Examples of doorstep in a Sentence
We sat on the doorstep.
The police were at my doorstep.
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The neighborhood/area Hotel June sits at the northern edge of Malibu, just a few minutes from the Pacific Coast Highway, putting the coast and Santa Monica Bay at your doorstep.
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2026
For a delivery robot that needs to drop food at a precise doorstep, being several feet off means unhappy customers complaining their burger is cold—or in their neighbor’s tummy.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
But the appearance of Thiel on the Vatican’s doorstep has raised eyebrows, given the tensions between Thiel’s thinking and that of Pope Leo XIV.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
Cards from community members were dropped in their mailbox, meals and flowers left at their doorstep.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
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Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 19 Mar. 2026
For a delivery robot that needs to drop food at a precise doorstep, being several feet off means unhappy customers complaining their burger is cold—or in their neighbor’s tummy.
—Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 19 Mar. 2026
But the appearance of Thiel on the Vatican’s doorstep has raised eyebrows, given the tensions between Thiel’s thinking and that of Pope Leo XIV.
—Christopher Lamb, CNN Money, 16 Mar. 2026
Cards from community members were dropped in their mailbox, meals and flowers left at their doorstep.
—Carolyn Stein, Chicago Tribune, 14 Mar. 2026
See All Example Sentences for doorstep
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“Doorstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorstep. Accessed 21 Mar. 2026.
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doorstep
noun
door·step
-ˌstep 
: a step or series of steps before an outer door
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