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Examples

  • “I can live with that,” Corey said, moving doorward.

    Naked Cruelty Colleen McCullough 2010

  • It could not have been more than an hour after I took up my position on the mattresses before I noticed the blinds of the windows being drawn, and customers being marched doorward.

    The Invisible Man Herbert George 2006

  • He yawned at the end of the discussion, and moved doorward.

    The History of Mr. Polly 2003

  • “Little dog!” he said, and moved doorward hastily.

    The History of Mr. Polly 2003

  • The minister chatted up front with a small group of ladies, a few other relatives and friends drifted slowly doorward, and the four latecomers sat stolid in their pews, as though waiting for the second show.

    Drowned Hopes Westlake, Donald E. 1990

  • Hanno and Svoboda benched themselves oppositely at the doorward end.

    The Boat of a Million Years Anderson, Poul, 1926- 1989

  • All eyes swung doorward, and breath went like a wave.

    Time Patrolman Anderson, Poul, 1926-2001 1983

  • Since he proved untrusty as a doorward, let him become an errand-runner.

    The Lord of the Rings Tolkien, J. R. R. 1954

  • The exhausts which did not point toward the door, directly, were toward the curved walls which would deflect the forceful gasses expelled doorward.

    The Beast of Space F.E. Hardart

  • Jurgen attended with fervor, and started doorward with the others.

    Jurgen A Comedy of Justice James Branch Cabell 1918

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