He staggered and steadied himself on the doorpost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Virgin Soil] Reference

He stopped, leaning his elbows against the doorpost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mother] Reference

Peering around the doorpost, he saw Todd turn over in bed.    From Wordnik.com.  [Decision at Doona]

There was a bar located in a hole in the wall beside the doorpost.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

I followed her, resting the broom against the doorpost on the way.    From Wordnik.com.  [For Kicks]

In a niche in the doorpost hung a small roll of parchment in a case.    From Wordnik.com.  [Christmas Light] Reference

What is the 21st century version of lambs blood on the doorpost --??.    From Wordnik.com.  [On Thursday, the Legg report will be published along with...] Reference

Mr Toots laid his hand upon the doorpost, and his eyes upon his hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [Dombey and Son] Reference

He was leaning dizzily against the doorpost looking down into her eyes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]

“I wish this one had broke his nose against any doorpost but ours.”.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Virginians] Reference

The inner face of the eastern doorpost was still covered with white stucco.    From Wordnik.com.  [Interactive Dig Sagalassos 2003 - Domestic Area Report 8] Reference

Anisya Fedorovna came in and leaned her portly person against the doorpost.    From Wordnik.com.  [War and Peace] Reference

He shall take him to the door or the doorpost and pierce his ear with an awl.    From Wordnik.com.  [Rick Jacobs: Do Mormons Deserve Equal Protection Under the Law?] Reference

Tatiana turned, steadied herself a little against the doorpost, and went away.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mumu] Reference

She snatched her hand away from the gendarmes and caught hold of the doorpost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Mother] Reference

He twisted his back and writhed like a cat that wants to scratch itself against a doorpost.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Mutineers] Reference

The door flung down from broken hinges, the patched lumber of the doorpost dropping inward.    From Wordnik.com.  [Science Fiction Hall of Fame]

Lion Court, number twenty – sivin, second bell – handle on the right – hand doorpost.    From Wordnik.com.  [Barnaby Rudge] Reference

On that subject, a doorpost would be easier to talk to than Talamir,: Caryo replied sadly.    From Wordnik.com.  [Exile's Valor]

Leaning against the doorpost there stood, legs crossed, a short man of unpleasant appearance.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart Of A Dog]

He put one hand on the doorpost, spoke, and was frightened by the lifelessness of his own voice.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Tiger in the Smoke]

Leaning against the doorpost as though dozing, the old woman stared in the direction of the tavern.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Sportsman's Sketches] Reference

Junius came up face-first against a doorpost and knocked one of the severed heads out of its niche.    From Wordnik.com.  [Smart Dragons, Foolish Elves]

He had leaned against the doorpost with a miserable look, chewed his nails and stared at the floor.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Heart Of A Dog]

Then one rejoined his comrades, while the other lolled against the doorpost, his pistol in his hand.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Moving Finger A Trotting Christmas Eve at Warwingie Lost! The Loss of the "Vanity" Dick Stanesby's Hutkeeper The Yanyilla Steeplechase A Digger's Christmas] Reference

The passenger door was held closed with a loop of rope that ran out the window and around the doorpost.    From Wordnik.com.  [DarklyDreamingDexter]

He grabbed the doorpost as he went by, swung himself in a new orbit, and launched himself toward the front door.    From Wordnik.com.  [A Spaceship Named McGuire] Reference

My voice wouldn't come, and I stood holding on to the doorpost, while he, with his back to me, went on potting the red.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Ashiel mystery A Detective Story] Reference

He leaned against the doorpost and coughed again, the deep, bubbling cough of a man who has too much stone dust in his lungs.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Pillars of the Earth]

The revolver he had dropped as he fainted lay beside him empty, and there were slivers out of the doorpost behind the dead men.    From Wordnik.com.  [The La Chance Mine Mystery] Reference

One farthest out is clearly visible and, leaning against the doorpost to steady the wavering image, I make out one, possibly two more.    From Wordnik.com.  [Country diary: Shetland] Reference