Examples of doorstep in a Sentence
We sat on the doorstep.
The police were at my doorstep.
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Lo and behold, later that night Zosia arrives at her doorstep with the explosive.
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Here was the launchiest team in NBA history to date (surpassed by the 2024-25 Boston Celtics) riding an analytical wave to the doorstep of the NBA Finals, only to crash, clank and clang, undone by the same philosophy that had gotten them so close in the first place.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
When workers get home, apps can deliver everything from food to clothes to their doorsteps in minutes.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
The most conspicuous candidate is Snook’s Marissa Irvine, the mother who shows up on a stranger’s doorstep to pick up her son, Milo (Duke McCloud), on that miserable day.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
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Ethan Shanfeld, Variety, 14 Nov. 2025
Here was the launchiest team in NBA history to date (surpassed by the 2024-25 Boston Celtics) riding an analytical wave to the doorstep of the NBA Finals, only to crash, clank and clang, undone by the same philosophy that had gotten them so close in the first place.
—The Athletic Nba Staff, New York Times, 11 Nov. 2025
When workers get home, apps can deliver everything from food to clothes to their doorsteps in minutes.
—Mithil Aggarwal, NBC news, 8 Nov. 2025
The most conspicuous candidate is Snook’s Marissa Irvine, the mother who shows up on a stranger’s doorstep to pick up her son, Milo (Duke McCloud), on that miserable day.
—Judy Berman, Time, 6 Nov. 2025
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 Nov. 2025.
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doorstep
noun
door·step
-ˌstep 
: a step or series of steps before an outer door
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