Someone who guards an entrance.
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Examples for "porter "
Examples for "porter "
1 This arrangement left the Serbs' porter , Hussein, free to carry their bags.
2 A hand grasped his arm; he looked up; it was the porter .
3 I was afforded every help at Heuston Station by a young porter .
4 And in civil life he was outside porter in a goods yard.
5 The argument became a personal quarrel between the porter and the clerk.
1 The doorman asked for a number where the police could reach me.
2 Seven thousand square feet in a doorman building in the East Seventies.
3 I'd known the doorman more years than either of us would admit.
4 I remember one day the doorman at the theatre saying, Morning, Max.
5 The cameras are set and the doorman knows to let you in.
1 The tortoise now went in front, and speaking to the gatekeeper , said:
2 The gatekeeper grunted and pushed back among us to the open gate.
3 Our results highlight the gatekeeper role of VHL in the kidney epithelium.
4 He'd been the Hold's gatekeeper for as long as she could remember.
5 I bribed the gatekeeper , and got into the grounds of Rosendale Manor.
1 Your doorkeeper said I could come and look for my lost wrap.
2 In the hall, among the shrouded furniture, she met the smiling doorkeeper .
3 This was opened by the doorkeeper , who asked her what she wanted.
4 This young man was an assistant doorkeeper in the capitol at Washington.
5 After a little delay, the doorkeeper was instructed to bring him in.
1 The service- door guard had been peeking his head around the corner again.
2 The door guard said he let her out, and she hasn't come back.
3 The front- door guard remained at his post, gazing after his companions.
4 Richards started to follow him out, but put her hand on the door guard .
5 Peering over the rail, she saw the door guard at the foot of the steps.
1 The last ostiary to turn away tossed Sol's battered hat to him.
2 The all-black ostiaries blended with the shadows.
1 The hall porter brought up the portmanteaus; Polya's cheerful voice was heard.
2 On the last occasion, the hall porter had cheering news for him.
3 The hotel's front desk might be closed, the hall porter off duty.
4 The hall porter , who was a most superior person, regarded him blandly.
5 The hall porter and the numerous personnel of the hotel were looking on.
6 When the hall porter put it down he was about to unstrap it.
7 He did not kiss her, greatly to the disappointment of the hall porter .
8 The hall porter was watching and she held out her hand.
9 A hall porter opened the door of carved bronze over glass.
10 The hall porter sullenly pulled a bell that rang upstairs, and turned away.
11 However, Mr. Vassall walked round to the hotel and interviewed the hall porter .
12 At Camperdown House he learned that Helene was out-shopping , the hall porter believed.
13 And we were still at lunch when the hall porter came in from outside.
14 I believe she's the cousin of the hall porter , or something of the kind.
15 The secretary of these flats, even the hall porter , should have a master key.
16 The hall porter , who had not yet completed his morning toilet, conducted me upstairs.
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