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How to use ajar in a sentence

14 example sentences · adverb, adjective, verb

Ajar means slightly turned or opened. Example: “The door was standing ajar.”

Examples of ajar by meaning

adverbSlightly turned or opened.

  • The door was standing ajar.

adjectiveSlightly turned or opened.

  • The door is ajar.

verbTo turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.

  • A plainclothes detective knocked on a slightly ajarred door.1970, John H. Evans, Mercer County law journal, volume 10
  • Yes, and the door also lops off stairs leading to a landing on whose landing is another door on whose hinges much of this story ajars, if it hasn't jarred too much already.1977, Bill Reed, Dogod
  • Just as the gates fully ajarred themselves, the Lamborghini soared through them, and out into the freedom of the poorly defined road.2007, Loki, Shard of the Ancient

verbTo show variance or contradiction with something; to be or cause to be askew.

  • It clean deafened the two of us, and set all the crockery ware ajarring; and when the neighbours heard it they came running into the street to see who was getting hurt.1907, The English Illustrated Magazine, volume 36

More sentences with ajar

  • Curiously, when I arrived home, the front door was standing ajar.From the entry curiously
  • He noticed that the window was ajar, and right away he knew in his gut that a rip-off had probably occurred.From the entry rip-off
  • The door itself, wrought of a swarthy bronze all overgreened by time, stood slightly ajar.1944, Clark Ashton Smith, Lost Worlds. From the entry overgreen
  • The door was standing ajar, and she could hear music.1985, Jean Ure, chapter 12, in Nicola Mimosa, Harmondsworth, Middlesex [London]: Puffin Books, published 1986, →ISBN, page 154. From the entry plinky-plonky
  • Remound koji into oval volcano shape, re-cover tray with lid set slightly ajar, and re-cover incubation box with blankets.1983, William Shurtleff [aut.] and Akiko Aoyagi [illust.], The Book of Miso: Savory, High-protein Seasoning (2nd ed.; Ten Speed Press…. From the entry remound
  • It tilted slightly forward, and because its handle sat reachably above his head, he had a better chance of levering it ajar.2006, Frank Delaney, Simple Courage: A True Story of Peril on the Sea, New York, N.Y.: Random House, →ISBN, pages 107–108. From the entry reachably
  • Other offers came and went, but it was YouTubing and podcasting that filled Foster’s time, not football, albeit with the door to a comeback left slightly ajar.2023 March 24, Adam Leventhal, “Ben Foster’s move to Wrexham: How a business and football deal was done”, in The Athletic, New York, N.Y.…. From the entry YouTubing
  • And, by goodness, the door was ajar into the hall, for Constance had slipped out to the nearest pharmacy in search of a febrifuge for her fever-bound lover.1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1131. From the entry febrifuge

Meaning of ajar

  1. adverb Slightly turned or opened.
  2. verb To turn or open slightly; to become ajar or to cause to become ajar; to be or to hang ajar.
  3. adverb Out of harmony.

Full definition of ajar

Questions about ajar in a sentence

How do you use ajar in a sentence?
Ajar is used as an adverb, adjective and verb. For example: “The door was standing ajar.”
What is a short sentence with ajar?
“The door is ajar.”
What does ajar mean?
Ajar means slightly turned or opened.

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