Examples of doorstep in a Sentence
We sat on the doorstep.
The police were at my doorstep.
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Prominent critics of Hindu nationalism were gunned down on their doorsteps: M. M. Kalburgi in Dharwad, Karnataka, in August 2015, and Gauri Lankesh in Bangalore in July 2017.
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Ashoka Mody, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024
By the end of the episode, Edwin and Charles, along with Crystal and Jenny (Briana Cuoco), whose butcher business went up in flames at the hands of Esther, head back to London and find the Night Nurse (Ruth Connell) on their doorstep finally ready to send them packing to the afterlife.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Apr. 2024
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Ashoka Mody, The Atlantic, 26 Apr. 2024
By the end of the episode, Edwin and Charles, along with Crystal and Jenny (Briana Cuoco), whose butcher business went up in flames at the hands of Esther, head back to London and find the Night Nurse (Ruth Connell) on their doorstep finally ready to send them packing to the afterlife.
—Hunter Ingram, Variety, 26 Apr. 2024
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“Doorstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorstep. Accessed 4 May. 2024.
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doorstep
noun
door·step
-ˌstep 
: a step or series of steps before an outer door
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