: 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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In perhaps the most deadly recent example, Anurag Chandra of California killed three 16-year-olds who played the doorbell prank at his house in 2020.
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
Jamie Siminoff The 48-year-old founder of Ring, the smart doorbell company that Amazon acquired for over $1 billion in 2018, Siminoff created the world’s first Wi-Fi video doorbell in his garage.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The new hub and most of the new bulbs are being launched in North America starting today, but the doorbell won't launch until October, and many of the strip and string lights will be released in November or December.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
Julián reached for the doorbell, ready to run.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
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Jeanine Santucci, USA Today, 7 Sep. 2025
Jamie Siminoff The 48-year-old founder of Ring, the smart doorbell company that Amazon acquired for over $1 billion in 2018, Siminoff created the world’s first Wi-Fi video doorbell in his garage.
—Dave Smith, Fortune, 5 Sep. 2025
The new hub and most of the new bulbs are being launched in North America starting today, but the doorbell won't launch until October, and many of the strip and string lights will be released in November or December.
—Andrew Cunningham, ArsTechnica, 4 Sep. 2025
Julián reached for the doorbell, ready to run.
—Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 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 10 Sep. 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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