How do you use Ajar in a sentence? See 10+ example sentences showing how this word appears in different contexts, including synonyms like open or unfastened, plus the exact meaning.
Ajar meaning
Slightly turned or opened.
Synonyms of Ajar
Using Ajar
- The main meaning on this page is: Slightly turned or opened.
- Useful related words include: open, unfastened.
- In the example corpus, ajar often appears in combinations such as: door ajar, ajar for, slightly ajar.
Context around Ajar
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.8 words
- Position in the sentence: 0 start, 11 middle, 9 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Ajar
- In this selection, "ajar" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 24.8 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, door, slightly, left, mondal and fresh stand out and add context to how "ajar" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include be left ajar for better and be slightly ajar for teams. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "ajar" sits close to words such as abenaki, abstracted and addendum, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with ajar
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Weideman misses though, keeping the door slightly ajar for the Blues. (11 words)
Going to my car the next morning, I found my glove box ajar. (13 words)
These include turning off the air recycler and windows to be left ajar for better ventilation. (16 words)
According to the force, more than a quarter of summer burglaries happen when people leave keys in locks or within reach of open windows, doors unlocked, or windows ajar when they leave the room or go out. (37 words)
Leave it to cool in the oven with the oven off and the door ajar for 1/2 an hour then take it out and let cool at room temperature for at least 45 minutes. (35 words)
One such contract was a reported $4m four year deal at the Wests Tigers with the club eventually withdrawing the deal after inaction, but leaving the door ajar for it to be taken up. (34 words)
Example sentences (20)
According to the force, more than a quarter of summer burglaries happen when people leave keys in locks or within reach of open windows, doors unlocked, or windows ajar when they leave the room or go out.
Chuck in the prepped vegetables, then cook with the lid ajar for 10 to 15 minutes, or until the veggies have softened up.
Leave it to cool in the oven with the oven off and the door ajar for 1/2 an hour then take it out and let cool at room temperature for at least 45 minutes.
The door may be slightly ajar for teams hoping to poach Rui Hachimura from the Los Angeles Lakers.
The person, arrested by jawans of BSF’s 68 Bn, has been identified as Ajar Mondal, a resident of Rajkol village quite close to the international border.
The script flipped in the third, with Rowville kicking four straight to their opponents’ 3.4, leaving the door ajar at the last break.
Weideman misses though, keeping the door slightly ajar for the Blues.
Evans said he is unsure of whether he will coach in 2025, but left the door ajar if circumstances aligned.
Going to my car the next morning, I found my glove box ajar.
However, his failure to find a birdie on any of the final two closing par fives left the door ajar for McIlroy and Horschel to match his score for the week.
Reuters reported last month that Hezbollah had rebuffed ideas suggested by Hochstein, who has been at the heart of the efforts, but that it had also kept the door ajar to diplomacy.
She continued that the door remains slightly ajar for Markle, although no firm full-time role is on the table.
The implausibilities pile up: high-ranking officials zipping in and out of countries, without notice; a conspiracy of comically absurd proportions; a confrontation between Suhana and Sebin with the front door left ajar.
A woman arriving at a Courtyard Circle apartment found the front door ajar, fresh blood on the porch and a comforter covered in blood stuffed in a nearby trash can.
Brexit negotiators Lord Frost and Michel Barnier are expected to speak on Monday after Michael Gove said the door was “ajar” for trade talks to resume.
Nora's room was largely untouched following her disappearance, save for a window which was left ajar that could only be opened from the inside.
One such contract was a reported $4m four year deal at the Wests Tigers with the club eventually withdrawing the deal after inaction, but leaving the door ajar for it to be taken up.
Physicist Richard Feynman researchers to “leave the door to the unknown ajar,” even when a scientific law appears settled.
The front door had been unlocked and a rear sliding door was ajar when the roommate returned to the home, officials said.
These include turning off the air recycler and windows to be left ajar for better ventilation.
Common combinations with ajar
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- door ajar 12×
- ajar for 10×
- slightly ajar 5×
- left ajar 5×
- was ajar 3×
- ajar when 2×
- ajar if 2×
- ajar to 2×
- doors ajar 2×