: 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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Room upgrades include modern showers, porcelain tiles, upgraded curtains and doorbells that guests can control.
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
After ringing the doorbell, the bear turns around and walks off the porch, completing its slow-moving ding-dong ditch effort.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Perry picked her up, which is when the doorbell footage was recorded.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Martin Garcia was cooking dinner Friday night when two terrified girls rang the doorbell.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 2025
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Miami Herald Archives, Miami Herald, 5 Dec. 2025
After ringing the doorbell, the bear turns around and walks off the porch, completing its slow-moving ding-dong ditch effort.
—Kelli Bender, PEOPLE, 4 Dec. 2025
Perry picked her up, which is when the doorbell footage was recorded.
—Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
Martin Garcia was cooking dinner Friday night when two terrified girls rang the doorbell.
—Sal Pizarro, Mercury News, 2 Dec. 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 13 Dec. 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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