasn’t too worried because I could see the toes of Miss Thomas’s shoes in the doorway. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

They were placed perfectly within the doorways, as if the school had been built around them. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

I moved through the kitchen and suddenly found myself standing in a doorway, staring at a family of people having dinner around a long table. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

They haunted the laundry lines and pub doorways of Coal’s twisting lanes, drooping like wilted flowers, eyes flicking toward us and away again. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

The only light came from the hall, and Coraline, who was standing in the doorway, cast a huge and distorted shadow onto the drawing room carpet—she looked like a thin giant woman. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

I kept to the fronts of buildings, ducking into doorways when necessary, until I finally took refuge in the abandoned chandler’s shop. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z

He turned to face me, still standing in the doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then, restoring her sanity, lights flickered in the doorway—candles—men hurrying into the room. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I wait in the doorway while he throws on his Food Mart T-shirt. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I had followed her as far as the kitchen doorway and stood there leaning against it nodding, not sure what she was talking about. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Mom and I walk her to the doorway, and when we get there, Fina wraps her arms around me in a big hug. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

As soon as I walked through the doorway, the woman said, “That’s her.” Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

Standing there in the doorway of the foundation with my real fencing family surrounding me in applause only made the moment more real. Proud 2018-07-24T00:00:00Z

Palmer stayed in the doorway, fighting back tears. Wringer 1997-08-16T00:00:00Z

When the girl reached them, she grabbed hold of the doorway to stop her momentum. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Matilda followed her, but just inside the doorway of the so-called sitting-room she stopped and stared around her in absolute amazement. Matilda 1988-10-01T00:00:00Z

She gestures to the broken glass, then turns around and disappears through a dark doorway. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

At the doorway, he turns and gives me a sad little smile. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

She got up from the bed and disappeared through the curtains across the doorway. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

The neighbors kept sweeping their doorways, hanging their laundry, and preparing dinner. Where the Mountain Meets the Moon 2009-07-01T00:00:00Z

She stood in the doorway of her uncle’s house and held her breath with wonder. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

With a quick inspection of the nearest doorway, however, this hope vanished. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

I don’t even look at Darius as he’s standing there in the doorway. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Though dusk hadn’t yet unfurled into night, clusters of people gathered under eaves and in doorways, their faces lost to the gloom and weak gaslight. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Heads were appearing at doorways all up and down the street. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

In fact, I believe I actually took a few steps towards the doorway, but then I turned to her again and said: 'So, Miss Kenton, the new recruits are getting on well, you say.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Once, when I was about eleven, I stopped at the doorway to my parents’ bedroom to watch them make the bed together. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

In the western doorway, Roman and Greek demigods in full armor fought one another on a hillside under a large pine tree. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I shrugged and followed Tamika up the inside stairs, then bit back a twinge of sorrow as she bounded through a very familiar doorway. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

While he drank, a girl of about ten and an infant brother holding her hand watched him from the doorway. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

Then they heard a thump in the other room as a child got out of bed, and a moment later Maria appeared in the doorway, rubbing sleep from her eyes. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

As predicted, it swooped through the decimated doorway without knocking so much as a sliver of stone from the medieval walls. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

“We may have to sit in a doorway till morning,” he told Rita. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well?’ he said, turning round now and seeing his sister standing in the doorway, clutching the doll, her golden pigtails perfecdy balanced on each shoulder, ripe for the pulling. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

The door opens a split second later and there is the warden rising to fill the doorway. Al Capone Does My Shirts 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hand clamped around her wrist like a vise and yanked her through the doorway with such force that she lost her balance. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t forget his look of horror when he had seen her in the doorway, but nor could she understand why he’d kept her secret. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

But then, toward the end of that period, I saw the schools financial manager standing at the doorway. I Will Always Write Back 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

I stand in the doorway, shocked how my room is filled with family, how it isn’t my room anymore. Ghost Boys 2018-04-17T00:00:00Z

Baba sits in his chair by the open doorway, facing the dark street. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m sick and tired of your spying on me from doorways and dark places where I can’t catch up with you.” Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He stooped to go under the doorway and went out. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Dad towered in my bedroom doorway, the family laptop in hand. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Look up here in the corner of the doorway! Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

My brother’s eyes roved to the shed’s doorway and the dreary night darkening the field beyond. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Every brother I saw coming from a doorway or walking up a stair I thought, at first, was Michelangelo. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Lynch, who worked at the bookstore, was standing in the doorway. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

They escorted him through another small room and finally to the threshold of another doorway, where the procession halted. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Daring, gay, she ran down the corridor again to the hall and peeked out at them from the doorway. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Jay comes to the doorway with the loaf of bread in her hand, untwisting the tie. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Dad and Erik were standing in the doorway, ready to exit. Tangerine 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kayla looks away from him long enough to spot me in the doorway. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

She finishes her tentative tour around the room and rejoins Marco in the doorway, pulling the door closed softly behind her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Stepping forward then he entered the open doorway. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

But there were other doorways into other worlds, and a little searching found the way into this. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Leroy went through the doorway to the second room, motioning Stick to follow. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

To keep from wobbling, Lice Peeking braced himself with both arms in the doorway. Flush 2005-09-13T00:00:00Z

I had been collecting money for a month when I saw Black Dog lounging in a doorway, staring at the May rain. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Half blinded by angry tears, he almost walked straight into Heqet, who was lurking in a doorway farther down the street, waiting for him. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Papa who was so tall that he sometimes lowered his head to get through doorways, that his tailor always used extra fabric to sew his trousers. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z

I was in my bedroom, standing in front of my mirror, trying it out, when Shawn appeared in the doorway. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He’d been sitting for a few solitary minutes when he heard footsteps enter through the doorway. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

Her mother stood in the doorway to the kitchen. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I stood pressing myself into the doorway until Newcharlie looked over at me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

Papa came through the doorway right behind him, in a flying leap, bellowing like a warrior, “Yaaaaaah!” Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then she crawled out of the doorway and ran down the alley to the street. Lupita Mañana 1981-03-21T00:00:00Z

Most of the smaller birds went out the window in the loft, but the others streamed out the doorway around the stone-still silhouette, just as Anya realized the person was too short to be Sigurd. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

The two walked carefully, and they avoided the center of the town where some sleeper in a doorway might see them pass. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then Gebu had come, a solid form blocking out the sunlight in the doorway so that everyone turned to look. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The bed was pressed into the corner against the wall across from the window, next to a wide doorway that led into the next room. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

“Are you folks the Concerned Library Lovers?” asked a scrawny old man with a pointy beak who stood timidly in the doorway beside the butler. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z

The assistant moves from the doorway and is replaced by a young woman in a stylish lace-trimmed dress. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

There was Mother in the doorway behind me, holding up the spatula. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Entering Matrosskaya Tishina, I found a confusing maze of cell blocks, low doorways, endless tunnels, dingy corridors, and ancient metal staircases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

A boy with a leather cap and wide, wild eyes stood in the doorway. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I thought he should probably know that already, since he was standing in the Kasteevs’ doorway and working on their TV show, but he asked, so I told him. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

Every side doorway was guarded by a skeleton in military gear. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Carl stood hunched in the doorway downstairs, limp, with his peaked cap pulled down over his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” Bloom said sweetly to the little waif sucking her thumb in the doorway, “it’s okay now.” The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man's deep voice floated out the open doorway. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

He’s asleep, so I stand at the doorway so I won’t disturb him. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

He paused in the doorway and looked back. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Piper glanced at the stone carvings above the doorways: the scowling twin faces of Fear and Panic. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

I’m in the middle of a math problem when my parents appear at my doorway. A Soft Place to Land 2021-09-14T00:00:00Z

“Go over this room with a microscope,” he ordered the policemen clustered in the doorway. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later she was in the doorway, looking at me, the expression on her face somewhere between disbelief and disgust. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

A corpse in a doorway dried to leather. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

I waited in the doorway long enough to hear her reassure them that everything would be better, then ducked out into the hall. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

A sudden roar of anger brought him to the doorway. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The roofs of the buildings here were tiled and arched, and the walls, windows, and doorways were in gold or red or green. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, I’m not making any more right now,” Paul said from the doorway, staring back at his dad. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

They returned to the doorway of the shack. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Luckily, in front of the rehearsal building, a stream of teenage girls in indi'gena clothes are | moving from their cars to the doorway. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She looks toward the doorway as the sedative sets in, making everything blur at the edges. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

But at the doorway of the room he saw immediately that his friend was not there. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Major was standing in the doorway, his muscular hands clamped to his wide leather belt. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

We dive through the gaping doorway as the sniper fires off another couple of shots. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The moment he did so—and to the great surprise of everyone present—Milligan leaped toward an open doorway and vanished from the room. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The child, perplexed, said from the doorway, “It's going to spill.” One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

He expected them to stand endlessly in his doorway, his half German shepherd jumping up on them as he rambled on about the boiler. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before he took us for the show-up, Officer Kelly stopped in the doorway and said, “You were in the Penikese graveyard last time we saw you.” Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

A dog in the doorway of a clothing boutique yipped. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Following tradition, Uncle Pete guarded the doorway for more than two hours, until the service at the church was over. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Naima went quickly to the flat, wide stone just outside the doorway of their hut. Rickshaw Girl 2007-02-01T00:00:00Z

It was July and the heat in her apartment was unbearable; the doorway felt much cooler. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Herbert and his friend Johannes Kirsch worked their way up and down the streets, stuffing flyers into tenement mailboxes and doorways. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z

The others crowd the doorway and Lara lets Dylan pull her over too. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

I peered through the doorway and saw the grey stone of the walls charred black. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mrs. O’Leary still took up the entire living room, but she’d settled her head in the kitchen doorway so she could see us, which made her happy. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

Over his shoulder, I see my mother and Prim clutching each other in the doorway. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

With a doorway never needing to be closed, a view slanted for light and bright autumn leaves but not rain. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

They squat in the dust of broken doorways instead, staring at us with big eyes and sunken cheeks. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He looked for an open doorway or a place he could escape from the snow for a little while. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

But I know something he doesn’t, of course, and step through the doorway and shut it quickly. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Father waited patiently in the doorway with his arms folded. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

We crept through the small doorway in the stairwell up to the chimney. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

Ranofer watched until the shadow swallowed them, then walked on through the dusk-filled streets, in which an occasional torch bloomed now over doorway or gate. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

He was soon off the chair and running to me, but before he reached me I ducked through the doorway and, heart breaking, slammed it in his face. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

She could hear her mother in the doorway, talking softly, like she was trying to put a baby back to sleep. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

A figure in a long night robe appeared at the doorway. The Black Cauldron 1965-06-01T00:00:00Z

As I stood hesitating in the doorway, Miss Kenton appeared at my side and said: 'Mr Stevens, I have a little more time than you at the moment. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

“No traps on the doorway, but...something is strange here. My underground sense is—is fuzzy, like someone is working against me, hiding what’s ahead of us.” The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Father got up and came to stand in the doorway, facing out toward the porch. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Magdalys glanced frantically around, then dashed to the back room and stopped short in the doorway. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

Ruth asked after we’d made it through the cobwebbed doorway and were standing together on the lawn, both of us sweating. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

The others watched her grab a can of peaches from a shelf and wedge it into the doorway. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes the girl reappears in the doorway. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I selected my words with the utmost care, afraid that if I said something wrong, it would be like opening a doorway. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

It all came to a head a few days later, the evening Carl popped through the doorway twirling his car keys on his thumb. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

Soon he heard heavy footsteps, and Dana himself filled the doorway. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The receptionist glares at me from the doorway. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I notice a small brass cylinder on the frame of her doorway. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“I can’t get it out,” Ana said in frustration, and Ash put her hands over her head, backing away until her hip struck the doorway to the kitchen. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

He waited almost shyly by the doorway as I went inside. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Boys and girls stood in their open doorways and shouted at the giant. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

However, before five minutes had passed, Mr Cardinal appeared in the doorway of the library and beckoned me over. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Over the doorway hung a big purple banner with the gold letters spqr embroidered inside a laurel wreath. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

I turned, glimpsing her white face in the dim light of the darkened doorway. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as I made my way past those bedrooms, I had seen through a doorway Miss Kenton's figure, silhouetted against a window, turn and call softly: 'Mr Stevens, if you have a moment.' The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

She stood in the doorway and he looked at her light-grey blind eyes, eyes almost as white as her face and hair and dress. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A woman appears from a doorway behind the counter, holding up her clay-covered hands. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

I moved away until I felt my back press up against a wall, then I slid weakly sideways until I found a recessed doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

It was a silvery building, nothing fancy, with plain white curtains and a carved stone owl over the doorway. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

She stood in the doorway in flannel pajamas, a toddler on her hip and two small girls clinging to her leg. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

It could be the top of a doorway, he guessed. Ship Breaker 2010-05-01T00:00:00Z

Pigeons fluttered in and out of the temple’s open doorways. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

Grover stood framed in the doorway against a backdrop of pouring rain. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

I turned quickly and almost stumbled over two tremendous pigskin suitcases, strapped in black leather, just inside the doorway. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

“Leave. Now,” she said to Ucho in a loud voice, pointing to the doorway. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Papa stood in the doorway wearing his banker’s uniform . . . dark suit, white shirt, and blue tie. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

She stood behind him, in the doorway, waiting. Go Tell It on the Mountain 1953-05-18T00:00:00Z

As he was pulling away, Bo was still in the doorway, the orange juice in his hands again. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

Then he left Grandma and I filled the doorway to watch. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z

"Stand back or I'll shoot," the man called, his eyes wild as he drew a gun and backed into the doorway where the two trusties stood bewildered, their arms full of articles. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

One other doorway was screened by beads on strings. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

Finally Missing Tooth rediscovered the stranger standing in the doorway. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stomped over to the doorway to Mom’s study and yanked the door open. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

They must have thought it was short, because they’d only gone a little way before Jackson had led them through a doorway and onto the tower steps. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Then one night he crushed his cigarette and instead of saying good night leaned against the doorway. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Dad was standing in the doorway with his arms crossed and a sly grin on his face. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Safer is standing in the doorway, “What happened to you?” Liar & Spy 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The doorways were wider than those of any house in which he had ever lived. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Katherine appears in the doorway to the sleeping chamber, clutching her wrap tightly. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

It was hard to see into the darkened doorway. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

He was tall and broad, and he filled up the doorway for a heartbeat when he entered, his face splitting into a smile to see them. Pet 2019-09-10T00:00:00Z

It shot past him into a doorway where it slid out of sight through a hole. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He waved from the doorway, his mustaches went straight up, his brown face was smiling. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

Lorraine didn’t want to follow him, but I dragged her behind me until we got to the doorway. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

There were guards standing in those doorways, distracted maybe, but all one needed to do was turn his head. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

She led the children through an open doorway and into the second room of the house. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

“Oh wow,” Mom says, appearing in my doorway. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

As I put down my phone, I noticed Mom standing in my doorway. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

He crowded them into a doorway and imprisoned them there with his arm while he talked to them. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moments before the tryouts got under way, I stood in the doorway of the auditorium, nervously wringing my hands as Minnijean tried to register. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Trotter didn’t even try to come in, just stood in the doorway slightly swaying and smiling, her breath short from climbing the stairs. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

“Purpose, porpoise, dolphin, doorframe, doorway. You are the doorway to the salvation of the world.” Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The Negro therefore prized education as the only doorway into the world of knowledge and dignity to which he aspired. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shuffled along the corridor, skipping through the first doorway he encountered. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

My dad started talking, but I couldn’t hear anymore; I was frozen in place in the doorway of my bedroom, clutching a pair of jeans. Liar, Liar 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

I felt about two inches tall walking through the doorway, but I made sure to straighten my spine and hold my head up high, all that posture stuff Mom used to nag us about. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He had just extricated one arm from his overcoat when Ted Rayburn appeared in his doorway. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Bigger than the Artificery, it had elegant lines, a red tile roof, high windows, arched doorways and pillars. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

After several minutes she reappears in the doorway with the silver-maned Arabian. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

The family unloaded the car in a daze and followed the caseworker through a doorway into a stark ground-floor apartment with mattresses on the floor. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

Flanking the doorway were two armored manikins—like skeletal scarecrows made from bronze pipes, outfitted with full suits of Roman armor, shield and sword. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

None of the players saw Coach Spinks standing in the doorway drinking a newly opened bottle of R.C. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

We knew she was a Mexican the second we saw her standing there behind Tommie in the doorway of our senior homeroom. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

We tried to get in and we were standing in the doorway and they were all, “Who the hell are you?” Feed 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Frank hadn’t even realized that he’d moved in front of the doorway. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

I turned to leave, but before I reached the doorway Dad spoke again. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

She was standing in the doorway with her fist raised like she was about to knock. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

“See how narrow this doorway is, like a neck that has been strangled. And the kitchen faces this toilet room, so all your worth is flushed away.” The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

No one noticed the scrawny man in a shabby coat lurking in the doorway shadows. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We are inside the doorway, inside the cabin. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Percy paused at the doorway, trying not to think about Julius Caesar getting slashed to death at a senate meeting. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

He is so big he near about filled up the whole doorway. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sohrab’s mom appeared in the doorway behind her son, camera in hand. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

I stumble beside her over broken glass and through water and out an open doorway. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

A man in tattered clothes stands hunched over in the doorway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

But all over the countryside, neighbors, leaning against slanting porch posts or standing in open cabin doorways and listening, knew that it was Sounder. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mama walked with Papa toward the doorway—is that what it was called on a ship? A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Be that as it may, red-eyed and dully cringing in his doorway, Herbie could only stare helplessly at the sexual holocaust taking place in his neighbors’ pen. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Before she departed, she looked back at the house, and there was a woman in white standing in the kitchen doorway. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the open doorway of the house a correct butler was awaiting them, and something about his gravity reassured them. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

I came out from behind the sheet in the doorway to listen. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

We cut our way through the crowd, bumping shoulders with boys who were standing in the doorway eyeing the girls passing by. Breaking Through 2001-08-27T00:00:00Z

Then silently a great doorway was outlined, though not a crack or joint had been visible before. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

He followed his ears to where the roar was loudest and sneaked through a doorway. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She nodded and pushed them through the doorway. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

They went into the front room and she followed along after them and stood in the doorway. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

The derelict quiet lasted only a moment before Black Bottom erupted from all its alleys and doorways. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

When he reached his doorway, he hesitated about going up. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I turned my back on the open doorway and the warmth inside and ran across the field toward the woods. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Most of the buildings are red brick too; some have arched doorways, a Romanesque effect, from the nineteenth century. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diego stood in the doorway, blocking it with his whole body. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

Sohrab had reappeared in the doorway, dressed in real pants and a white polo shirt. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

We had a hurried conference out on the landing, then followed the rest of the class down the stairs and loitered just inside the main doorway. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

The open doorway behind her was blocked by rough red bricks. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

So this is the doorway, I thought, between us and the rest of this country. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

Frankie caught a glimpse of Tad talking to someone on the other side of the debris that jammed the doorway as he helped Cas reach the bottom. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

August turned slightly and caught sight of me in the doorway. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As they went along it the glimmer grew stronger, and they saw that it came through a doorway on their right. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Where do you think those doorways —’ Piper held up her hand. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Methuselah had but to move a few paces and he was blocking the doorway. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

He looked at the doorway and he knew it was pointless. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Then he stood up and moved as silently as a murderer to the first open doorway and peered inside. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z

He paused at the doorway—the smell of paint, plaster, and glue permeated the air. Shooting Kabul 2010-06-22T00:00:00Z

The blade’s image zoomed straight through the doorway, down a spiral stairwell, and into a dark, cylindrical chamber like the inside of a grain silo. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

I take three silent steps backward and stand near the doorway by the telephone. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

As I passed through the doorway, a man’s hand grabbed my arm. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

And the shadow of a man behind the ghetto fence sits down in the doorway and cries. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Peralta sat on a small plastic stool in the doorway, listening. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z

I don’t want to bump into kids in the doorway. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

He turns on his boot heel and leads the way around the back of the stables, veering right into a doorway, and Alex follows. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

There was a man I’d never seen before with a headset and a clipboard standing in the doorway, and he stared at me the whole time I walked toward him. Absolutely Almost 2014-06-01T00:00:00Z

“What took you so long, Charlie?” shouts Gimpy from the doorway to the back of the bakery. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mitch stands in the doorway with a brown grocery bag clenched in his fist. Dumplin' 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I had seen into the dark doorway that he kept hidden inside, the terrible place he would seal up now and never return to if he could help it. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jack, in the doorway, said, "It's not urgent." The Martian 2011-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I imagined here I was poised at the perfect doorway to break out of the prison of my father’s book. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

I stopped in the doorway, fascinated by the view before me. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Chantal is right behind me, but she just stands in the doorway. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

He ran off with the sheet of bronze, leaving Hazel in the doorway. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A second later she appeared in the doorway, a dish towel in her hands. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

I assumed the proper position, and somehow my left leg stepped out over the edge of the doorway. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

They did this and went quietly up to one of the big arched doorways whirled into the inside of the building. The Magician's Nephew 1955-05-02T00:00:00Z

When she got near this nest, she stopped and faced the owl, who had turned from the light of the doorway and was peering at her with his great yellow eyes. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

As Theresa appraised her new apartment from the doorway — four bare walls, two filmy windows — she could not help but imagine what Helen would think of the decor. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Paul stood in the doorway, wondering what to do. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then, to my acute embarrassment, Bunny would emerge sheepishly in the doorway. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

By the end of fifth period, I’m still so busy thinking about it that I don’t even notice Austin barreling through the doorway into the computer lab right as I’m trying to get out. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The other crazy old man upstairs was standing in the doorway, holding a tall black hat in his hands. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

He stands in front of the doorway, and the only other way out is by jumping off the balcony and into the garden below. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

My phone buzzes: Ben, slyly texting from my doorway. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

Kia nodded at a sheet of cloth covering the doorway to the other room. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

She didn’t know how long the girl had been standing there, but, when she picked up a shirt and turned around, she found her standing by the doorway, hands cupped around a glassful of tea. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And then, right as he was passing through the doorway, “Always take care of your brother!” A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Doorway, doorframe, dolphins dancing on the walls of my sister’s room as I stand in her doorway. Challenger Deep 2015-04-15T00:00:00Z

The team made it to the doorway on the right, which, of course, was closed. The Smartest Kid in the Universe 2020-12-01T00:00:00Z

The crowd gasps as rooftops and doorways and yards begin to twinkle and glitter. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

There were a pair of young girls chatting in the kitchen doorway, avoiding their work. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I saw him to the door and stood in the doorway looking at Mutt and Jeffs car parked beneath the streetlight. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Wyn pressed his back against the wall next to the doorway leading into the Meditation Room. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

What did they see as they poked their heads out of windows and doorways? Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

As they filed through the outer doorway, they thanked Doha’s parents for their hospitality. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I jumped out of bed and ran to the hallway just as Mom and Dad dashed out of their doorway. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

When I was done, one of’em at the back had got knocked over and I’d clean missed on the one over the doorway. Elijah of Buxton 2007-08-06T00:00:00Z

A dry cough sounds in the doorway, and Amit backs away immediately. You Bring the Distant Near 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He turned, walked through the kitchen, and stood in the doorway, looking at Cathy. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

For the vision he saw through that doorway was not of some peaceable kingdom where lions and lambs dozed together in sunlit meadows, but of a hellish landscape befouled by miscegenation. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

She watched them knock on the ramshackle door of the cabin, saw the door open, saw Old Ben standing in the doorway. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The man appeared in the doorway, smiled when he saw that the infant was asleep, and beckoned. Son 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Two little blond-haired children, no more than three or four years old, suddenly appeared in the doorway, silently holding hands. The Devil's Arithmetic 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

When he got in himself, he gave a small wave to the man who had been chosen to stay behind, blocking the doorway to keep Zizmo’s spirit from reentering the house. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

He dashed to the right, ducking under the shadowy giant’s grasping hands, and burst through the nearest doorway. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Either instinct or the barking of the dogs had alerted Clara and the servants, who were waiting in the doorway with all the lights blazing. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Turning white as ghosts, she and Monsieur Frick ran from the doorway of Hugo’s room. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

She rarely goes to mass, but she’s got the required crucifix over the kitchen doorway, the rosary in the dresser drawer, and the stack of dead relatives’ funeral cards, held together with a rubber band. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Then Archer appeared in the doorway, sweat gleaming at the edges of his face, his hair and clothing damp, and Sefia smiled—a real smile. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Franz, who now realized that knocking Isa over was one of his poorer decisions of the year, retreated slowly to Hyacinth, who stood in the bathroom doorway, still dripping. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z

Across the street, Mr. Thirsty stood in his doorway in a white bartender’s apron. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

Just as she managed to push the door open, the carriage rolled into the courtyard, and the carriage lantern shone into the dark doorway. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

Every table but one was filled and there were five or six people standing in the doorway waiting to sit down. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z

They run up the narrow street, peering down side alleys, stopping to check doorways, gazing again and again at that tower of black smoke. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

And all that time, laughter kept coming from the open doorway of the billiards room, and voices yelling things like: “If you lose your temper, your elbow will definitely pop out!” Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doon watched from the doorway, eager to join in but not sure what to do. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

When she did show her face, she called from the doorway to Deydey. The Birchbark House 1999-07-21T00:00:00Z

The boys came out of the shell house shaken, trying to ignore a cluster of seniors and juniors smirking at them from the doorway. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

Just then Dad stuck his head through my bedroom doorway. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

But when supper’s over and I go off to the bathroom to brush my teeth, I peek back through the doorway, and Dad’s over by Shiloh’s box, letting him lick his plate clean. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Indeed, once, shortly after lunch, I recall I came upon the two gentlemen talking rather furtively just inside the library doorway, and it was my distinct impression they broke off their discussion upon my approach. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Augustus shouted as something arced across the screen, bounced in the doorway of the school, and then rolled against the door. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

Both men closed their umbrellas and shook off the water before moving inside the doorway. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

Lenin gave up his post at the doorway, placed himself between his father’s knees and picked his nose. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

I went slowly to the ghetto and stood in the shadow of a doorway, watching our deserted section of fence for a long time before approaching it. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Another open doorway to another class with The Taker, winter quarter of AP English Comp. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

At the end of the alley, a faded cloth banner swung over an open doorway. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Charlie planted herself in my bedroom doorway with her hands on her hips, the head of a black bishop clenched between her teeth. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Lights outlined the white walls of a vast house above, with pillars and statues and doorways going who knew where. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hello?” he yelled, peering through a gap in the wreckage wedged in the doorway to see into the room beyond. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

There they stood in the doorway: Toby and Pete and Mom and Dad Monroe. Bunnicula 1979-03-01T00:00:00Z

But he paid her no attention, and I stood in the doorway and watched as he settled her in the skiff and rowed her across the channel. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

Matt whirled to see her in the doorway. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In Tarbean the knackers had to come for the stiff bodies of sweet- eaters that overdosed in the Dockside alleys and doorways. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Just as Tidbit got to the doorway, Clay grabbed the child, picked him up, and slung him over his shoulder. Copper Sun 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

His father did a right face, walked briskly to the doorway, and ran his finger along the doorjamb. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

A voice coming from the doorway startled Klaus out of his thoughts. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

Across the smooth sand, in the high doorway that led into the corrals, the bull-fighters were standing, their arms furled in their capes, talking, waiting for the signal to march in across the arena. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

The woman, startled, turned to Florida, who immediately ducked back in the doorway of the Home. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

As they walked, it started to rain and they had to run and find shelter in the doorway of a vacant store. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You’re going to be a father soon,” she reminded him, halting in the doorway. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

For the next four days, Celaena awoke before dawn to train in her room, using whatever she could to exercise—chairs, the doorway, even her billiards table and cue sticks. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She pointedly ignores him when he comes to her doorway. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Emily turned to look down the hall and saw another woman pop her head out of the doorway. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Here it was uncomfortably moist, and they left it quickly, to come through an arched doorway into the drawing room and stand, aghast and incredulous. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Behind her, a security guard appeared, with Dari trailing behind him, and the guard stood right there in Mom’s doorway. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

A big lit globe shone on either side of the doorway, above twin frost-tipped yews, which in turn set off a short, wide staircase. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bryce and Aurora have been standing in the doorway looking nervous. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

There being no way to get past them, I just sat there on the cot, half-asleep, watching them block the doorway. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She reaches out her right hand, and here, just inside of the doorway, she discovers something big and rectangular and hard, covered with cloth. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

As the two boys drew even with his doorway, he stepped out, grinning and bobbing his head, holding out the wineskin. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Rooms, corridors, doorways...The explanatory words were in French too, and in different writing. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

A few dishes are in his sink; a pair of slippers rest by the doorway. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

She held tightly to the hand grips of her walker and refused to move past the doorway. Out of My Mind 2010-03-09T00:00:00Z

When I arrived, I lunged through the wide doorway and skidded to a stop. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Then Trouble noticed two things—one, a pair of black boots was sticking out of a shrub beside the door, and two, there was a massive human standing in the doorway. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

He heard a noise behind the staircase, where he spotted another doorway leading down to the cellar. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

As she picked up the package she noticed a red, white, and blue Express Mail envelope sticking halfway out of her mailbox next to the doorway. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Big Rose was standing in the doorway, fascinated by that mouse. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

I’d gone inside quietly, had stopped in the kitchen doorway when I saw her. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

My mom hovers in the doorway and I keep my eyes closed, pretending to be asleep. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He left the doorway to come meet us halfway up the sidewalk, and Mamá, looking beautiful in her blue Sunday dress with the ruffled neckline, seemed surprised to see him there. Summer of the Mariposas 2012-10-20T00:00:00Z

There was a cold, musty smell coming through the open doorway: it smelled like something very old and very slow. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

“The old man huddled in the dark doorway, his bony face lit by the burning yellow in the windows of distant skyscrapers.” Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Appleby, you’ve got flies in your eyes,” he whispered helpfully as they passed by each other in the doorway of the parachute tent on the day of the weekly milk run to Parma. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

Yin Lan-lan and two other Red Successors appeared in the doorway behind Yang Fan, all wearing stern expressions. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

And then Judd’s back in the doorway again, and he’s got something in his hand. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was movement at the doorway and then Inigo was there. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

But Charlotte’s children and grandchildren and great grandchildren, year after year, lived in the doorway. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

“I’ll bring you some ice cream,” he said, framed in the doorway of their apartment. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Repatriate, if they can get away with it, ’’said my father, stopping abruptly when he saw me in the doorway. Between Shades of Gray 2011-03-22T00:00:00Z

She waited for them silently, watching through the half-open doorway of her bedroom. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the doorway of another room, spying the visitors, I noted the incongruity— the clash of two worlds, the faces and voices of school intruding upon the familiar setting of home. Hunger of Memory 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I dreamed Assef was standing in the doorway of my hospital room, brass ball still in his eye socket. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I go to the doorway, and see everyone sitting outside their rooms on the floor, looking at Ty. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

There was the shape of a man, bent over low so as to clear the doorway. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

I lay a card on my sketchbook, but before I can choose a word, Carol rushes through the clinic doorway, her baby balanced on her hip. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

They consisted of three godowns standing in a row, square rooms with brick walls and stone floors, each with a separate low doorway. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

So we wound up in the doorway to an empty room. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

None of the Population Police answered Jen’s father, but the pattern of shadows that fell on Luke’s blanket made him think the Population Police were standing right in the doorway of the closet. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z

Though the old stairs sagged beneath us, the stairwell was draped in a filmy light from the open doorway to the floor above. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

I moved back into the doorway of the bookshop to get out of the wind. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

There’s a giant painting in Arabic script across from the doorway. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

“How long will we be gone?” she asked, darting a glance at him through the open doorway. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The way she flew out from a hidden doorway the instant Kelton lost his grip on the gun. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He had to duck to clear the low doorway. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

The notches in the doorway couldn’t keep the green boat from appearing, full of some drippy little boy she’d never even know but hated already. Orphan Island 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Standing in its cockeyed doorway was a German colonel. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

She appears in my doorway one minute later. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

The troll stopped next to a doorway and peered inside. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

Grammy is in the kitchen, and I stand in the doorway. Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

At once he spotted the Babylonian waiting for him in a doorway ahead. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Fresh air to blow away the sight of his father—of Paul standing with his hands in his pockets, standing in the doorway. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Pale men in dusty linen skirts stood beneath arched doorways to watch them pass. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

She stood in the doorway, half in, half out of the room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

“Good evening, Junior,” a voice said from the doorway. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

The cloying smell of incense drifted through the doorway, over which a small wooden placard said Work is Struggle. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the glow of the headlights, Yolanda makes out the figure of the old woman in the black square of her doorway, waving goodbye. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

She stood in the doorway, a few feet behind him, one hand on the doorknob—a portrait of spurious hesitancy about making another full entrance into the room. Franny and Zooey 1961-09-14T00:00:00Z

You have never heard such music, how it made us believe death was nothing but a doorway. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven’s standing in the doorway, and Daddy’s sitting on his desk. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

From the doorway of a second-hand store he could see feet, toes poking through holes in the socks. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A funny way to introduce a person, but odd as it may sound, I felt like I knew a piece of John Worth when we stepped through the doorway into the house. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

The maid stayed behind, standing at attention near the open doorway. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

Just by snapping their fingers they could make honeysuckle vines bloom over their doorway and daisies cover their roof, which was totally unfair. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

He placed them in the doorway of the master bedroom so that no one would trip when they descended. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

TimeStar left his hiding place in the shadowy basement doorway and heaved a disappointed breath. The Last Last-Day-of-Summer 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

We stand in the doorway of the train car, all four of us in a line. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

She waits for us at the doorway, a smile soft like it’ll go away if we mess up. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Good evening,” says a deep voice from the doorway. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Chilled by his face and his voice and his smile, they got up silently and followed him through the doorway into the dark long hallway which led back to the front hall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Her parents squaring off in the open doorway of their bedroom. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

A man in uniform appeared in the doorway. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was a single long piece of heavy rope tied to the beam over the north doorway. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Black workers going home on foot ran helter-skelter down streets and alleys, ducking into doorways, jumping walls, crawling into cellars, the stampede of footsteps behind them. A Few Red Drops: The Chicago Race Riot of 1919 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Zombies pour out of doorways and the agents keep slicing them to dust with burning swords. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

This time he doesn’t care how the house, how the pile of guests’ shoes heaped by the doorway, might appear to her eyes. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

“For the world’s greatest assassin, this is pathetic,” said Dorian, stepping from the doorway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

After a few minutes I hear footsteps on the stairs, and Tobias comes into the room, slipping off his shoes by the doorway. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

The guys are grinding and some other people peek through the doorway laughing. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

The room beyond the doorway comes into focus, the haze from a trio of half-dressed ladies sitting around a table smoking cigarillos and playing cards. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

She stood in our doorway and announced that something terrible—absolutely terrible—had happened to the Mansfields. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

The man emerged and took form in the light from the doorway. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

No, the carcass moved off with the town, and left Janie standing in the doorway. Their Eyes Were Watching God 1937-09-18T00:00:00Z

The warm smell of rain and wet grass swept into the hall, and for a minute they stood in the open doorway, breathing air from outside Hill House. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

Anya felt a presence behind her, and a shadow fell over the doorway. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

I was stuffing the cups into their spring-loaded dispenser when Trent Bolger’s hyena laugh rang through the open doorway. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

There’s a slight noise from the doorway, or maybe I’m just on hyperalert. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

I was lying on my bed, where I’d been for two weeks, when she appeared in the doorway, wavy and distorted, as if I were looking at her through a pool of water. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The man standing in the doorway had long gray hair. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

For all these reasons she stood still, red-eyed, in the doorway. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

His sweat-slick face was a mask of anguish, his every muscle straining as he leaned into the big piano, moving it by brute strength inch by inch through the wide doorway. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

When I went over to her, she moved even further into the corner of the doorway. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

I backed into the band room as flames engulfed the doorway. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Two Peacekeepers, a man and a woman, are standing in the doorway to our kitchen. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

The emperor replaced his helmet as the commander strode to the doorway. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

A woman stands in the doorway of what I assume is the school office. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Charles emerged in the doorway, wiping his hands on a dishtowel. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

But the doorway was empty, and moonlight spilled down the steps and flung a rectangle of watery white light on the cellar floor. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I walked downstairs and stood in the doorway. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

She turned, and he saw his three little cousins jammed in the doorway, staring at him. The Contender 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

These doorways had no doors in them, and the rooms beyond were unlit, so that Reynie couldn’t see into them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Lined with doorways, it stretched off into the distance, where it finally turned a corner. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

With an effort Wilson left the shade and support of the doorway and, breathing hard, unscrewed the cap of the tank. The Great Gatsby 1925-04-10T00:00:00Z

They both saw from the doorway the end of a drama that had begun before José Arcadio had reached the age of reason. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

I wanted to watch the volleyball game, but Alhaji began to pull me and didn’t let go until we were at the doorway of the hospital. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

They darted away from that doorway and picked up the pace. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

So I stood up and I looked up and down the little station and in the doorways that went into tunnels but I couldn’t see him anywhere. The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Orphans by the thousands roamed the streets in their rags and boils, slumped in doorways, begging for food, clothing, anything. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Antain’s mother stood in the doorway of the workshop late one morning, her nostrils wrinkling from the sawdust and the sharp smell of Zirin hip oil, which gave the wood its particular sheen. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Mr. Nixon, our headmaster, materialized in the doorway. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z

I want to stay in that doorway, and right by her side. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Standing in the doorway, as if summoned from his dreams, was a ghost. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I see a black oblong shape through the heat-shimmer: an open doorway that might lead out. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

The doorway she comes through fills with faces and eyes and open mouths. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z

Mac stood in the doorway, holding a plate of cookies. Eleven 2014-01-06T00:00:00Z

“We have to fall back to the doorway. Hold it at all costs!” The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

A woman in high-waisted trousers and suspenders stood in the doorway. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

But then I remembered, with a sudden moment of clarity, discovering him in the doorway of our dance room. A Very Large Expanse of Sea 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

As he did so his bare feet grated on some gritty substance in the doorway. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

They start in hay carts and trash bins; they follow kerosene trails down the center of streets; they turn corners; they enter bashed-in doorways. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

In the doorway, he paused to draw in the cool air—it smelled of wood and hay and linseed oil and varnish. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

From here I see Mr. Lewis and Tim standing in the doorway of Daddy’s office. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

We dove again and again, preventing the bossling from focusing on the doorway. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I stop us in the lighted doorway of a Laundromat. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A trio of goats stood idly by the open doorway, chewing on hay with their eyes half-closed. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

Doña Charito filled the doorway a moment with her large body, then she pulled the door to with a great slam. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

Less than five minutes later, Soraya and I watching from the doorway, he was snoring. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Walking away, I break my farewell rule and look back to see Ma, Chou, and Geak crying and standing in the doorway. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was heading through the open doorway when Sergeant Capricorn Caputo stepped into view. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

We reached the doorway a few seconds later. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

A couple of schoolchildren, an old man, three women with stuffed shopping bags, a group of nuns...suddenly he grabbed Riccio's arm and pulled him inside a doorway. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Abbott fell silent, and I felt as if I was letting her down, and also letting down Jennifer's grandmother, who was now standing in the kitchen doorway drying a cup. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He braced himself in the cabin doorway, watching Vola pump water into the kitchen sink. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I pull over into the doorway of an empty classroom just to catch my breath. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z

I stand in the doorway for a few seconds before I enter Erin’s room. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doorway Booth used to access the state box hallway is to the right of the state box. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I don’t blame you,” said someone in the doorway. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

I just shook my head and left him standing in the doorway. October Sky 1999-04-01T00:00:00Z

Since the door was a blanket and the walls were mostly fabric, I knocked on the wooden frame around the draped doorway. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

Our grandmother stays in the doorway, as if she’s keeping lookout. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

Just then the Waiter stopped in front of them, beside a large white doorway that looked as though it were made of thick chalk lines. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

In the dim light from a very low-powered anbaric bulb over the doorway she saw three other girls clustered around her. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

I stopped outside the doorway and looked back in. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Once we go around the pillar, I spot a doorway with a plaque that reads Office of the Director. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

To the left through the doorway stood a large walnut buffet in what must have been the diningroom. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

He drew in his breath and went on writing: I went with her through the doorway and across a backyard into a basement kitchen. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

The boy looked at the man in the doorway. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

They are even more surprised when they notice Prince Cardan tied to a chair in the doorway of the map room. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z

Through a doorway, I catch a glimpse of Gale, stripped to the waist, perspiration streaming down his face as a doctor removes something from under his shoulder blade with a long pair of tweezers. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Swinging the sack from my shoulder, I walked over and set it down in a doorway. Where the Red Fern Grows 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

There were about twelve Tombs, each with a low arched doorway that opened into absolute blackness. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

The gentleman who was shown in was still fairly young - perhaps around forty or so - tall and thin; tall enough, in fact, that he was obliged to stoop to enter the doorway of the cottage. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

Standing in the doorway, illuminated by the shivering flames in Lupin’s hand, was a cloaked figure that towered to the ceiling. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

It seemed to him that he had passed through the doorway: yet he stood outside on the pavement where he had stood before. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Shouldering my way to the side I stood in a doorway and watched them move, feeling a certain vindication as now I thought of the message that had brought me here. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

But since they stayed there by the doorway, I guessed they weren’t too concerned and we weren’t in any imminent danger. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

And then one brother, the big one, stepped through the doorway and into the kitchen. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

But once you passed through the Colonial doorways, with only an occasional fan window or low relief pillar to suggest that a certain muted adornment was permissible, you entered an extravaganza of Pompadour splendor. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

He reached over, yanked the tape player out of its plug, and stood in the doorway holding it like a club. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“So this guy,” I said, standing in the doorway of the living room. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

He walked toward the bedroom, but stopped short when he saw Twinkle’s shoes facing him in the doorway. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z

As soon as she noticed that I was standing in the doorway, she began to smile, but continued doing her work. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

And then the Third Gate stood open in front of us, a crystal doorway leading into a spinning whirlpool of stars. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

In the doorway, she was wearing a white cotton nightgown that fell to her thigh. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Amen!” we answered, and then he led us out through the oval doorway into the light. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Over the doorway was one of those doctor’s symbols, a winged pole with two snakes wrapped around it. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Glory and I were washing up the lunch dishes when Mrs. Cullinan came to the doorway. I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dad headed out front while I paused in the doorway. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Mothers took to waiting in the doorways for their children when school let out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

The doorway framed the kitchen like a picture. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I picked up the broken doll and heard a whimpering sound coming from an open doorway. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

The masonry of the doorway was constructed with deep slots in it, in which heavy beams ran to and fro— heavy enough to withstand a battering ram. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lee, in the doorway, tried to keep the look of worry from his face. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Jackson stood in the doorway, staring at Reynie with an expression of wild impatience. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

Bast stood in the doorway, practically dancing with irritation. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Beto wanted to be sure Naomi got some, so he darted back through the open doorway to give it to her. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

Armed guards stood at each doorway, watching the work with blank faces. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

Portia stood in the doorway, fingering her hair and her earrings. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Will’s footsteps echo back and forth, back and forth, in front of the doorway, and I tiptoe to the door, almost pressing my ear up against it. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

As the bullet whizzed over its tiny whiskered head, shattering the toilet seat, the mouse took off—a squeaking gray blur that scooted out the doorway, between Curly’s feet. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland approached stiffly and stood in the doorway holding his shabby felt hat in his hand. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A woman came by and he watched the gende sway of her body until she disappeared into a doorway. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

A few spiders crawled in around the edges of the doorway. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

A number of ragged people sat huddled in doorways. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

“Goodbye, little one! Change your bandage, don’t let it get wet, and if the fever comes back it means it’s infected again,” he told me from the doorway. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

And I vaguely remember Lara smiling at me from the doorway, the glittering ambiguity of a girl’s smile, which seems to promise an answer to the question but never gives it. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Grandfather stood in the doorway in his nightshirt, his rifle aimed at the heart of the man who had hit me. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I’m called I go through the doorway into the inner room. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

Francie saw the Tynmore girls standing together in their doorway, their gray hair in crimpers, and ruffled, starched nightgowns showing under their voluminous wrappers. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ash paused in the doorway, her back to her stepsister, and she wanted to tell her that she was not true; half her life was spent in secret. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

She swallowed and turned toward the ballroom, hesitating in the grand doorway to stare at the spectacle ahead of her. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

After the meal, there’s the hush of a surprise, and then someone turns out the lights, and the owner of Bambino’s, Sue, appears in the doorway with a cake. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

We parked on the street beside the circular brick driveway in front of the Bishops’ house, and Cade carried his puppet book up into the lawn where it would not be seen from the doorway. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

At the doorway his hands signed a broken farewell and then clenched into fists. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

We continued across the foyer to a dreamlike bank of windows, turned left up a pale flight of marble steps, left again, through two doorways, and into the Assembly Room. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Kino stepped to the doorway and looked out. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A farmer would just appear in the doorway and yell, “I need two boys to help with the cows,” and they’d be out the door in a flash. Claudette Colvin: Twice Toward Justice 2009-01-20T00:00:00Z

But Cecile stood in the doorway and called us one more time. One Crazy Summer 2010-01-01T00:00:00Z

And what if someone stays in the doorway? Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

His head struck the edge of the stage doorway with an audible thump. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

Uncle Paul stands in the doorway with a duffel bag. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

The neighbors peered around the doorway, and a line of little boys clambered on the window bars and looked through. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Farther along they could see, dimly lit, great iron doors in the mountainside, some open and some shut; and from out of one of the mighty doorways, men were hauling something draped in a tarpaulin. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

The bells above the door jangled madly and Bo, fascinated, stopped in the doorway to stare at them. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

And whenever an Executive did appear in the doorway—as Jackson did now—every Messenger in the room stiffened with anticipation. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

He’s standing in the doorway of room 315, holding a sketchbook in one hand and a charcoal pencil in the other, a white hospital bracelet like mine wrapped around his wrist. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Matthew plugged his earbuds back in and stepped through an arched doorway leading to another room of books. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

“I’ll take the garbage out now,” he said, appearing in the doorway. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

The curtains were drawn shut and the projector was sitting on one of the bedside tables that had been pulled over so it faced him from the doorway. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

I threw myself down to the second floor and then to the bottom, gave a quick glance between the boards on the doorway to see if the coast was clear, and slipped out. Endangered 2012-10-01T00:00:00Z

Father was still right out there in the doorway, so we could see his face. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was walking down a long hall and saw the curtains on a doorway at the end. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

A few beggars lay under the great tympanum of Notre Dame’s doorway. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She stood in the doorway, dressed in midnight black with her face hidden by a ski mask, carrying a gleaming scimitar. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z

Dad says from the doorway, a teasing smirk on his face. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the center of the bottom tier, a black doorway—a main entrance—sat open. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Before leaving the other day, we pushed the plank against the gaping doorway but didn’t secure it. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z

I lean my shoulder into the white wall by the doorway. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I drank a beer, standing in the doorway and getting the cool breath of wind from the street. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

They could see him through the doorway peering beneath the sink and opening the oven door. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

My invitingly plump grandmother stood in the doorway, her hair in a light Jheri curl and a smile settled so firmly across her face it seemed permanently engraved. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

It was hard to believe, but there he was, frozen in the doorway, his arms rigid, staring out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

On the way to the bazaar we passed the doorway where I had spent my nights. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

She turned to leave, but the doorway had started to crumble. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Just stands in the doorway of his trailer looking at me, and then I get the feeling he’s going to tell me I can take that paper he signed and use it for kindling. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lit by the sunlight pouring out from the weapons room doorway, I’m able to point out the bouquet of flowers in the creature’s hand. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

After a moment, the sound of someone climbing a set of wooden stairs in hard-soled boots echoed from the doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then I'm in the kitchen doorway, my feet cold on the tile floor. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

So like an unstoppable mob, like a tidal wave, like an avalanche, we rushed into Camillo Junior High, up two flights of stairs, and to the doorway of our classroom. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

“Miss Bowen?” a voice says behind her and she turns, surprised to find Chandresh’s assistant standing in the doorway, watching her. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“It’s just one huge room. No windows, and the doorway is enormous but it has no door. It’s like a huge cave.” Norse Mythology 2017-02-07T00:00:00Z

Joey watched me walk through the doorway to Calculus class. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

‘We’re going through that doorway. If this works, we might find ourselves back on the surface.’ Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Drew stood in the doorway of our room, looking out at us. Here to Stay 2018-09-08T00:00:00Z

She listened as he struggled to maneuver the box through the narrow doorway. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z

I took my time, running my fingers along the textured wall along the hallway, my eyes on Audrey’s bedroom doorway. Keep It Together, Keiko Carter 2020-05-05T00:00:00Z

The cave opened into a low, wide room filled on both sides with tents and makeshift abodes of impressive structure: panel walls, blanket doorways. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

They finally made it to a rectangular cut in a long wall to the north that looked like a doorway without a door. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z

He paused in the doorway and added, “It would be best if you remain here tonight.” Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

Babulya stood in the doorway, a basket full of gathered plants hanging from her arm. Anya and the Dragon 2019-09-24T00:00:00Z

When he saw that it was so indeed, he returned over the land to Shath and as an exile stood in the doorway of the Outer Hearth. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

I lagged behind and stood in the doorway. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

“Try it, Cal. Put your head in the doorway. Yeah, like that. . “Don’t fool with that door, kids.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

Then he saw the long, lean, tired-looking face of his father in the doorway. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I was in the doorway of a classroom watching Porscha as she walked by. Bronx Masquerade 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“You can come in now,” the woman said from the doorway. A Farewell To Arms 1929-09-02T00:00:00Z

I took the cup that I had prepared for her back to the kitchen, brushing past my grandmother, who was grinning at me in the doorway. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Seven times he returned, bending his tall frame to enter the doorway, and with wordless disapproval set down one after the other the seven small trunks. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Or Dad, for that matter, who’s just materialized in the doorway. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

The children pulled them out of the doorway. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s not like he’s standing on a stage; it’s like he’s standing in a doorway or something.” Paper Towns 2008-10-16T00:00:00Z

Just as we come around his house, I spot Mama and Papi in our open doorway as two EMT workers bring a stretcher down the front stoop. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Tally looked up and down the street, checking for side yards to slink through, dark doorways to hide in. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

“Save it,” Magdalys said when Two Step appeared in the doorway. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

She had a funny expression on her face, which made Adria and me pause in the doorway and look back at her, waiting. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

She hobbies through the doorway, glances at us, counting but not seeing. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

The clic-cloc of the women’s heels, the laughter of idling men in doorways. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

A moment later a small girl appears in the doorway, dressed too nicely for the chaotic shabbiness of the surroundings. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Celyn and Naomi ran to the smoking doorway, only to be cut down by black arrows. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway, gawking at the mess. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

“If you need anything,” their teacher continued, glaring at the men in her doorway, “you know where to find me.” Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

The images in the northern doorway were even worse. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She shook her head and looked up at him as Tad walked into the doorway. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

With a swift kick, my heart started racing, and just as I returned the inhaler to the table, Maggie appeared in the doorway. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

By the time I get up to the front of the house, Mom is still standing squarely in the doorway. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ivy struggled to her feet and put her notebook and pencils into her bag just as Dr. Somerset appeared in the treehouse doorway. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

He lifted the latch and stood in the doorway, wondering what he had forgotten. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alice came to the doorway and peered out, looking for them, and then she heard the uneven footsteps approaching and went back to the kitchen. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

And there in the doorway were Gluck and Derby and Pilgrim—the childish soldier and the poor old high school teacher and the clown in his toga and silver shoes—staring. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

When I reach the doorway, I turn around because I’m hearing odd strangled noises. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Then she stood in the doorway and waited. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

I look up and catch my mom watching me carefully from the doorway. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z

She couldn’t see the doorway to the hall. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The houses belched people; the doorways spewed out children. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tad heard the voices again, which sounded as if they were coming from the open doorway. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

My eyes jump open to find Elsie standing in the doorway of our usual study room with her hands on her hips. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A red and brown alpaca cloth hung in the doorway. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z

Alex parked the quad next to the tower and went in through an arched doorway. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Wish I could stay and watch,” Golan said from the doorway. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

When he hits the pod, we take cover — ducking into doorways or flattening onto the pretty, light orange and pink paving stones—as a hail of bullets sweeps back and forth over our heads. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Cheers ring out and we all rush back to the doorway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

When the last bell rings, I find myself hovering outside Ms. Singh’s doorway. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

I smiled at Connor, stepped forward into the doorway, and entered a cafeteria I had never seen before. Insignificant Events in the Life of a Cactus 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Through the wide doorway of the restaurant, she can see the blinking rainbow lights of slot machines, and there’s the ringing and clanging of a win. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Mom stood with her body in the doorway, as if to block his entry. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Klaus turned and saw one of the members of Count Olaf’s theater troupe, the one with hooks for hands, standing in the doorway. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” I say He comes closer to the doorway and says, “I have something for you—can I come in?” I Am the Messenger 2002-01-10T00:00:00Z

Boston has made me a new man, and Ella was the first doorway out of that past. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

“No,” he said, moving quickly to block the doorway. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

William stepped down from the doorway, put a great arm around his friend’s small shoulders, and let him weep in the morning sunshine. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

I pass legs sticking out of doorways, and signs advertising breadlines. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Marie-Laure makes the doorway of her room before she hears him. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

She twisted and turned and grimaced at the pain while squeezing her chest through the gap in the doorway. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

She changed as they passed through that doorway out of the silvery twilight of the Court of the Terrenon. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

“Well, it’s home for now,” she said, poking her head into each of the doorways. The First Rule of Punk 2017-08-22T00:00:00Z

Through the kitchen doorway I could see Thalia sitting at the table while Ms. Castellan bandaged her wounded leg. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

He turned around and found himself face to face with a little girl with braids and embroidered socks who was staring at him from the doorway. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

“I need you two as well!” he called to Ron and Hermione, who had been skulking, half concealed, in the doorway of the sitting room. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Spoony stood in the doorway, nodding his head, and clapping his hands, a sarcastic look on his face. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The door swung open, and Ivy backed into the bathroom’s dark doorway across the hall. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

She ran swiftly across the cool floor to the double doorway and flung the doors open. Tiger, Tiger 2004-10-04T00:00:00Z

I’m IN THE KITCHEN, washing dishes and joking around with my coworkers, when Don Lucho pokes his head through the doorway. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dicey looked at Stewart, who still stood in the doorway to his room where the little kids had slept last night. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I spin around and there’s Garrett, standing in the kitchen doorway. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

She was standing in the doorway in her nightwear, clutching the jamb, cradling her belly in one hand. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

Rose appears in the doorway of her bedroom, adjusting the half-veil of her hat. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

There's a little group of them outside almost every doorway, standing around, looking sort of defensive. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I watched from the doorway as he worked the pump handle until the water splashed into the pail. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

She opened the door and stood leaning against the doorway, one hand up to her mouth, the other trembling on the doorknob. The Wednesday Wars 2007-05-21T00:00:00Z

The woman stood in the doorway of her house and shook a broom at them. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

At Zola’s doorway, he sees her sprawled on the floor with her feet up on the bed, a stack of paperback novels beside her and one in her hand, which she is reading. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

But finally Dad came to the doorway and said, “We won’t be late. If you feel better and change your mind, call us at Uncle Henry’s.” Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

As I neared the tall doorway, the shoe poet raised his hand to stop me. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was a small dark doorway between the windows, and through this Mary Poppins propelled the perambulator while Jane and Michael followed at her heels. Mary Poppins 1962-10-27T00:00:00Z

Myrna stopped in the doorway, her arms laden with tablets, and moved her colorless lips for a moment before she spoke, as if she w'ere formulating an address. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

About twenty feet inside the doorway, a life-size wooden cutout of a gladiator popped up from the floor. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Dawit stepped into the doorway, and his eyes went wide as he saw the rush of reporters. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

“A section of wall. A boulder. A doorway. A sewer entrance. But it would have the mark of Daedalus on it. A Greek A, glowing in blue.” The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z

Byron was trapped in the doorway, with his right foot in and his left foot out. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

There in the doorway stood a tall, thin man with waist-length silver hair and beard. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Then I bounce backward until I’m leaning against the wall behind my pillows and facing Mom in the doorway. A High Five for Glenn Burke 2020-02-25T00:00:00Z

“Why have you let go of him?” a voice behind us demanded, and I turned to see Emma standing in the doorway. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“Like the doorway of a tomb,” she said. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I see faces peeking at us out of doorways, through cracks in shutters. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

On either side of the statue loomed two dark doorways, ten feet high, with a gruesome stone face carved over each archway. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

In the doorway stood a monk with a basket. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z

There had obviously once been some sort of stairway or porch at the threshold, because the bottom of the doorway was at least four feet higher than the ground where we stood. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Sabeen said, posing in the doorway with an elegant gown that was about four sizes too big. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway shaking his head; “I drawed ’em both down,” he repeated. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

Before the sentence was out, Trotter was filling the doorway like the wrath of God Almighty. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

She pushed my father out of the way so she could share the space in the doorway. All American Boys 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Shady banged his head on the low doorway. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

And without turning back I went straight for the O-Hall doorway. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

At the last second, I also grabbed a can of green paint and a paintbrush, thinking we could make a little sign to go over the doorway—Cheetah Girls Clubhouse. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

There in the open doorway of Great Hall stood the Warrior Mouse! Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

Chip Cusumano nodded at me from the doorway and began to examine our line of brightly colored steeper mugs. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

He appears in the doorway of my room. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

And when Chi-Boy disappeared into the room, I panicked a bit and crossed the hall to take up the space he’d left in the doorway. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

The bed is still made, and she just lies there with her arms out and her feet together, like the Jesus on the cross that hangs over their kitchen doorway. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

A few seconds later, the silhouette of an avatar appeared in the doorway. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She paused for a moment beside the hanging box where Coyotito lay, then for a second she was black in the doorway, and then she was gone. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alayaya stood in the doorway, dark and cool in gauzy green silk. A Clash of Kings 1998-11-16T00:00:00Z

I stop in the doorways of every smoke shop and deli and grocer I can find. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jonathan spun about in the doorway just as the rope, still attached to the old Hessian’s ankle, whipped by. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I search for the exit doorway in the back of the auditorium, but the stage lights blind me. Like Vanessa 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Swallows passed on silent wings, in and out of the doorways, bringing food to their young ones. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

In a little while the two men left the doorway and went out into the fields together. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

As I stepped inside my room, he stopped at the doorway. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

When she started toward the doorway, Junior leaped in front of her. The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

He climbed the stairs and caught the scent of his mother’s perfume before he even hit her doorway. The Other Wes Moore: One Name, Two Fates 2010-04-27T00:00:00Z

“Well,” she said to Carl now, folding her arms in the kitchen doorway, where she knew she would have the last word. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

A man born to bureaucracy, Hodges would never stand in the schoolhouse doorway, shaking his fist and proclaiming, “Segregation forever!” The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

“Be right with you,” came a cheerful voice from a curtained doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

“Lots of times. Nothing to worry about. You just duck under a desk or stand in a doorway until the shaking stops.” Small Steps 2006-01-10T00:00:00Z

In the dark I could just make out white shapes like ghosts huddled in doorways and curled against buildings. Homeless Bird 2000-03-01T00:00:00Z

He appeared in the kitchen doorway, breathless and with several books under his arm. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Actually, you’re missing more than half,” he said, standing in the doorway behind the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

She returned to the doorway holding a crude, narrow box made of splintered wood, wire, and long, jutting nails. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Taking a deep breath, he drew back the flintlock and lifted the gun, then positioned himself in the doorway, one foot in, one foot out. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

I swung around and peeped Big Rose’s face in the doorway. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

Just a few tired souls holding up a doorway here and there. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

They linger in the doorway, and I give them an exaggerated eye roll, playfully shoving them out into the hallway. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

The shape of the stone still stood like a doorway against the blue sky, but the entrance itself opened into a very dim corridor where a set of stone steps disappeared into the dark. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

Both men glanced up, for the rectangle of sunshine in the doorway was cut off. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

He set off, his destination not the black door, but the doorway he remembered on the left-hand side, which opened onto the flight of stairs down to the court chambers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Seeing me pass, he came and stood in his doorway and called, “Rukmani! I have news for you. Stop a minute!” Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sarah turned to leave, then paused in the doorway. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She didn’t look at Celaena, nor did she move as she stood in the doorway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There is more traffic in this section of the Silk Road, a jumble of anonymous users crowding into alleys and in front of doorways, creating the sense of a night market. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I go into the next room and stop short in the doorway. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

The truck drives away, and Mrs. Bierman still stands in her doorway. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I see night women in doorways, monks chanting vespers, and here is the great boom of Big Ben, This is the BBC Overseas Service and here is the news. Angela's Ashes: A Memoir 1996-09-05T00:00:00Z

Scarlett stood in the open doorway of the bus until the bus driver said, “Go on. Hop it.” The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She came to the doorway, a drink in her hand. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

A boy flung it open, and one by one, they stood in the doorway and stared. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

He’s standing in the doorway looking tired but wearing the hopeful we-have-guests face that he puts on whenever anyone other than Pop and me is around. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Still bandaged and gaunt, they are now keeping watch over the doorway to the roses. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And men who sat in doorways with pennies in their mouths for lost love. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She glared at the doorway, almost daring her luck to get worse. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Father stands in my doorway, the soft yellow light from the hallway illuminating his face. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

I go to the first doorway on the right in the downstairs hallway. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

Johnny had been found early that morning huddled in a doorway. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

“It’s over for you today, hotshot,” Mary Anne said, standing at the doorway. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Why did they call you Esteban?” he asked him in the doorway. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

I end my patrol in the doorway of Mom and Dad’s bedroom thinking what I always do: The room’s still waiting for her to come back. I'll Give You the Sun 2014-09-16T00:00:00Z

Etienne stands squinting in the doorway with his doctor’s notes in his hand. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Robin stood in the doorway, two plates in her hands. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

“Come here one at a time, then,” the doctor said, and Theodora moved forward, grimacing as she passed the doorway. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The flaps at the open doorway billow in and out, cooling the heat-heavy air. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

Ranofer stopped in a nearby doorway and stared after him, bewildered. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The men in the rocket saw his shadow lingering in the stone-hut doorway. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

And he stood in the doorway of the living room and he said, “Don’t scream, OK, Christopher. I’m not going to hurt you.” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

A man—a real man, a human being—stood in the doorway, watching them approach. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

As she crept down the corridor she heard her father taking the chain off the front door, and when she reached the hall she saw him standing in the open doorway. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

She appeared in the doorway of our room while Lily was writing in her journal and I was working on my novel. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

On his way out of the room, he paused in the doorway. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

“Okay,” he said, grabbing on to a metal bar hanging near the doorway he was standing in. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

It bucks and wriggles and then jumps forward, bending at the edges to fit through the open doorway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mama promptly appeared in the doorway and guided Frankie back to his room. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Stretched across the upper part of the doorway was a big spiderweb, and hanging from the top of the web, head down, was a large grey spider. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

A moment later a figure appeared in the doorway of the kitchen. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

Ann planted her large frame in the doorway and lit into the youths. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Through the open doorway, I caught a glimpse of line after line of cattle carcasses, butterflied with their ribs exposed like spread fingers. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Empty gaps for windows and oddly shaped doorways. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

Then he appeared in the doorway and I saw something on his face. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Jamison went to the doorway and glanced out to where Matt and Branch waited. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

They seemed to have passed through some arched doorway into a black and empty space. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Finally, he looked up and saw me standing in the doorway. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway, holding his guitar. Harbor Me 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

They rock and sway in the doorway, they laugh so much. All Quiet on the Western Front: A Novel 1929-01-01T00:00:00Z

Freedom and justice for all, the greatness of America, but a man living in a country sending satellites into space could still land up a heap in a doorway. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

A scruffy-looking bearded guy stood in the doorway, stamping water from his boots. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I slipped sideways through the doorway and picked up the flashlight I had left on the top step. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

As I stumbled around looking for a lamp, Phoebe stood, frozen, near the doorway. Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

At the doorway she paused long enough to say to her son, “Get up from there anyhow. I need some coal.” The Bluest Eye 1970-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then the bus stopped and the apprentice stood at the doorway, to make sure that no one got out without paying. A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier 2007-02-13T00:00:00Z

The outer ring consists of trilithons, or 𝚷-shaped rocks like gigantic doorways. The Annotated Mona Lisa 1992-06-01T00:00:00Z

He looked with dread toward the doorway, not wanting to look but unable to resist the temptation, remembering his old nightmare. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sergeant Simpson’s voice snapped at me from the doorway. Fallen Angels 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mo and Dustfinger stationed themselves by the doorway, one to the left and the other to the right, their backs pressed to the wall. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

“Baby. Not no point in rehashing all this now,” her mom says from her place in the doorway. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

A lanky girl with light tan skin, curly black hair, and thick glasses leans into the doorway, yawning. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

One of the aunties shouts from the doorway, “Cake time, kids!” The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z

They passed doorway after doorway revealing grown-ups hunched in front of computers or talking on the phone, messy stacks of paper piled around them. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

He tugs a string by the doorway and the movement reverberates throughout the room, the entire model circus sparkling as bits of metal catch the firelight. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

Raymie got up and stood in the doorway of the room and looked at the bright and shining path. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Ma gets up and comes to the kitchen doorway. Shiloh 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He shoved it into my hands and dashed for the doorway, tripped himself up in his hem, recovered, hoisted the skirts in a very unladylike fashion, and burst through the curtain onto the stage. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

The man in the silk suit and homburg came out of the shadow of the doorway and followed him. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Thank God she doesn’t peer around the kitchen doorway. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

I pull back just in time from the doorway. Before We Were Free 2002-08-13T00:00:00Z

“Uh, yes,” the soldier said again, bowing as he retreated from the doorway. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Cinnamon and Nutmeg crane their necks to wheek at Mom and the girl from next door standing in my doorway. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then in the evening he stood in the doorway of his house and looked across the land, his own land, lying loose and fresh from the winter’s freezing, and ready for planting. The Good Earth 1931-03-02T00:00:00Z

Scheduled flights were delayed by hours, security took an unprecedented length of time, the flight itself was terrifying, but on Saturday morning when Aimee woke up, her mother was standing in her bedroom doorway. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

The song was almost over when something made me realise I wasn’t alone, and I opened my eyes to find myself staring at Madame framed in the doorway. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a second, the doorway was jammed and no one could get in or out. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Black numbers had been stenciled above every doorway: 75, 76, 77.... 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

We stopped for a moment in a doorway when the rain fell harder. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Levi stands in the doorway, his camera hanging around his neck. The Miscalculations of Lightning Girl 2018-05-01T00:00:00Z

Seth moved around the shack, not taking his eyes from the ragged woman in the doorway. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Vola started to leave, but paused in the doorway and turned around to study him. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

I look over to see Poe standing in his doorway, his expression unreadable. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

I stand in the doorway to the living room. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

My mother stood right in the doorway, Charlie’s fringe of red hair visible behind her. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

He knew the guards liked to lurk in dark doorways, invisible as ravens at night in their black suits. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

He watched the girl cast one final wary look over her shoulder as she reached the doorway; then she disappeared into the building’s shadows. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z

Then two girls appeared in the kitchen doorway behind Mrs. Weasley. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

But this time, instead of going back into the kitchen, she was standing in the doorway, listening to the conversation. The Lions of Little Rock 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z

"I have to call my parents," Mabel says from the doorway. We Are Okay 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

From the doorway, the living room looks almost normal, even though the couch is kind of patchy and faded, and the wallpaper is from the nineties. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z

Al fills the doorway, dressed in casual slacks and a polo shirt under a leather jacket. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

When he saw me in the doorway, he closed his eyes and went limp and quiet but for a pitiful sobbing deep in his throat. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

His narrowed eyes are set on the doorway. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

Hazel pointed to a doorway that looked the same as all the others. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He filled the doorway, far too tall to be comfortable belowdecks. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

The doorway through which she’d fallen was ten feet off the ground, now completely blocked with debris that had cascaded into the room, making a rockslide. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

But now into the gracious doorway stepped Zeus’s daughter Athena. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

She turned in the doorway and pointed a finger twisted with work and age at the boys. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Red banners now hung over the doorways as temporary signs, with the new names painted in black or white. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man waved his cigarette towards the doorway to emphasize his point. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

Its patrons urinated in the doorway of the diner on their way home. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

The three of us gawked at the kitchen doorway. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

She gets up and stands behind the members sitting in the doorway. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

“You catch me,” she said, and darted out before the old man could leave his doorway. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z

Some faces appeared in the doorways of the “homes,” but they quickly disappeared. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

A crew member sits by the small doorway that leads to the deck, to make sure people stay below. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing, Eleanor followed, running soundlessly down the hall to the nursery doorway; the cold spot was gone, and she laughed up at the two grinning faces looking down at her. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She saw Finn and Natalie in the doorway to Mom’s room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

After he reached the chair and sank into it, he pointed to the barrel by the doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

We cross the room, but in the doorway, Haymitch’s voice stops us. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

It was as if a thick glass wall had formed in the doorway and I couldn’t get past it. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z

His father stood in the doorway and Ben heard him say so that the whole family could hear, “You’re my favorite daughter, Ben. I swear to God you’re my sweetest little girl.” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

They turned to find Constance standing in the doorway behind them. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The Great Hall seemed to fly away, become smaller, shrink, as Harry reeled backward from the doorway. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Deep basins of fountains are planted in the floor between statues on heavy pedestals, and effigies lie behind black doorways with the Resurrection carved into their slate. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

I watch her from the doorway without her knowing. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

We squeezed our bags through the doorway and stood blinking in the sudden gloom of a low-ceilinged pub. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“This one’s open,” Two Step whispered from a doorway up ahead. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

I don't hear Steve coming; when I happen to glance over at the doorway, he's standing there silently, looking at me. How It Went Down 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z

Sometimes he pulled me quickly into a doorway or a dark space between buildings. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

In the doorway, however, she hesitated a minute and then came back. Murder on the Orient Express 1934-01-01T00:00:00Z

I got up and ran behind him to the doorway of the bedroom, then hesitated. Kira-Kira 2004-02-01T00:00:00Z

A dog in the doorway of a clothing boutique yipped. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

I blocked the doorway with my body and said something that seemed to float up from a place beyond my worst nightmares. Drums, Girls, and Dangerous Pie 2004-01-01T00:00:00Z

They passed dozens of arched doorways that opened into large chambers, staircases, and halls. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

She stands in the doorway of the guardhouse and scowls at the world around us. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

This would have brought them face to face if, five doorways from his goal, Ralph hadn’t crossed the street. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Alec greeted Mark and Trina with a grunt when they walked through the lopsided doorway in the Central Shack’s log structure. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

There are no walls, no windows, no lockers, no doorways. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

Dad is so tall and broad-shouldered, he fills the doorway. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then they dragged out Minerva, who stayed silent, whose smile was the last thing we saw as they turned through the doorway, whom we were sure we would never see again. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

“Yes,” Lee said from the doorway, “and he deplored it. He hated it.” East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

“Huh? No—” He pauses to let two Junior Agents through the doorway, and then drops his voice to a whisper. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Montague moved purposefully forward from the doorway where she and Arthur had been sheltering against the probable collapse of the stairway. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

She leans against my doorway, arms crossed with a smile. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

Beyond the carnival, the lights turn off in the doorways of the department stores. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

Standing in the doorway, I feel like I am inside a sunset, the radiance surrounding me. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

They flew down the length of the nave, turned sharply, and disappeared through a doorway. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She’s waiting in the doorway by the time I get out of the car. Every Day 2012-08-28T00:00:00Z

From below the scanty curtain that was stretched across the doorway that led directly onto the street came the relentless slip- slap of disembodied feet in slippers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Two on the rooftop to my left, another in the doorway up ahead. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I fall into a doorway, tears stinging my eyes. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She was already gone from the doorway when I sent my answer: “I don’t have time.” Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Nodding, then, he let go and went to the doorway. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

I rise from my haunches and walk to the doorway. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

They move away from the doorway, but I stand on the edge with one hand on a handle, watching the city pass. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

The last of the other students was disappearing through the doorways in front of her. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

In the doorway he met people coming in; he stood to one side to let them pass, then went into the cold wind, looking for an empty flat. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We had just got our coats off when the light in Camilla’s room came on and she appeared in the doorway, blinking, cheeks aflame. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lanterns held high, the two mice advanced through the doorway. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z

The stairs ended in a long, flat surface, and then the crowd bottlenecked through a pair of narrow doorways. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He presses a code into a panel, and a small doorway opens. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

Naomi looked up from the shirt she was patching to see the twins hovering in the doorway from the hall. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

She could move along that corridor like lightning, and when you least expected it, her head and her bosom would come popping through the dormitory doorway. Boy: Tales of a Childhood 1984-01-01T00:00:00Z

I wake to find her standing in my bedroom doorway, staring. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z

He was standing in the doorway, stooping a little to fit. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

Candy stood in the doorway scratching his bald wrist and looking blindly into the lighted room. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadows of the men loomed in the doorway. How Dare the Sun Rise 2017-05-16T00:00:00Z

Bast stood upright and pulled Chronicler straight in his chair as the innkeeper emerged from the doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

I struck up a pretty minuet and watched through my sliver of the doorway as they all entered, my preceptor among them, and sat around the table. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway, his arms laden, made his Adam’s apple go up and down twice, and Francie heard him speak for the first time. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Charles Chiltington strolled out the arched doorway and into the foyer with the fountain. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z

Raymie stood in the doorway holding Florence close to her chest, as if the book could protect her. Raymie Nightingale 2016-04-12T00:00:00Z

Mia stood there with one hand on the doorway, a half smile on her face, waiting for Mrs. Richardson to respond. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He stopped in the doorway and was still, staring at the man who lay in his blood across the hearth. The Left Hand of Darkness 1969-03-01T00:00:00Z

Max disappears, the window shuts without a sound, and I duck into the deep doorway of an abandoned shop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

On one side of the room heavy dark portieres hung over a doorway. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

As Ophie stood just inside the doorway, a fit of unease seized her. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

A little while later Margot appeared in the kitchen doorway looking very agitated. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z

Mom stood in the doorway, a hand to her mouth. Red Kayak 2004-09-23T00:00:00Z

I did not want to leave the alcove of the doorway. Bless Me, Ultima 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Little regiments of children lurked by the doorways, apparently for the express purpose of accosting foreign missionaries. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Then he thrust himself into the crowd, pushing aside the guys gathered near the doorway. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl hangs back at the open doorway watching us with dark eyes, taking in everything. Without Refuge 2018-04-01T00:00:00Z

He was led rapidly across the garden and then into a dark doorway. The Horse and His Boy 1954-09-06T00:00:00Z

Mr. Brunner, who’d been out in front of the museum a minute before, wheeled his chair into the doorway of the gallery, holding a pen in his hand. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

Matthew plugged his earbuds back in and stepped through an arched doorway leading to another room of books. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

Her dad walks through the doorway across from us at just that second. The Sun Is Also a Star 2016-11-01T00:00:00Z

Ernie stayed by the doorway, looking into that weird world of wings. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z

Mr. Farrow stood in the open doorway, just watching me like he was waiting for some kind of confession. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

For a moment he studied the doorway, preparing himself to go in. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Noiselessly Lennie appeared in the open doorway and stood there looking in, his big shoulders nearly filling the opening. Of Mice and Men 1937-01-01T00:00:00Z

She just gave me a small, tight smile and, with a weird look in her eye, turned away and disappeared into a doorway two up from this one. The Marrow Thieves 2017-05-10T00:00:00Z

I run over to one of the dead Dauntless traitors near the doorway. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

“You know,” she says, “Yucatecos believe obsidian holds magic. A doorway to bring lost ones together.” The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

His front door is open, and when the bus pulls up in front of his house I can make out his mom in the doorway with him, pushing a travel mug into his hand. The Benefits of Being an Octopus 2018-09-04T00:00:00Z

“Last time Chess put a can in the doorway to prop it open. We have to do everything the same!” The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

There was a massive stone wall with a doorway in it, and in the farther part of the garden, the trees were younger and the planting less formal. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

They sped through the doorway all at once. A Place to Belong 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Then I came down on that horn until he appeared, shirtless and furious in the doorway. In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

It’s just that looking around this room and at this beautiful boy standing in the doorway, I feel like I’m encroaching on something sacred. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z

With a feeling of dread I headed for the administration building, and upon reaching it, stood in the darkened doorway. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Quang-ha appears in the doorway and says: "Dell put up the 'building rep' sign again in front of the best parking spot." Counting by 7s 2013-08-29T00:00:00Z

The smoke-filled doorway was piled with bodies of the fallen: Celyn, Naomi, Phoebe. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

Tad’s older brother stood in the doorway with his guitar slung around his neck and a scowl on his face. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I hear Travis chewing gum in the doorway before I see him. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z

A twelve-foot section of a spruce trunk is jammed into its open doorway, and across the log are draped two pairs of tom Levi’s, laid out as if to dry. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The old man stood frozen in the doorway. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

The young headmaster of the school stood in the doorway with a strange expression on his face. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z

I swivel the big computer monitor around so I can sit and not have my back toward the doorway or the big curtained window. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“What are you two doing?” demanded Ron, reappearing in the doorway to the Great Hall and looking suspicious. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

The hens spilled out of the doorway and started pecking at the grass with little chortles of glee. Unusual Chickens for the Exceptional Poultry Farmer 2015-05-12T00:00:00Z

I stand in Stella’s doorway again, watching the steady rise and fall of her bandaged chest, her new lungs working perfectly. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

They waited patiently in the doorway, like a pool of backed-up water. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

She went indoors, quickly crossed the black and white tiled hall—how familiar her echoing steps, how annoying—and paused to catch her breath in the doorway of the drawing room. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

My panic filled the whole room, and the guard filled the whole doorway. The Science of Breakable Things 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z

I talk about how reading is a doorway to another world, about how hungry I am to learn as much as they can teach me. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the library, a little girl stared at the doorway, waiting for her papa. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

We stepped over the books and through the doorway. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

With my eyes on the empty doorway, I told her about the lacquer chest. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Lily appeared, wearing her nightclothes, in the doorway. The Giver 1993-04-01T00:00:00Z

“What the—” Calder staggered backward into a dark doorway and stumbled over someone’s feet. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z

The nun rang a little bell and Blanca appeared in the doorway. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

They stood in the doorway, holding their bags. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Since the doorway was of a normal size, he had to crouch and twist in order to squeeze through.“Everything will be fine,” Grandma said, placing a bracing hand on Kendra’s shoulder. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Sarah lingered in the doorway, watching the computer over our shoulders. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

She points at a picture of a woman and then at another doorway, above which I see a picture of a man. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z

And a doorway with a round window over it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

The line marched out of Suffolk High’s schoolyard and onto Main Street and slowed as it bottled up at the church doorway. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

He was there in the doorway looking at her. Sula 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Now, it’s the open doorway to that classroom, where she can see The Taker in front of her in Mixed Media. A Heart in a Body in the World 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

Everyone gathered in a single room, cramming through the two doorways. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

Only the Third Gate remained, a crystal doorway floating in the air above the crater where the castle had stood a moment before. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

Rowan looked to Citra, who still stood in the doorway of the weapons den, frozen like a bystander at an accident. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

I took a deep breath and leaped through the doorway with a holler. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

I take the back way around the fence, circling in a zigzag pattern through the alleys and behind buildings, until I reach the recessed doorway of the deserted shop. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

The porch steps complained again, and Adam knew the woman would be standing in her doorway ready to spray inhospitality on the new arrival. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The wide front hall was empty except for a few idlers who lounged in the doorways leading to the offices on either side. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

I move to the next doorway on the right. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

They saw some bicycle traffic and a few homeless guys huddled in doorways, but the majority of Portlanders seemed to be staying indoors. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z

An older white man in a polo shirt, jeans, and a baseball cap meets Supreme at the doorway with a handshake. On the Come Up 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

He ducked into doorways a few times to hide from the night stewards. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z

Then I see the man standing behind her in the kitchen doorway. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A heavyset woman stood in the doorway behind Benny. 145th Street: Short Stories 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in that darkened doorway trying to probe my future if I were expelled. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was fascinated by the dark doorways of private homes crushed between shops and restaurants. When I Was Puerto Rican 1993-09-20T00:00:00Z

I figure my grandmother must be getting ready to cook something, so I move over to the kitchen and stand in the doorway. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

Arthur, who had come pattering through the stone corridors of his palace with a mind fixed on the work in front of him, stood waiting in the doorway without surprise. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

Emma closed her hand and the flame hissed out, and we all spun to see a man standing in the doorway, holding a flashlight in one hand and a pistol in the other. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

And a pair of sun-white whale ribs arched over our doorway, a tarnished ship’s bell hanging from their pinnacle. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

I pet it vigorously, then remove my wet shoes near the doorway and step inside. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

A few strands of her old web still hung in the doorway. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Eliza stood in the kitchen doorway, her hand covering her mouth. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dismay stood at the doorway to the Serenity Suite, panting and letting himself be patted. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway, his thumbs hooked through the belt loops of his gray shorts until the entire class was staring at him. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z

The guard still stood in the doorway of his observation booth, and when I turned he lifted his arm in a salute. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

When I walk back into the kitchen, Mom is facing the doorway, her back to the counter. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

So at seven o’clock, Harry, Ron, and Hermione walked straight past the doorway to the packed Great Hall, which was glittering invitingly with gold plates and candles, and directed their steps instead toward the dungeons. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z

Miss Lavinia was standing in the doorway from the dining room to the kitchen. Johnny Tremain 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

I try to tiptoe past the doorway before he spots me. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“You disappoint me!” she hollered before she even reached my doorway. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I tried to barrel through folks who were standing in the doorway to the Serenity Suite—“Excuse me! Pardon me!”—but there were too many people trying to get into, or out of, the room. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

Wind coming through the doorway of the train car blows his hair in every direction. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

Maria had already padded into the doorway again. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen doorway, back arched, ears flattened, stands the ugliest tomcat in the world. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

All the power that had emanated from him in the doorway was gone. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

"Anyone for a game of chess?" he asked, leaning through the bedroom doorway. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Rachel stood in the doorway peering anxiously up the road. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

They reached the half doorway that led back into the Boring Room. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Snow spilled from its doorways, collecting in giant heaps on the sidewalk. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

Through the illuminated doorway, a new shadow creeps out onto the screen—a slate gray silhouette of a boy who walks across the stage of the window frame beneath the hovering moon. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

While he raided the cabin for supplies, pulling open drawers, grabbing things out of the cabinets, she sat dumbly in the doorway, rubbing her fingers one by one. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

It wasn’t until I was nearing the end of the pile that I became certain there was somebody standing outside the barn, just beside the doorway. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z

A young woman leapt out of a doorway a little ahead of Winston, grabbed up a tiny child playing in a puddle, whipped her apron around it, and leapt back again, all in one movement. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

She stood there in the doorway, holding the red hat in her hand and her clothes draped over one arm. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Harriet moved in front of the doorway, stood there, blocking it. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The Corporal strode down from the doorway and approached the men. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

A short flight of warped steps led up to an empty doorway, where double doors had once granted access. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Through the veil, from the corner of her eye, Mariam saw a tall man, thick-bellied and broad-shouldered, stooping in the doorway. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

And she walked away, leaving the doorway orange and empty. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

For a moment they were there, frozen in the doorway. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

But then Sohrab looked back at me as I watched him from the doorway, and his eyes squinted up again. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

The hinges creaked again, and Sam, now peering over the corner of the passage-threshold, saw a flicker of light in an open doorway, and the dim shape of an orc coming out. The Return of the King 1955-10-20T00:00:00Z

Every few words I make, I glance out my bedroom doorway to the mirror. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

One of the beams settled on the doorway behind the fallen men, where Milligan now stood holding a tranquilizer gun. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

The dog squirmed free just as I found the doorway, and when the kid jerked to catch the thing, he brought his knee right up into my balls. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Mrs. Dalton turned her head as she heard the inner kitchen door open; Mr. Dalton stood in the doorway. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The boxcar doors were opened, and the doorways framed the loveliest city that most of the Americans had ever seen. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hazel ran past the doorway where Mrs. Jacobs stood, and out onto the white fields where Mr. Williams’s class already roamed in their winter puffiness. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

It had all happened in a blink, and all the while the ghosts were wrenching her out of the doorway, dragging her back inside. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Sohrab waited for me in the doorway, staring at the welcome mat, with his hands behind his back. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

In a fog, I moved through the doorway. Hattie Big Sky 2006-09-26T00:00:00Z

They appear in the doorway, holding tea and toast, their faces filled with concern. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z

A large crowd was watching from the doorway. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

The woman reappeared in the open doorway and called in a shrill and angry voice to the tyke, who retreated inside. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Don’t freak out,” he tells me at the doorway to the class. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z

She looked inside their doorway at the endlessly long flight of stairs. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z

His mom was standing in the doorway to the kitchen. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The women screamed, the guards whirled with their crossbows pointed, and Celaena looked skyward as she retreated from the rail and into the shadows of the balcony doorway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

She hurries to catch up with me, planting herself between me and the doorway. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

“You will not write again to this boy or accept his letters,” she said sternly from the doorway. Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel 1994-09-12T00:00:00Z

She looked through the doorway at me as I came into the living room. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

“It’s easier for them to categorize it that way,” Wanda said from the doorway, startling them all. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Red velvet ribbons were tied in prettily drooping bows around the balusters of the central staircase and great urns of scarlet poinsettia flanked the doorways. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I tore open my present with him still standing in the doorway. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

She held her breath and judged the distance between the doorway and where she stood. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Through the curtain strung across my doorway, I catch a glimpse of a sky that looks as if it’s still undecided as to whether it’s night or morning. An Ember in the Ashes 2015-04-28T00:00:00Z

His mom stood in the doorway in her maroon scrubs, her dyed hair pulled into a ponytail. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Outside my room their words drift in through the crack in the doorway. The Running Dream 2011-01-11T00:00:00Z

Fito arrived and stood in the doorway, stricken, the skin on his face sagging. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

No wonder the neighbor women frowned in our doorway when we pulled out the linings of our pockets as evidence of our poverty. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

It was originally placed along the wall to the left of the doorway, rather than in the middle of the room as now. History of Art, Volume 1 1962-01-01T00:00:00Z

Diana hadn’t moved from her spot near the doorway, making it clear to Rashid that she didn’t trust any of them enough to stand near them. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I whirl around to see Ms. Singh standing in the doorway. How to Disappear Completely 2020-04-28T00:00:00Z

The hubbub began to subside slowly as Major de Coverley paused in the doorway with a frown of puzzled disapproval, as though viewing something bizarre. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

He went to the doorway and stared out at the big log. Touching Spirit Bear 2001-01-09T00:00:00Z

And then someone else appeared in the doorway. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z

They leaped into the darkness, aiming for the doorway far, far below. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

She was standing near a doorway in the wall, under a street lamp that hardly gave any light. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

Then he vanishes in a flash of light, leaving the viewer to gaze through the open doorway at the glittering mounds of treasure that lay beyond. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

We went up the street, past the whitewashed stone houses, families sitting in their doorways watching us, to the inn. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

“You don’t have to cry,” I say, shifting awkwardly near the doorway. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

He shook his head and watched the doorway, and a second later a black-haired girl in paisley pajamas stepped into the foyer. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

In the doorway, Kendra paused and let out a small shriek. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Celia never took him outside by day, but sometimes at night she and he would sit in the doorway of the little house. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

We grab chairs out of our rooms and sit in our respective doorways. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

She’d been so agitated by the visions in the doorways that she must have summoned every bit of silver in the surrounding countryside. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When the last sheep had waddled out, Polyphemus rolled a boulder in front of the doorway as easily as I would dose a refrigerator door, shutting off the sound of Clarisse and Grover screaming inside. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

I scream at them to leave me alone, so my mom leaves, but my dad stays where he is in the doorway. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

He shimmies in the doorway of the first room, the biggest of the three. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

The silhouette of a uniformed police officer loomed in the doorway. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

He went to the open doorway and stood looking out, and he could hear his brother’s sniffling behind him. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Diana saw long, dark hair appear in the doorway. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

The shed wasn’t big at all and I leaned in through the doorway and dropped my sack in front of the bed. Life Is So Good 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the shade of a doorway, the father of the family watched us mill around with a tolerant smile. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z

The goddesses stayed home for shame; but these munificences ranged there in the doorway, and irrepressible among them all arose the laughter of the happy gods. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

And as Cade dragged me the twelve feet from the doorway to the counter, I glanced around in terror, taking in as many details of my environment as possible. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

Peeping in the doorway, I saw my mother was laying across the bed, on her side, pressing a handkerchief to her mouth. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

She’d lunged through that doorway, assuming there would be a level corridor or another room. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

The gold dotted line stops in front of the gates of a warm, well-lit estate with a curved wall and carved lions outside its doorway. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

She stood looking at the line of trees that demarcated the woods as clearly as any doorway. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Too often men stood hollow-eyed and women wept in doorways as Roger loaded onto a truck the last of their possessions, destined not for another home but for an auction house. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The door had opened, and a huge hippopotamus of a woman was filling the doorway. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

I could see it was Alice, then, and Jasper behind her in the doorway. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

She stood in the doorway, holding a large pitcher on a tray. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z

I put my hand on it and wedge myself into the doorway. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z

A woman hangs out of a doorway across the street. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

There’s a line for the ladies’ room that stretches to the bar doorway. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z

He collapsed through the doorway on to the platform. And Then There Were None 1939-11-06T00:00:00Z

Father slipped the knife out of his belt and threw it into the doorway. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

A few days later, when I had been at the hospital for about six weeks, Dad appeared alone in the doorway of my room. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

A picture: the expression on Rafael Luna’s face when he looks up from his paperwork to see Alex standing in the doorway of his office. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

The moonlight came into the hallway through doorways of the empty rooms of Billy’s two children, children no more. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I did a little dance in the doorway. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Someone was standing in the doorway: A woman in a thick winter coat, holding a hunting rifle under one arm. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

He walked dizzily across the bare room and stood leaning against the side of the doorway. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

But it was only a witch’s charm, and the power that held this doorway was not moved at all. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

He steps out of the room but remains in the doorway. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

While I stayed in the doorway, fidgeting and fretting, Lissa explored the kitchen. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

In three minutes Judy Morgan was standing at the doorway of Room, looking in at Mrs. Granger. Frindle 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

From her position in the doorway, Ann blocked traffic in and out of the jail, all the while using her oversized voice to curse anyone who came near her. The Best of Enemies 1996-04-01T00:00:00Z

Two SS men were beating a child with clubs, a girl smaller than Helena, and then an older man with a beard came tumbling out the doorway of a warehouse like he’d been thrown. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

She stood just inside the doorway so that her face became a dark shadow. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z

Looming in the doorway was a Cydops so huge he made Tyson look vertically challenged. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z

As I was getting ready for school, my mother poked her head into my doorway. Fourth Grade Rats 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t know when it had happened, but as if out of thin air she had appeared in the doorway, clutching two blue-bound volumes in her arms. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Golden Gray started to follow him but stood in the doorway unable to go forward or back. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

The shadow in the doorway stood very still. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

She hesitated by the doorway, her hand on the handle of the open door. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

Now he stood in the doorway in faded jeans, a flannel shirt, and blue plastic flip-flops, even though it was January. The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks 2010-02-02T00:00:00Z

Naheed looked up at the clock over the doorway, the second hand snapping in rhythm. Nine, Ten: A September 11 Story 2016-06-28T00:00:00Z

Their cat, Rocket—whom they’d totally ignored, ever since arriving at the house—was just poking his head curiously into the doorway. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

"I've got to get going," Stick said, moving to the doorway. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

A snap: I wait for a slow moving person of considerable size and slide through the doorway right behind his behind. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

In a doorway at the opposite end of the room, a ghostly Roman legionnaire beckoned to them. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

No one saw me standing in the shadows of the doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

And then in her doorway, she had to pass a child. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

The Mist thickened, creating a doorway, and four people stepped through. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

Sighing, Kit glanced over the docilely bent heads of her charges toward the open doorway, and as she did so a sudden motion caught her attention. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

We followed Og through a maze of carpeted hallways until we reached a row of seven circular doorways, each numbered. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

She cast a frightened glance back from the doorway and mouthed the words I'm sorry. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

Esteban Trueba appeared in the doorway at the very instant when the house snapped in half like an eggshell and collapsed in a cloud of dust, flattening him beneath a pile of rubble. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her grandson appears in the doorway, his pajama top twisted off his shoulders, his eyes vacant with sleep. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luke, inside the nursery doorway, could hold one end of the tape until his hand came into the cold spot, and then his fingers lost strength and relaxed helplessly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

He didn’t understand the rage that arose upon seeing Dorian standing in the doorway, didn’t want to understand that sort of anger. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

I stood quietly in the doorway in my black sheath and my black stole with the fringe, yellower than ever, but expecting less. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

She led Ash toward the doors to the garden, but instead of going outside they went through a doorway into a servants’ corridor, where waiters were rushing by with flagons of wine. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

I peek out the doorway into the empty living room. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

When Hazel appeared in the doorway it saw him at once and stood stock still, with staring eyes and twitching tail. Watership Down: A Novel 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z

Tab’s mom stood in the doorway in her socks, holding her briefcase. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z

I stand in the doorway next to Uriah. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z

She looks so small and sad standing in the big wooden doorway. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

A glance showed one torch burning in a wall bracket by a doorway far down the canyonlike street. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

Standing in the doorway was someone she was not expecting to see at all: Jack’s mom. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

A dog slept uneasily in the shade against a wall, a woman stood in a doorway across the street and looked at Eleanor, and two young boys lounged against a fence, elaborately silent. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

I feel him by the doorway, never moving with the wind, as if he is stuck there. American Street 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z

But instead of smoking in the doorway, he crossed the room and sat beside her where she lay on the bed. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z

My mind was filled with the image of Charlie in the doorway. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z

Seems I knocked my cousin Bridget clear back out the doorway and onto her butt into a foot of snow. Crash 1996-03-19T00:00:00Z

Mom might have been petite, but her body still had a habit of looming in the doorway. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

Hours later, the innkeeper stood in the doorway of the Way- stone and let his eyes relax to the darkness. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Then on Sunday night while I'm at the computer checking to see if anyone's online, my dad's head appears in my doorway. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

After a moment Ladd Devine Senior appeared in the doorway behind his grandson, laid powerful hands gently on the boy’s shoulders, and jovially mused. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She scowled at the top of his bowed head, as he had scowled at her in the doorway. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

And even after she had been gone several minutes he still fumbled with his shirt-sleeves and stared at the empty doorway. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

“You and I need to have a talk, my boy,” she said, standing in the doorway and blocking his escape. A Monster Calls 2011-05-05T00:00:00Z

Too big to fit in the sick bay with the rest of them, Horse pulled up a stool and wedged himself in the doorway, his bulging muscles pressed against the walls. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

Jan paused in the doorway, looking at all three of them. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

We were so impressed with what we’d built as we crawled through the doorway and settled ourselves inside. Courage to Soar 2016-11-15T00:00:00Z

Then he steps into the open doorway and turns to face the viewer, stretching out his arms to hold open the giant double doors.* Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z

While I was dressing she’d come back from the bathroom to accuse me from the doorway, “What did you do with the shampoo?” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z

I saw Mr. Farrow standing at his doorway. Winger 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z

April rain falls slantwise through the billboard’s spotlights and Volkheimer’s television flickers blue and he ducks habitually as he passes through the doorway between his kitchen and the main room. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

Doha peeked around the doorway to see his mother sobbing into her hands. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

I heard a throat clear behind me, and turned to see Emma glaring from the doorway. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

“They won’t let me have you until I—” Someone peered through the doorway. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Past the table, a door led into a brightly lit room, and lively conversation drifted out to Anya as she lingered by the doorway. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z

And to my surprise he was sitting up in the doorway of the tent. Z for Zachariah 1976-07-29T00:00:00Z

Marly stood in the doorway and let the others go in first. Miracles on Maple Hill 1956-08-01T00:00:00Z

A card hanging in the doorway announced that several languages were spoken in the shop. The Alchemist 1988-01-01T00:00:00Z

Though she made no sound, Kaede noticed her immediately, standing hesitantly in the doorway. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

In the kitchen doorway, Mom crosses her arms over her stomach. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

"The doctor's given you an injection," the nurse said from the doorway. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

The alley twisted in a confusing way, and presently they arrived at a dark doorway. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z

A nurse, young and cheerful as my own, stood in the doorway of Miss Norris's room, helping Miss Norris into a purple coat with a scrawny squirrel-fur collar. The Bell Jar 1963-01-14T00:00:00Z

Swaying in the doorway was a huge barefoot apparition in striped men’s pajamas, gray hair cascading over its shoulders, a wild look in its eyes. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

The week before Mia was to leave, Warren appeared in the doorway of her room. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Along River Street a harsh silence prevailed as white men clustered in doorways and nodded their heads ruefully, then looked toward the street. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

“A big grey one. She has a web across the top of Wilbur’s doorway. She catches flies and sucks their blood. Wilbur adores her.” Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

He heaved a sigh and turned inside, leaving Frank standing awkwardly in the doorway. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

People are blocking the doorway; some stretch behind them to get a better look. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

I grab it, heading back to the doorway, and hold out the paper to her. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

For a moment he stood in the doorway of the kitchen, unnoticed. Forged by Fire 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Hey, Mom,” I called from my bed when she passed my open doorway. Dead End in Norvelt 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I stop in the doorway, staring out the window across the narrow hall. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

I back up slowly into the doorway and his face lights up. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z

“On one condition,” I say, trapping him in the doorway. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Beyond the crowd, in the shadows of a doorway, I notice a young indi'gena girl, a maid, pausing in her sweeping, broom in hand, watching the procession, swaying slightly in rhythm to the music. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Her mother turned and headed for the doorway. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

I used to lurk timidly in the kitchen doorway and watch his huge body sitting slumped at the table. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

He came and stood in the doorway with her; she leaned back against the jamb. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

I just stood in the doorway with my arms crossed, staring at her. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z

I kiss him while I root in my pocket for my keys, and I kiss him in the doorway, and I kiss him in our foyer. What If It's Us 2018-10-09T00:00:00Z

He stood in her doorway, looking around slowly from left to right, and his gaze swept past the tree. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

While my original plan called for me to confront you right then and there, I jumped to the side—out of the doorway. Thirteen Reasons Why 2007-10-18T00:00:00Z

Huddled in a doorway out of the wind, waiting for the trolley? Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

He stopped in the doorway and sputtered, the wiry veins and tendons in his face and neck pulsating violently. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

People on the sidewalk stepped back into doorways to watch us, not knowing what they were looking at. Native Speaker 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man’s silhouette filled the doorway, followed by a gust of oily cologne. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Above the open doorway, the Mark of Athena blazed to life against the arch. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Bobby took the elevator to the thirtieth floor of the skyscraper at 110 West Fortieth Street, on the edge of the garment district, and when he disembarked, the elevator operator pointed to a doorway. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z

At an unimpressive speed, Sookie appeared in the doorway, followed by my dad. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z

I swiveled round in my chair and took a good look at my flushed-faced mother in the doorway. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

I stood in the doorway and asked, “Can I use the oven?” From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

The white curtains were gone, and he could see through the doorway to a small back room. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Gran unbolted the door, and we stood in the doorway leading into her garage, shadows and dark outlines lurking throughout. Sir Fig Newton and the Science of Persistence 2022-03-22T00:00:00Z

I bend down to look, and I can see that Mom is standing in the front doorway. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

“By the way,” Mrs. Partridge said as we reached the doorway, “what was it you wanted?” Walk Two Moons 1994-06-30T00:00:00Z

I shouted, and hugged him before he could even step through our doorway. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

In the doorway, Mom, pink, plump, and bright. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

He had been peering through the doorway, the shadows under his eyes darkening, twisting and tugging on his curly hair. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

Still standing in the doorway to the bus, he was goggling at the shadowy entrance to the Leaky Cauldron. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z

Then he stood in the doorway looking around, looking puzzled. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z

She runs her fingers over the model in their kitchen, counting miniature benches, trees, lampposts, doorways. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z

The friar and I walk through an arched doorway, a crown and stars painted across the top of the face, and then he leaves me on my own. All The Bright Places 2015-01-06T00:00:00Z

I was about to continue further around the room when I caught sight of Miss Kenton through the open doorway, signalling to me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z

What stopped her was an image — naughty Mona, nosy Callie, padding sleepily to the doorway, only to be jarred wide awake. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z

Moments later, Leo and Hazel stumbled to a stop in the doorway, carrying a large sheet of hammered bronze between them. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

My dad and I listened to her murmuring in the hallway for a few minutes before she appeared in the doorway. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z

At the top of the doorway three small webs were being constructed. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

James peered into the tent, standing in the doorway. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw the counselor hovering in the doorway sipping a soda. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

As soon as she spoke, a face—if you could call it that—lowered itself to the doorway, and I shivered at the twisted mouth of splintered wooden planks and knotted chains. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z

Women stood in shadowed doorways, watching them suspiciously. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

He touched a whitewashed wall as he went through a doorway, and rubbed the powdery clay between his fingers. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

A noise in the doorway distracted V from her music for a moment. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

Big Ma was in the doorway, right behind me. Gone Crazy in Alabama 2015-04-21T00:00:00Z

I kept glancing at the blank, stony, pinched faces of the men and women staring at me from steps and doorways, and at the children, all white-headed just like you see them in the Appalachians. Cold Sassy Tree 1984-11-02T00:00:00Z

Conveniently, one plant hangs just inside the doorway, its vines trailing all around the room. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

She would have kissed her good knight on the cheek, but just then Missandei appeared beneath the arched doorway. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

I ran outside and crouched close to the doorway, listening to them argue about Lassa fever. Taking Flight: From War Orphan to Star Ballerina 2014-01-01T00:00:00Z

They went back down the passage to the doorway and stepped inside. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Will went to the doorway and bowed again. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

“Could there be a draft across that doorway?” The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

The passage came to an end a few yards farther along, and before them was an opening like a great empty doorway. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

I refuse to go in there ever since David set up a motion-detecting alarm in the doorway. A Place at the Table 2020-08-11T00:00:00Z

Then he leans through the doorway and yells, “Bridget! Did you hear that? Can I take your girl fishing tomorrow?” Shouting at the Rain 2019-05-07T00:00:00Z

The humans have pushed it up against my doorway. The One and Only Ivan 2012-01-17T00:00:00Z

Her other parents stood in the kitchen doorway as she walked down the corridor, smiling identical smiles, and waving slowly. Coraline 2002-02-24T00:00:00Z

Guys around the doorway are watching us leave. X: A Novel 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

I was standing in the doorway of the bedroom doing my morning scratches when she walked by. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lady Isobel soon appeared in the doorway, holding a candle in her hand. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z

By the time her mother came past her doorway and down the hall, toward Moody’s room, she had listened to the album four times and was just beginning on the fifth. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

Standing in the doorway, with her hand on the shiny brass doorknob, was an older woman, smartly dressed, who was smiling at the children. The Bad Beginning 1999-08-25T00:00:00Z

He shoves me through the doorway, sliding the glass door closed behind us and locking it. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

Outside each doorway stand virtual figures of smiling supermodels, congratulating each of us by name as we walk past. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

They ran behind the counter and through a second doorway, which led to a rickety wooden staircase that they climbed as fast as they could. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

He shoved her into a doorway, thrust dirty fingers through her hair, and gave it a twist, yanking her head back. "—not a smart boy, that what you mean to say?" A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z

The soldiers reappear in the doorway, this time dragging another man. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

The woman passed a box full of candy through the doorway. Outcasts United: An American Town, a Refugee Team, and One Woman's Quest to Make a Difference 2009-04-21T00:00:00Z

I ducked into a doorway and waited until he had passed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I stand in the doorway of room twelve. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z

Abandoned buildings were seen less often, die naked children vanished, the bravos in the doorways seemed more sumptuously dressed. A Dance with Dragons 2011-07-12T00:00:00Z

He looks straight at me and stretches his arm across the doorway. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

I stood in the doorway and cleared my throat. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z

He looked at the building into which she had gone; it was old and unpainted; there were no lights in the windows or doorway. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

The doorway we’d come through must have been some kind of receiving entrance for the lower floor of the cell block. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He remembered no intervening time, no sore feet—but here he was, addressing in the politest terms an old lady who stood in the doorway of a flat-fronted terraced house. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

He was still well enough to push his own wheelchair, pulling miniature wheelies to get the front wheels over the bump in the doorway. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z

The nurse was standing in the doorway, listening to this exchange with interest. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

Ducking through a low doorway, we entered a narrow, slope- walled attic. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

After a moment, Miss Maggie stepped into the doorway of the stall. Beyond the Bright Sea 2017-05-02T00:00:00Z

But there is something youthful in the grin that appears as he catches sight of the man standing in the doorway. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I heard the distinctive chink of coins and sunk further into the shadow of the doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

He moved forward and seemed to dive into the whirling crowd, and I beside him, seeing them scatter into doorways and pound off in the dark. Invisible Man 1952-01-01T00:00:00Z

Mapper stood beside him in the stairwell doorway, wiping his glasses on his sleeve and arching an eyebrow; he was decked out in loose overalls and a way-too-big white button shirt. Dactyl Hill Squad 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z

The smell of roasting chillis tickled my nose as we ducked through the narrow doorway into the tiny kitchen at the back of the teashop. The Bridge Home 2019-02-05T00:00:00Z

Through an open doorway Lyra could see another room, where some kind of complicated anbaric machinery stood in silence. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Across the doorway a garland of mango leaves, symbol of happiness and good fortune, dry now and rattling in the breeze. Nectar in a Sieve 1954-01-01T00:00:00Z

Cade found an old wooden pallet and tipped it up to the bottom of the doorway so we could use it as a ladder and climb up into the cell block. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

He took one last look at Misty through the doorway before moving on. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He stood to one side of the doorway, looking in. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

When Cari didn’t respond, he walked to their bedroom and stood in the doorway. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

He wipes his finger on his pants and ambles to the doorway. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

Finally she stood in Pilate’s doorway, limp, wet, and confused, clutching her bundles in whatever way she could. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z

She kicked off her heels and ran toward the promise of the open doorway. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

Loud, thumping music always played inside the dark doorway, even at noon. The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind 2009-09-29T00:00:00Z

The clash of swords echoed from an open doorway, and he paused. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

There was no morning, only daylight in the doorway. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stand in the doorway; he leans against the counter opposite me, his arms folded across his chest. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z

He pulled Cody out of the doorway and shut it. The Watsons Go to Birmingham 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

I saw them stacked in front of machine guns in doorways and on roofs and at the ends of streets. Milkweed 2003-09-09T00:00:00Z

Mama stood in the kitchen doorway, arms at her sides, loosely clutching a vegetable knife in her fingers. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

From the comer of her eye Kit glimpsed the two tall figures in the kitchen doorway. The Witch of Blackbird Pond 1958-12-01T00:00:00Z

Matt pulled Fidelito through a doorway and slumped against a wall to recover. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

I look up to see Mrs. Morehouse in the doorway, watching me. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

The other boy helplessly edged away from the woman and with a cry rushed through the doorway. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

The Harvard men beat a hasty retreat, but two of them were knocked down in a doorway and then stomped on, and two others were trapped against a wall and beaten viciously. 1919 The Year That Changed America 2019-01-08T00:00:00Z

Alma and her mother take a seat next to them, and as Cullen tries to leave the room, his friends pour through the doorway and take their seats. Where Things Come Back 2011-05-03T00:00:00Z

A man in a metal hat stuck his head out of a doorway and shouted, “You are advised to take cover!” then ducked back inside. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

I had to yank on it, then rattle the door, then kick it, until finally it flew open to reveal a doorway and a room filled with ice that rose to mid-chest height. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z

She stood at the doorway, horrified by the mess. Finding Junie Kim 2021-05-04T00:00:00Z

Before he could recover his wits, Piper grabbed Annabeth’s arm and together they plunged through the second doorway. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

The old man laid a pine branch at the doorway. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

I waited for them to notice me and Sohrab standing in the doorway. Darius the Great Is Not Okay 2018-08-28T00:00:00Z

My mom lingers back, peeking her head inside the doorway. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

He stepped out of the doorway and scanned the square once again. The City of Ember 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Mama gives me a quick hug and pushes me through the doorway. Dragons in a Bag 2018-10-23T00:00:00Z

A man wearing a silk suit and a homburg came out of the shadow of an adjoining doorway for a moment to see whether the girls had gone. A Confederacy of Dunces 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

“Yes, that's a possibility,” she said—and stopped stock-still in the doorway. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z

The guards half dragged him through a doorway and into the room with the aquarium. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z

I used to love peeking through doorways to her bedroom and watching her kneel on the floor and whisper "Allah Akbar." Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z

In the shade of two gum trees that graced the doorway of the front of the main house sat a group of about twenty tribal elders. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

There was a soft scurry in the doorway, and running steps for a moment, and then silence. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

A hand reaches through the doorway, pulls Delly out, and the door swings shut. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

She was standing in front of the synagogue entrance, staring up at the doorway from the sidewalk, lost in thought, the rain billowing into puddles around her. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

Bloom got up and went to the open doorway. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Chaol Westfall stopped short when he found the assassin dangling from the beam of the bedroom doorway, repeatedly hoisting herself up to touch her chin to the wooden bar. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

At the near end of the room was a bricked-off doorway. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

June asks from his bedroom doorway that night, almost startling another cup of coffee out of his hands. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z

Doctor Copeland was alone in his kitchen when she walked through the hall and stood in the doorway to tell him this. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

Julia took some more pictures at the open doorway before following us into Aberdeen Lake State Penitentiary. 100 Sideways Miles 2014-09-02T00:00:00Z

“Previously, all the doorways opened into one world, which was a sort of crossroads. That is the world of Cittàgazze. But it’s too dangerous to go there at the moment.” The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Luckily, his eyes immediately travel over to see Barb standing in the doorway, and he holds back whatever comments he’s about to make. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z

Several small children have come to the doorway to peer in. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z

Sometimes I would sit in my doorway, which became an entrance to behold—a portico of pure white snow, adorned with snowmen—and watch them with endless interest. My Side of the Mountain 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z

Sheriff Dean stood in the doorway of the jail, nursing a mug of Shady’s brew. Moon Over Manifest 2010-10-12T00:00:00Z

On the third night, Mother tended him and I stood in the doorway, listening to his gasps, watching Mother watch him, her face hollow, her eyes swollen with worry and exhaustion. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

He hovers in the doorway uncertainly, and a glance at his face reveals a worried expression. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

He turned and disappeared though a doorway behind the bar. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

The man, already a foot or so inside the shack, cleared his throat while the woman stood silently by the doorway, and said, “Can we sit down?” Kaffir Boy: An Autobiography 1986-01-01T00:00:00Z

This person crying in the doorway and calling me poor girl looked like a clown made up like Sad Ruth. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

Bailey turns to find Caroline standing in the doorway in her nightgown, her hair piled on her head in a spiky mess of pin curls and a knitted blanket pulled around her shoulders. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

She walked back over to me, standing in my doorway. The Stars Beneath Our Feet 2017-09-19T00:00:00Z

"Between the cow and the way the doorway is built, you would have to know someone was standing there to see them." Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I glance out my doorway to the living room. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

Hermione cast the merrily dancing flames a dark look, and Harry distinctly heard her mutter “Slave labor,” before bidding them good night and disappearing through the doorway to the girls’ dormitory. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

He passed Filch in the doorway; Filch’s pale, wild eyes looked straight through him, and Harry slipped under Filch’s outstretched arm and streaked off up the corridor, the book’s shrieks still ringing in his ears. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

She stops in the doorway of what I assume is the twins' playroom; two rocking horses sit in the corner, and child-size shelves are lined with books and toys. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

Pedestrians were lying on the sidewalks, or curled up in doorways. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z

The engineer called up, Lord Asriel replied, and the men withdrew to the doorway. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

When Harry came home from work later that evening, Thula was waiting for him in the doorway. The Boys in the Boat: Nine Americans and Their Epic Quest for Gold at the 1936 Berlin Olympics 2014-05-27T00:00:00Z

The pair wandered through the dimly lit, littered, and stinking street, bending over grimy bums asleep in doorways, raising them to their unsteady feet, and leading the ragtag procession into a decaying storefront. The Westing Game 1979-01-01T00:00:00Z

Neither of them paid me any attention, their eyes pinned to the doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

Georges Melies was standing in the bedroom doorway with tears in his eyes. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z

They wound their way around a group of students chattering in the doorway. When Dimple Met Rishi 2017-05-30T00:00:00Z

Two unlit torches sat in wall sconces on either side of the doorway, both covered in cobwebs. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z

Then, without another word, Mrs. McCracken steps away from the doorway and quietly disappears into another room, as if she never even saw me. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway, filling up the space like a broken-down grim reaper. When I Was the Greatest 2014-01-07T00:00:00Z

His smile was so wide he’d have had to break it into sections to fit it through a doorway. Maniac Magee 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z

His mother was always there at the doorway, screaming at them, but unable to stop them as Moss was pulled through the window, away from her, away from safety. Anger Is a Gift 2018-05-22T00:00:00Z

Then he shouted, “Ko ko ko!” which is what people in Kilanga shout in someone’s doorway when they come visiting, since generally there is no door to knock on. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

She was now standing in my bedroom doorway. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Curly heard a cry and watched in surprise as the policeman burst from the doorway of the latrine, leaping off the flatbed like an Olympic hurdler. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through the doorway, I could see him facing Ma, poking at his eye. Worth 1998-06-01T00:00:00Z

In either corner of the hall, over the nursery doorway, two grinning heads were set; meant, apparently, as gay decorations for the nursery entrance, they were no more jolly or carefree than the animals inside. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

“There is nothing perfect,” August said from the doorway. The Secret Life of Bees 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

Propelled by desperate people to a warehouse with a sloppily painted H above the doorway. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

I see them sometimes, looking in through the doorway of the lab, the child gentle and dubious, the wife anxious. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z

And just like that, I see the solution play out in my mind, complete with the MacGyver sound track: Nino Carlitos walks through the doorway, eager to press against me, but this time I’m ready. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Beatrice’s stepbrother stood defiantly in the doorway of the truck, his cheeks flushed and his eyes blazing. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

The women in the doorway all titter at Mr. Gideon's pretty words, and as we continue walking, Katherine leans in close to my ear. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

Daddy appears in the doorway of his office. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

An open doorway revealed a large mess hall, where many of the guards were just sitting down to breakfast. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

The three of them devise a game that involves kicking the ball through one doorway or the other, and we’re lucky it never lands in the slop bucket or the soup. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

Then he gave chase and, of course, he was faster, but the Count made it through a doorway, slammed and locked it, and Inigo was helpless to budge the thing. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z

Holly stepped through what used to be the doorway. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

Meliton Naranjo was sitting in the doorway of the chopper, desultorily hunched over, smoking a cigarette; the pilot had stretched out on the grass nearby. The Milagro Beanfield War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

Time’s up, said the voice of Aunt Elizabeth, from the doorway. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z

A woman with a baby in her arms leans in the doorway of one room. Nickel and Dimed: On (Not) Getting By in America 2001-01-01T00:00:00Z

He frequently peered through the two doorways into the ladies' waiting room where he saw several people sitting on the benches or standing around. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

We can’t even get in ’cause some guys are in the doorway. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z

An amazing sight stopped the two of us in the doorway. Red Scarf Girl: A Memoir of the Cultural Revolution 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z

Instead, I leaned against the doorway between the living room and hallway, ready to make my escape as soon as I could. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z

Gale swings into the doorway, landing in a heap on the floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

The halls are lined with floor-to-ceiling mirrors, reflecting the light of chandeliers adorning the ceilings, while the doorways to each private karaoke room are painted in glittering gold. Warcross 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

“Did I see you in a car today?” my mother asked, coming to the doorway to watch my reaction. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway, still barking furiously, an hysterical note in his voice. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

He left the mute standing in the doorway with his hands still in his pockets and the half-smile on his face. The Heart is a Lonely Hunter 1940-07-29T00:00:00Z

A light mist was falling when they finally heaved Roz through the ship’s doorway. The Wild Robot 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

When we got to her doorway, she turned quickly and kissed my cheek. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

The result was a four-way collision of Egyptians in the doorway. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

It doesn’t have a door, just a doorway. It’s Kind of a Funny Story 2006-04-02T00:00:00Z

They all looked up at Harry as he appeared in the doorway, but he merely nodded to them and continued into the garden, Ron and Hermione behind him. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z

Even though it was hardly anyone’s definition of morning yet, his father had switched on his light and was standing in his doorway with his arms crossed. Out of Darkness 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

If somebody was standing in the doorway, she could tell that someone was standing in the doorway. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

Eyes shut, I pictured my mother, her white hair frizzy in the dark-and-light doorway, my hair white now too, Mother. The Woman Warrior 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

Pouring onto the avenue, taking cover in doorways, behind vehicles, guns blazing, hoarse voices shouting commands as they prepare to meet an army of Peacekeepers marching toward us. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z

And then Jack appeared in the doorway next to her. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

In the doorway, she wraps me in her tan, muscular arms and holds me in the way only an aunt can, planting a kiss on my cheek that's both soft and firm. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Floating in the abyss, maybe three hundred feet below, was a doorway of black marble, leading into some sort of large room. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

He would probably just stand in the doorway and watch. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z

He had lost track of time and he did not know how long he had been standing in the doorway. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

Every noise sounded threatening, every cat scurrying out of a doorway made Meggie jump. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

The others halted, just within the doorway at the hall’s end, and turned, unable to leave their leader to face the enemy alone. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Izzy took a half step back from the doorway, and the storm door, which she’d been holding open with her foot, gave a faint shriek. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z

He gestured impatiently, mumbling something about numbskulls not taking hints, and the boys stepped through the open doorway. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

They lingered by the doorway, and from inside my stall I could hear them whispering about Papa, deliberately, just loud enough for us to hear. Farewell to Manzanar 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z

“They laughed, and one of them was going to crush Her with his foot when someone shouted ‘Stop!’ from the doorway. The House of the Scorpion 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pushes me down the bright white hallway, lined with doorways and drawn curtains and hand sanitizer dispensers mounted on the walls. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z

There was no space where Nhamo might fit herself in, and so she waited patiently in the doorway as Grandmother finished her tale. A Girl Named Disaster 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

The inner walls were massive and all the doorways were low. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z

Before the old man could answer, if he was going to, a couple of ladies breezed in the doorway. The Egypt Game 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z

With this sad prediction the owl stepped through his doorway, spread his great wings and was gone, soaring silently downward into the shadowy woods below. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

Miss Akkerman's grandfather sits at the breakfast table through the kitchen doorway. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

I jump up and head for the doorway as fire spreads everywhere. First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z

Their heads shot up when I appeared in the doorway. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

Then he stuck his head in the doorway. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z

Father turned now to see the silent, smiling Company in the doorway. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

His wandering eyes drift over the open doorway and settle on the door across the hall. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z

I hovered in the doorway, frowning and thinking of swans gliding away in the pond in the park. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z

A man was standing in the doorway, looking out at the tents. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

They waited just outside the open doorway of the auditorium beside a painted school bus. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z

The door opens, and a severe-looking woman with a lazy eye stands in the doorway. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

Celaena raised an eyebrow, and then, despite herself, smiled as he left the room as quickly as his feet could go without running, tripping slightly in the doorway as he staggered into the rooms beyond. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Maybe some seedlings had not been planted into their underwater beds properly, or perhaps our pig was eating the wrong kind of garbage, or maybe one of our chickens was dirtying our doorway. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

All except one—Tyler was staring at the quiet doorway, just as she had been. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

Everywhere there were statues of lions—on top of pedestals, over doorways, on the porticoes of the largest buildings. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

My eyes followed Maxx out the door, and 1 saw Takumi standing in the doorway, fists raised in the air in triumph, before he ran back upstairs to cut the music. Looking for Alaska 2005-03-03T00:00:00Z

Grabbing onto the side of the doorway, she swung herself inside. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

An arched doorway on the other side of the bedroom leads to a dressing area, closets, and a bathroom. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z

He was stooped, leaning against the doorway of the living room. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway, nearly filling it to the top. Bone Gap 2015-03-03T00:00:00Z

The broken buildings in the Dauntless sector look like doorways to other worlds. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

She felt it again, looking at him standing in the doorway, but when he held his hand out to her, she knew they were done with fear. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z

Charlotte raced up to the top of the doorway. Charlotte's Web 1952-10-15T00:00:00Z

Their feet disturbed a deep dust upon the floor, and stumbled among things lying in the doorway whose shapes they could not at first make out. The Fellowship of the Ring 1954-07-29T00:00:00Z

Then nodding towards Jaimito, who had come to the doorway and was aggressively blocking their way in, she added, “One struggle at a time, sister.” In the Time of the Butterflies 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z

Holding the green marker, I look between David waiting in my doorway and Kristi choosing a CD from my shelf. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z

More people spilled out the doorway and onto the sidewalk to listen on loudspeakers set up outside. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam 2018-04-10T00:00:00Z

Gilly could feel Miss Ellis’s fingers on her backbone gently prodding her through the doorway and into the house. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

When the boy’s mother heard that he had not found Sounder under the cabin, she stood in the doorway and thought for a long time. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

A nude, ridiculous man with a blushing appendectomy scar appeared in the doorway suddenly and bellowed, “What’s going on here?” Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z

His father paused near the kitchen doorway, puzzled. The Chocolate War 1974-01-01T00:00:00Z

She pawed blindly at the wall inside the doorway but found no switches. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z

The crowd in the doorway wavered and broke and let the three pearl dealers through. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

In front of the doorway a shallow covered porch ran the full width of the house. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

The stranger stood just inside the doorway, motionless and silent. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z

At no long interval, Odysseus came through his own doorway as a mendicant, humped like a bundle of rags over his stick. The Odyssey 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Through a doorway ahead of me a second room appeared to contain more of the same. The Rock and the River 2009-01-06T00:00:00Z

When he appears in the doorway, I yell out, “Yay, Zeide! Come in!” Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z

Emma was standing sleepily in her own doorway, sniffing the air. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

Alba would kiss her goodbye and stand in the doorway, her mother’s subtle jasmine perfume clinging to her nostrils and a knot of anxiety lying in her heart. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z

She locked eyes with the angry but solid-looking Z. Everything inside her tensed as she flew over the space between the beam and the doorway. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

Trotter’s breath had returned, but her voice shook as she spoke to Gilly from the doorway. The Great Gilly Hopkins 1978-03-28T00:00:00Z

A little later, Liyana’s mom stepped into the doorway of her room and smiled the motherly smile that says, “I know where you are and I remember being there myself.” Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z

I jump out of the cab and push past the people in the doorway. Pride 2018-09-18T00:00:00Z

For a moment he considered and then he worked among the shadows until he came to the house of Juan Tomas, his brother, and he slipped into the doorway and drew Juana after him. The Pearl 1947-01-01T00:00:00Z

He slid the blade into his pocket just as she appeared in the doorway. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

A stuffed wild boar’s head hung over the doorway, and its eyes seemed to follow me. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z

She’s so tall that sometimes she has to duck her head just to walk in through a doorway, but she’s so quiet that if she had a superpower, it’d be invisibility. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z

We stand side by side in the open doorway, each of us holding one of the handles. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I froze in the doorway of the slaughterhouse, gasping for breath. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

Leda and Ray, standing in the doorway, are covered in chocolate. Towers Falling 2016-07-12T00:00:00Z

She led him through a narrow doorway into the back, which was cluttered with crates, boxes, and heaps of clothes. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

And she walked into the stone doorway and down the stairs. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z

A young officer, a trim black- uniformed figure who seemed to glitter all over with polished leather and whose pale, straight-featured face was like a wax mask, stepped smartly through the doorway. 1984 1949-06-08T00:00:00Z

“Where are your clothes, Lorraine?” was the first thing she said, standing in the shadow of the doorway, looking at the policeman and me. The Pigman 1968-10-12T00:00:00Z

“Sounder just couldn’t poke slow enough for your father,” the mother said to the boy as they stood in the doorway, straining and sifting the dark for some movement. Sounder 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z

I stood in the doorway, watching, hearing her mistakes, yearning to push her aside and play the piece properly. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Samuel stood in the doorway of the forge and looked at the land. East of Eden 1952-09-01T00:00:00Z

My friends were standing in the doorway, waiting for me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

Over time he had acquired the ability to blend into the background of wherever he was—into bookshelves, gardens, curtains, doorways, streets—to appear inanimate, almost invisible to the untrained eye. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z

For one fraction of an instant, the man in the doorway had been a different person. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z

To the cobblestone streets and the brilliant sunshine and the arched doorways and the flowers spilling over people’s roofs. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z

From the sight of Mirjam on the bridge, and the sound of a gunshot in the still night, and the look on Mrs. Janssen’s face, brittle and resigned, in her doorway. Girl in the Blue Coat 2016-04-05T00:00:00Z

He pulled his cap visor lower and slipped into a doorway to wait for a car. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

I can’t face going back to my empty room yet, so a few minutes later I find myself in Beth’s doorway. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

I peek in open doorways on either side. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

She stood in the doorway, trying to frame an excuse or apology, but as usual the words did not come quickly enough to mind. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z

The blackness of the sky began to lighten and an old peddler came out of a doorway, the creaking of his cart echoing in the silence of the upcoming dawn. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z

Taught her how to crawl along the walls of buildings, disappear into doorways, cut across comers in choked traffic—how to do anything, move anywhere to avoid a whiteboy over the age of eleven. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Laughing, he tipped back even further in his chair; then he looked up and saw me standing like an idiot in the doorway. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

I pause at the doorway and look back pleadingly, but my mother waves me on. A Mango-Shaped Space 2003-04-16T00:00:00Z

Dad showed up in our doorway a few minutes later. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z

They were sharing a cigarette, neither noticing Luke standing in the doorway. We'll Fly Away 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z

They stepped over the threshold, and immediately a fire sprang up behind them in the doorway. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z

The kitchen door stood open and he crossed the porch and stood in the doorway. The Road 2006-09-28T00:00:00Z

“Hey, where did that come from?” he asked, standing in the doorway. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

I felt real old when he said that, like I'd spent all my life standing in that doorway trying to get him to listen to me. Miracle's Boys 2000-04-23T00:00:00Z

A guard appeared in the doorway, and then another. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

He’s leaving the auditorium to go to the bathroom just as I arrive, and he stops for a minute in the doorway. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z

There is a woman standing in the doorway, looking at the two men. Vincent and Theo: The Van Gogh Brothers 2017-04-18T00:00:00Z

He stood now in the doorway to his study, wearing the woolen sweater, the scarf, and the round, black skullcap. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

They believed in rules, and their rules were posted on doorways and in hallways and above each child’s bed. Ruby Holler 2002-02-01T00:00:00Z

Their grandmother had stood silent in the doorway while he told it. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lifting the tapestry of the doorway with a pale hand, the ghostly creature in half-armour, its unarmed elbow in a sling, stood on the threshold. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z

They still walked like they owned the place, but they were more wary, watching the doorways and crossroads for any sign of trouble. Prisoner B-3087 2013-03-01T00:00:00Z

“Maybe you should come in,” he says, and then I realize that I’m still in the doorway holding on to the knob. Everything, Everything 2015-09-01T00:00:00Z

A woman not much taller than Beatrice materialized in the doorway behind her. Hoot 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z

‘Well?’ he said, turning round now and seeing his sister standing in the doorway, clutching the doll, her golden pigtails perfectly balanced on each shoulder, ripe for the pulling. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z

I move to the front and into the next doorway. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

He held the arm of an elderly man who stumbled at the doorway. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

When I show up with the water and cookies, he shakes his head in the doorway. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

I turn and find him standing in the doorway. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z

Hazel and Jack crossed through the empty doorway into the rotting shell of the first floor and trod gently up the stairs, stepping over the ones that had already given themselves to the rot. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z

At the door that gives on the path across the fields to Roke Knoll an old man met him, waiting for him in the doorway. A Wizard of Earthsea 1968-11-01T00:00:00Z

Will Solace stood in the doorway of the Apollo cabin, a stern look on his face. Blood of Olympus 2014-10-07T00:00:00Z

He moved to grab Alec, to push him through the doorway, knowing it was their only shot. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z

He stared at her for a moment from the doorway, and she managed a smile. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

Then she turned and stood before the great doorway; the door was closed again, and she put out her hand and opened it effortlessly. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z

From the doorway, I watched as he lined up several toy soldiers along the windowsill. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z

Three of the massive stones were stacked together to form a huge arch, like a massive doorway. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z

From the doorway, I watch the truck roll down the street, the two boys peering sadly from the back. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Jane's a storefront down standing in a doorway, talking on the phone. Will Grayson, Will Grayson 2010-04-06T00:00:00Z

They spun around to see Con standing in the open doorway. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z

At the soonest possible moment, he pulled Spurge into a doorway and said, “We have to hide your face. Take off that stupid hat!” The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z

Kendra went to the doorway and watched them climb into the SUV. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

Then I came around back and saw my opportunity: a doorless doorway, bearded with vines, gaping and black; an open mouth just waiting to swallow me. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z

I stand in the doorway with my mother and watch her walk out into the night. The Fourteenth Goldfish 2014-08-26T00:00:00Z

Mr. Dalton stood at the head of the stairs in the doorway, white-faced, holding a piece of paper in his fingers. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

He stabbed the ground and swung over it, stabbed and swung, until he planted himself in the doorway of Vola’s barn again. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

There was no answer; he bounded to the doorway and switched on the flashlight. Native Son 1940-03-01T00:00:00Z

Dylan leads me to a doorway near the back. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z

A woman, holding a baby in her arms, smiled at me from a doorway, while a man clanked across a road to a well, carrying a pail. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z

A young woman was standing in the doorway, a woman of such breathtaking beauty that the room seemed to have become strangely airless. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z

Ross Milton, standing between his crutches in the doorway, waved to him. Across Five Aprils 1964-01-01T00:00:00Z

From the doorway, as I chewed, I took in all the tools, so many of them. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z

My mother directed her question to the worker who was standing in the doorway. Three Little Words: A Memoir 2007-12-27T00:00:00Z

Thoughtfully, Brutus and Arthur had dug their doorway behind a tuft of grass, so that not even Billy noticed it. Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH 1970-06-01T00:00:00Z

All she was seeing was the pure and potent focus of the dreamer’s eyes—on her—as Feral, Ruby, and Sparrow rushed out to her from the doorway where they’d been watching and waiting. Strange the Dreamer 2017-03-28T00:00:00Z

As we approached the church I started to shake and sweat, and just before we reached the church doorway, I stepped out of line. The Color of Water: A Black Man's Tribute to His White Mother 1995-01-01T00:00:00Z

And yet Scythe Curie, still in the doorway, barely flinched. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z

“Then you must come inside and have some refreshment,” said the priest, and put a heavy arm around Will’s shoulders, pulling him in through the doorway. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z

I don’t know by what strength Tobias marches through the doorway. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z

By the carpentry workshop, he found Meeks, the second mate, lounging in the doorway while Harison sat outside, running a cleaning rag over his revolver. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z

The silence in the bar now was profound, and even customers in other parts of the inn had become aware that something was happening, and had come to the doorway to watch. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z

He stands in the doorway, hesitant to enter. Dreaming in Cuban 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

His square shoulders barely fitted through the doorways. One Hundred Years of Solitude 1967-05-30T00:00:00Z

Finally hunger and thirst drove me out; when I stood up I found my mother lurking in the doorway, waiting for me. Black Boy 1945-01-01T00:00:00Z

A walking anvil with a happy gappy smile that lit every doorway he darkened. Look Both Ways 2019-10-08T00:00:00Z

He paused in the doorway, looked at the empty chair and laughed. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

They passed through a stained-oak doorway to a long conference room. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z

A man in a blue jacket emblazoned with the store logo stood in the doorway, smoking. Pax 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z

It took a while for me to notice the big blue eyes watching me from the doorway. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z

She threw herself through the doorway and turned left, flying down the stairwell. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z

It spun past us like a small cyclone of ice, taking the flowered hat with it, and whirled up the stairs, leaving us frozen speechless in the parlor doorway. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z

Sam lifted the lid high enough to see not one but two police officers in the doorway. Frightful's Mountain 2001-05-21T00:00:00Z

I saw the concierge standing in the doorway. The Sun Also Rises 1926-10-22T00:00:00Z

After the passage curved away from the foyer, it descended for quite some distance uninterrupted by other doorways or passages. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z

White proprietors who cater exclusively to Negro trade stood in doorways and solicited us. Black Like Me 1961-01-01T00:00:00Z

Baba said, leaning in the doorway to my room. The Kite Runner 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z

Maria stands in the doorway in her robe, holding her shawl across her mouth, saying nothing in protest. What the Night Sings 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z

Because he is so tall and linky and rubbery, he seems some- times like a boy, knocking into tables and doorways, his big muddy boots clomping on the tile floors. The Unfinished Angel 2009-09-22T00:00:00Z

He joined her in the doorway, his face dripping with sweat, and blood from several cuts. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z

When I look around, Helena is standing in the doorway of the bedroom. The Light in Hidden Places 2020-03-03T00:00:00Z

“If it’s got anything to do with Weasleys’ Wizard Wheezes —” “Why don’t you show Harry where he’s sleeping, Ron?” said Hermione from the doorway. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Tobias and I sit in the doorway of the car as it moves lazily over the tracks. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z

I remain posted up near the doorway while Katherine and the instructors circulate through the crowd. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z

People squeezed into the gaps between abandoned vehicles or against shattered walls and doorways. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z

A man sat in his doorway, smoking a pipe. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z

“There’s no moving this desk that’s wedged into the doorway,” Tad called from below. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z

I stand in the kitchen doorway, watching him, trying to force the words out. The Queen of Water 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z

Lily looked up at our mother standing in the shadow of the doorway. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z

He saw Emil, a painter and carpenter from Nicaragua, kneeling in a doorway, taping off a baseboard. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z

They stand in the doorway as if they're afraid to advance. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z

She doesn’t hug me good-bye, but she stands in the doorway waving until her house disappears from my rearview mirror. Starfish 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z

The stairs wound down and ended at a doorway without a door. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z

She looked at her mother, who stood blank-faced in the kitchen doorway, then walked over to take the money. Eleanor & Park 2013-02-26T00:00:00Z

The deputy pivoted in the direction of the doorway and shouted at a featureless face broken up in equidistant penumbras by four bars, “Who’s there?” The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z

She had butted their way out of the Tenderloin district into a spacious uptown apartment promised to another family by sitting out the landlord, haunting his doorway. Jazz 1992-01-01T00:00:00Z

Dustfinger put his arm through the doorway and handed her a flashlight. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z

Ma was standing in the doorway in her nightgown. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z

A man stood in the doorway, leaning upon a long staff, shrouded in a black traveling cloak. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z

Mr. Porter leaned against the doorway, fiddling with his phone but mostly staring at Benji. Millionaires for the Month 2020-09-01T00:00:00Z

Mary Lincoln chides her husband, standing in his office doorway. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z

“I’m going after him,” I say, heading for the doorway. Water for Elephants 2006-05-26T00:00:00Z

His father had stood in the doorway, just there, an arm’s reach from where he sits now. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z

He paces back and forth in the doorway of his closet. The Last Cuentista 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z

A figure loomed in the doorway of the house they’d just left. The Strangers 2019-04-02T00:00:00Z

He poked his head into the doorway and began to gabble good-naturedly about something or other, and after a few minutes we picked up our drinks and followed him back to the living room. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z

The man who stood in the doorway looked at her coldly, looked with unconcealed astonishment and fear at the eleven disheveled runaways who were standing near her. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

The girl and her mother made a life in that small house, the girl spending the summer painting the windowsills and doorways a curious shade of blue. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z

Looking down at the black, empty doorways, Tally’s skin crawled with the thought of descending to peer into one. Uglies 2005-02-08T00:00:00Z

Fifty feet in front of the house the Americans were standing in a semicircle, guns to their shoulders, aiming at the doorway. The Fighting Ground 1984-04-01T00:00:00Z

Their doorways gaped like mouths and their windows gleamed like eyes, so that each one of them looked like the stark, empty face of a multi-eyed demon. Dragonwings 1975-01-01T00:00:00Z

Floss Gaddis, her mother and her brother, Henny, who was dying of consumption, stood in their doorway. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z

Its sharp-pointed prow lifted it at an angle from the stone floor of the docks, and though its shelter concealed him he could still watch the doorway easily. The Golden Goblet 1961-04-24T00:00:00Z

The head editor, Mr. Stieglitz, stood in the doorway, his gloved hand curled around the silver head of his cane. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z

There was a knock on the wall, and then Mark appeared in the doorway. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z

I came back to my room and found my father standing in the doorway that led to his study. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z

He stood in the doorway, unable to move. Clayton Byrd Goes Underground 2017-05-09T00:00:00Z

She went to stir a pot on the hearth, and the dog lay down near the doorway, obeying the command of her hand. Ophelia 2006-10-31T00:00:00Z

The overseer, startled by this sudden obstructing body, planted squarely in the doorway, turned away from the door, picked up a two-pound weight from the counter, and hurled it at the fleeing slave. Harriet Tubman: Conductor on the Underground Railroad 1955-01-01T00:00:00Z

“But I really might have, Mama. It flew out the doorway before I could be sure,” she said. The Ugly One 2013-06-11T00:00:00Z