door-jamb

He collided with the door-jamb, and, ere Jerry could follow him, whirled around in a part circle into the centre of the floor just in time to receive the next shell squarely upon his head.

CHAPTER XIX 2010

There are obvious things, like how many miles on the odometer, and the number of service station stickers on the door-jamb and their mileage.

How to Sell Anything to Anybody Joe Girard Stanley H. Brown 2005

Now I write you from my mosquito curtain, to the song of saws and planes and hammers, and wood clumping on the floor above; in a day of heavenly brightness; a bird twittering near by; my eye, through the open door, commanding green meads, two or three forest trees casting their boughs against the sky, a forest-clad mountain-side beyond, and close in by the door-jamb a nick of the blue Pacific.

Vailima Letters 2005

They had merely adjusted the strong spring to the shut door, and stretched it slightly in fastening it to the door-jamb, so that it drew together the moment the latch was released, and the door flew open.

Twilight in Italy 2003

Instead, she dropped her hands from the door-jamb and gave such unmistakable evidences of intended flight, that but one alternative remained to him; he became abrupt.

Initials Only 2003

Hayden leaned against the door-jamb for a long time, content just to watch the two of them together.

One Night Of Scandal Medeiros, Teresa, 1962- 2003

When I opened the front door to leave I saw an envelope on the porch with a footprint stenciled across it and realized it must have fallen out of the door-jamb the previous night and been stepped on by either me or Father Jimmie.

Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

He looked wonderful leaning against the door-jamb, his heated gaze bearing down on her as it always seemed to do when he was near.

Something Wild Berg, Patti 2002

When I opened the front door to leave I saw an envelope on the porch with a footprint stenciled across it and realized it must have fallen out of the door-jamb the previous night and been stepped on by either me or Father Jimmie.

Dave Robicheaux Ebook Boxed Set James Lee Burke 2002

He straightened away from the door-jamb, but he did not leave.

The Charade Laura Lee Guhrke 2000