: 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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The doorbell might ring with a request for Bob or to hand back something borrowed.
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2026
As tensions escalated, the doorbell rang.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
The woman rang the front doorbell.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026
The doorbell rings, and the scene shifts to a shot of Darlene, Heidi’s mother, greeting her daughter at the door, Heidi’s back to the camera.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 2026
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Adriane Quinlan, Curbed, 20 Mar. 2026
As tensions escalated, the doorbell rang.
—Christina Dugan Ramirez, FOXNews.com, 20 Mar. 2026
The woman rang the front doorbell.
—Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026
The doorbell rings, and the scene shifts to a shot of Darlene, Heidi’s mother, greeting her daughter at the door, Heidi’s back to the camera.
—Literary Hub, 18 Mar. 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 25 Mar. 2026.
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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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