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The passage of a door; a door-shaped entrance into a house or a room.
Examples of doorways in a Sentence
There were no doorways, just a hole.
There are no windows, but large doorways.
Beyond its yawning mouth, she saw what looked like yellow doorways glowing.
He all but dragged her through one of the glowing doorways before she vomited.
Several doorways glowed around her, and Kris yanked her toward one.
It is lighted by the two doorways already mentioned.
The parts are easy of transport and can be handled without difficulty through narrow doorways and in confined situations.
The four wall-surfaces that flank the three western doorways are decorated with very beautiful sculpture in relief, once ornamented with colour, the designs for which, according to Burckhardt, must be ascribed to the architect of the whole, though executed by other (but still Sienese, not Pisan) hands.
Examples of Norman work are frequent in doorways, as in the churches of Allestree and Willington near Repton, while a fine tympanum is preserved in the modern church of Findern.
From these doorways, generally left open, the interior light is principally obtained, windows, as the term is generally understood, being rare.
The doorways are of finely-cut stone, and of Greek type, and the date, though uncertain, cannot, from the careful jointing of the blocks, be very early.
Doorways were usually square, but corbelled archways and gateways surmounted with sculptures were not uncommon.
Although it has been restored, there remain traces of Saxon workmanship in the chancel, besides two Norman doorways, a font of the same period, a stone altar bearing five crosses and a fine 15th-century brass.
As the superstructures are mostly gone, there is no evidence as to the position and form of the doorways, or the size, number and position of the windows, if there were any.
They are sometimes provided with doorways faced with stucco, and these have painted ornamentation.
The outsides of the principal doorways and their pointed arches are magnificently enriched with carving and coloured inlay, a curious combination of three styles - Norman-French, Byzantine and Arab.
The south porch is one of the finest Norman examples extant, both the outer and the inner doorways (especially the first) exhibiting the typical ornament of the period in remarkable exuberance.
The sculptured doorways, chimneys and friezes of the interior are especially fine.
At Laon and Amiens there are sculptured Jesses over the central west doorways of the cathedrals.
Many of the finest old houses are of the gambrel type; and there are many beautiful doorways, doorheads and other details.
The façade, with its three elaborate doorways, belongs to the 14th century and is a copy of French models of the 13th.
The subjects of its nine chapters are - (I) the Corinthian, Ionic and Doric orders; (2) the ornaments of capitals, ac.; (3) the Doric order; (4) proportions of the cella and pronaos; (5) sites of temples; (6) doorways of temples and their architraves; (7) the Etruscan or Tuscan order of temples; (8) circular temples; (9) altars.
All three are Gothic edifices and are notable for their elaborately carved doorways, in which free play has been given to the exuberant fancy of the Gothic style, and all three enshrine valuable treasures of art.
Pillars like the Hermae, called Hecataea, stood, especially in Athens, at cross-roads and doorways, perhaps to keep away the spirits of evil.
It is chiefly characterized by the almost universal employment of the pointed arch, not only in arches of wide span such as those of the nave arcade, but for doorways and windows.
Sphinxes of the usual Greek type are represented seated on each side of two doorways in an ancient frieze found by Sir Charles Fellowes at Xanthus in Lycia, and now in the British Museum.
The climate is much drier than that of Chiapas, and the structures are in a better state of preservation than those of Palenque, but the rank vegetation and the decay of the wooden lintels over the doorways have broken down many of the walls.
Although works to provide ramps and widen doorways and passages to ease access are zero-rated for VAT, they can be expensive.
All around me are bricked-up doorways I wouldn't otherwise have noticed.
There are no steps to entrance The entrance doorways are narrow.
It also features front and rear doorways making access more convenient (attract an excess of hysterical teenage groupies ).
We carry scythes in the army of the robed skeleton who is carved on a thousand doorways, a thousand walls.
Tests have shown that the CoolEffect provides very effective thermal barriers on refrigerated doorways.
The spandrils over doorways in Perpendicular work are generally richly decorated.
The doorways which are seen interrupting the lines of graves are those of the family sepulchral chambers, or cubicula, of which we shall speak more particularly hereafter.
The façade, with its three elaborate doorways, belongs to the 14th century and is a copy of French models of the 13th.
A regular eagle he is! loudly remarked the nurse, as she stood in one of the doorways.
Instead of the three plain arches or doorways, he built a trompe l'oeil vision of the city of Thebes.
Ragged men crouched in doorways held out their tweed caps.
This compact umbrella folding buggy has been thoughtfully designed to fit through all standard doorways at just 73cm wide.
I see people vomiting, urinating in shop doorways blind drunk.
Banners-Computer generated or store bought banners can be hung across doorways or over the main table.
Before you choose bunk beds for your home, make a drawing of your space with accurate measurements to ensure that the style of bed you choose will accommodate things like doorways, windows, built-in light fixtures, and heating vents.
Use weatherstripping around and under doorways.
Take precise measurements of the room and any doorways which must be passed through to get inside.
Mistletoe - Don't forget to hang a little in your doorways.
Hang them in doorways as decorations, or pair them with wood to make a simple, functional bookshelf or display.
As an exterior and interior feature, archways soften the doorways with a sensual curving that draws the eye up and then down to the tiled floor.
Decorative wreaths look beautiful hung on your front door, on interior doors, and over doorways and archways in your home.
Other uses include doorways such as a closet or entrance into a bathroom.