: 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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What followed was a saga of dodging feathers, hissing beaks, and the brutal reality of being trapped by nature's fury, all of which was recorded on video by their Ring doorbell.
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Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Cats are also known to not only knock but ring doorbells in an attempt at getting inside.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
All three members of the slate went door to door ringing doorbells and talking to potential voters during the last three weeks of the campaign.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Visitors to the Colonnade can ring a doorbell and be allowed inside.
—Christopher Maag, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
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Tereza Shkurtaj, People.com, 19 Apr. 2025
Cats are also known to not only knock but ring doorbells in an attempt at getting inside.
—Thomas G. Moukawsher, MSNBC Newsweek, 17 Apr. 2025
All three members of the slate went door to door ringing doorbells and talking to potential voters during the last three weeks of the campaign.
—Bob Skolnik, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
Visitors to the Colonnade can ring a doorbell and be allowed inside.
—Christopher Maag, New York Times, 3 Apr. 2025
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 5 May. 2025.
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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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