: 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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Not like my boyfriend’s family’s doorbell, with its complicated, seven-tone church melody that gives you spiritual chills and causes you to quiver excitedly.
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Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
The suspect can be seen casually walking outside the house before responding officers arrived at the scene on Wednesday in doorbell footage obtained by Fox 11.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
The front of the doorbell holds the call button, an LED ring that flashes blue when the button is pressed or white during a firmware update, an ambient light sensor, two infrared LEDs, and a microphone.
—John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Applegate is said to have tried opening the door and ringing a doorbell that videotaped the suspect’s activity.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 June 2026
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Literary Hub, 8 June 2026
The suspect can be seen casually walking outside the house before responding officers arrived at the scene on Wednesday in doorbell footage obtained by Fox 11.
—Latoya Gayle, PEOPLE, 5 June 2026
The front of the doorbell holds the call button, an LED ring that flashes blue when the button is pressed or white during a firmware update, an ambient light sensor, two infrared LEDs, and a microphone.
—John R. Delaney, PC Magazine, 2 June 2026
Applegate is said to have tried opening the door and ringing a doorbell that videotaped the suspect’s activity.
—Brian Niemietz, New York Daily News, 2 June 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 13 Jun. 2026.
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doorbell
noun
door·bell
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: a bell, gong, or set of chimes to be rung usually by a push button at an outside door
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