: a bell or set of chimes to be rung usually by a push button at an outer door
Examples of doorbell in a Sentence
We rang the doorbell until someone came to let us in.
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Haley then got an alert from her Ring doorbell system, which captured the moment Nova led first responders to her grandmother, according to KPTV.
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Staff Author, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
The doorbell rang, and two more girls arrived, piling onto the couch.
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Tucked along a quiet street in Bari Vecchia, there’s no signage here—just an unmarked entrance with a doorbell.
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Staff Author, PEOPLE, 6 May 2026
The doorbell rang, and two more girls arrived, piling onto the couch.
—Anna Wiener, New Yorker, 4 May 2026
Tucked along a quiet street in Bari Vecchia, there’s no signage here—just an unmarked entrance with a doorbell.
—Megan Murphy, Travel + Leisure, 28 Apr. 2026
Add visible security devices such as a Ring doorbell and cameras.
—Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 25 Apr. 2026
See All Example Sentences for doorbell
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“Doorbell.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorbell. Accessed 8 May. 2026.
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doorbell
noun
door·bell
-ˌbel 
: a bell, gong, or set of chimes to be rung usually by a push button at an outside door
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