Sentence Examples

1. Pushing his back up against the door jamb, Rowan paused for a moment outside the kitchen.
2. It had been so forcibly driven against the jamb that part of the woodwork was splintered.
3. The screen door dropped back, then settled against the jamb with a click.
4. I slipped a plastic card into the jamb and found for once I was right, the bolt was undone.
5. She handed it over and he set it next to the door jamb inside the room.
6. The door jamb had been smashed out in long splinters where the lock had been forced through it.
7. He slumped sideways to lean against the door jamb.
8. He brewed coffee, fixed bread with butter and jam, and was carrying his breakfast outside when he found the Forum wedged into the crack between his door and the jamb.
9. Then, he took the card, slid it between the door and the jamb, and worked it down until he was at the latch.
10. Then with the wisp he rubbed all over the jamb of the door, above, below, and at each side, and round the fireplace in the same way.