Examples of doorstep in a Sentence
We sat on the doorstep.
The police were at my doorstep.
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Hobie’s world is turned upside down when his daughter Charlie Vale (Jessica Belkin) shows up on his doorstep eager to carry on the Buchannon family legacy.
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 May 2026
The Iran conflict, like the Iraq one decades before, positions the UAE in a dangerous neighborhood and raises the worrying specter of a permanently unstable Iran on its doorstep.
—Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
This moment 50 years ago tested the fabric of Yuba City, then a much smaller farming community, and the resilience of those in Martinez who responded to the tragedy of strangers that fell on their doorstep.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
District 8 remains at the forefront, with the epicenter of homeless services on the doorstep of Barrio Logan and Sherman Heights.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
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Nellie Andreeva, Deadline, 11 May 2026
The Iran conflict, like the Iraq one decades before, positions the UAE in a dangerous neighborhood and raises the worrying specter of a permanently unstable Iran on its doorstep.
—Vasuki Shastry, Forbes.com, 10 May 2026
This moment 50 years ago tested the fabric of Yuba City, then a much smaller farming community, and the resilience of those in Martinez who responded to the tragedy of strangers that fell on their doorstep.
—Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 9 May 2026
District 8 remains at the forefront, with the epicenter of homeless services on the doorstep of Barrio Logan and Sherman Heights.
—David Garrick, San Diego Union-Tribune, 7 May 2026
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“Doorstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorstep. Accessed 14 May. 2026.
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doorstep
noun
door·step
-ˌstep 
: a step or series of steps before an outer door
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