: 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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Five days prior, a woman rang the Ring doorbell and, about 4:30 a.m. on April 4, a man wearing a black jacket, mask and hat, was seen prying open the door and then leaving the home through the front door minutes later with a backpack and a box.
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Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 16 May 2025
After Bailey went outside to get the doorbell, the filing alleges that Granberry locked her out of her house.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 May 2025
There was the feisty feline who began ringing one home owner's doorbell well after 9 P.M. Then there was the clever cat who came up with a unique way of being let back inside using their owner's security camera.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
One of Butler’s neighbors shared home surveillance footage with the outlet that shows the three teens going up to Butler’s home and not only ringing the doorbell but banging, kicking and slamming on a garage door.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 9 May 2025
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Nathaniel Percy, Oc Register, 16 May 2025
After Bailey went outside to get the doorbell, the filing alleges that Granberry locked her out of her house.
—Jason P. Frank, Vulture, 14 May 2025
There was the feisty feline who began ringing one home owner's doorbell well after 9 P.M. Then there was the clever cat who came up with a unique way of being let back inside using their owner's security camera.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 13 May 2025
One of Butler’s neighbors shared home surveillance footage with the outlet that shows the three teens going up to Butler’s home and not only ringing the doorbell but banging, kicking and slamming on a garage door.
—Stephen Sorace, FOXNews.com, 9 May 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 28 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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