Examples of doorstep in a Sentence
We sat on the doorstep.
The police were at my doorstep.
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From the ongoing government shutdown to a national redistricting fight dropped on Indiana's proverbial doorstep and a 2026 statewide race already heating up, it's been anything but.
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Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
And also sign up for our free Survivor newsletter to have all the goodies sent right to your digital doorstep.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
In the second incident, Bramnick said police showed up at the family's front doorstep, with the 17-year-old murder suspect parked in front of their house.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
To believe otherwise is to divert one’s gaze, naively, hoping others will manage the problem, keeping it from your doorstep — in defiance of the medicine and simple math.
—Eric Snoey, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
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Hayleigh Colombo, IndyStar, 24 Oct. 2025
And also sign up for our free Survivor newsletter to have all the goodies sent right to your digital doorstep.
—Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 23 Oct. 2025
In the second incident, Bramnick said police showed up at the family's front doorstep, with the 17-year-old murder suspect parked in front of their house.
—Adam Sabes, FOXNews.com, 21 Oct. 2025
To believe otherwise is to divert one’s gaze, naively, hoping others will manage the problem, keeping it from your doorstep — in defiance of the medicine and simple math.
—Eric Snoey, Mercury News, 21 Oct. 2025
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“Doorstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorstep. Accessed 25 Oct. 2025.
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doorstep
noun
door·step
-ˌstep 
: a step or series of steps before an outer door
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