Sentence examples for swing door from inspiring English sources
noun
A door that is opened by either pushing or pulling from either side (i.e. opens both ways) and is not normally capable of being locked.
- The restaurant's kitchen was separated from the dining room by a swing door.
She swished in front of him, leftwards through the swing door to the bar.
Either way, he recommended a pocket door, rather than a swing door, because it's a space saver.
A creaking swing door gave her warning when anyone was coming, and she refused to have the creak remedied.
"A swing door can take up to nine square feet to operate; a sliding door doesn't require any square footage," because it travels against the wall.
"Straight out the swing door, guv'nor, down the first alleyway on your right, up the fire escape and across the roof to what looks like a brick shithouse - and give four raps for admittance".
When I was acting in Single Spies (1988) I never got over the nightly walk along the corridor from my dressing room, pushing through the swing door and suddenly being hit by the amplified roar of the audience.
Either side, set after set of swing doors.
I'm looking for a saloon with swing doors.
Then, when you push through the swing doors, it hits you full in the face.
We go through some swing doors, round some corners to some dead ends.
"If you walk along that corridor, follow it along to the swing doors, then keep left".
