: 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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The doorbell rings at Brent and Cass Bilodeau’s home in Tri-Cities, Washington.
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Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
Nijs and van Heukelum never expected the doorbell to become a worldwide exercise in community science.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 2 Mar. 2026
When police rang the doorbell at the nearby property, an officer saw a man through a window walking to the door holding a gun.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 27 Feb. 2026
The robots get stuck in potholes, can’t reach doorbells and are sometimes abused by humans.
—Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 2026
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Aaron Heisen, Daily News, 3 Mar. 2026
Nijs and van Heukelum never expected the doorbell to become a worldwide exercise in community science.
—K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 2 Mar. 2026
When police rang the doorbell at the nearby property, an officer saw a man through a window walking to the door holding a gun.
—Erik S. Hanley, jsonline.com, 27 Feb. 2026
The robots get stuck in potholes, can’t reach doorbells and are sometimes abused by humans.
—Nilesh Christopher, Los Angeles Times, 25 Feb. 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 11 Mar. 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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