: 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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Aurora police are asking residents to check doorbell and other security cameras for any recordings of the vehicle between 11:15 and 11:20 p.m. Friday.
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2025
Then there was the incident in July 2022, when a woman decided to investigate who was ringing her mom's doorbell in the middle of the night, and quickly regretted her decision to do so.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
Ring doorbell prices Most Ring doorbells will cost between $180-$500.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
Anxious or fearful dogs, on the other hand, were more likely to engage with non-animal stimuli like cars or doorbells.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 2025
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Katie Langford, Denver Post, 2 Aug. 2025
Then there was the incident in July 2022, when a woman decided to investigate who was ringing her mom's doorbell in the middle of the night, and quickly regretted her decision to do so.
—Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 28 July 2025
Ring doorbell prices Most Ring doorbells will cost between $180-$500.
—Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
Anxious or fearful dogs, on the other hand, were more likely to engage with non-animal stimuli like cars or doorbells.
—Margherita Bassi, Smithsonian Magazine, 21 July 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 21 Aug. 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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