Examples of doorstep in a Sentence
We sat on the doorstep.
The police were at my doorstep.
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How have the on-going conflicts – Ukraine at your doorstep, and between Israel and Palestine – impacted your selection process this year?
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Annika Pham, Variety, 7 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
Face recognition provides helpful context to clips when family or frequent visitors appear at your doorstep unannounced.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
Even my grandma knew what Amazon was because of the packages on our doorstep.
—Lea Chen, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
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Annika Pham, Variety, 7 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
Face recognition provides helpful context to clips when family or frequent visitors appear at your doorstep unannounced.
—PC Magazine, 4 Nov. 2025
Even my grandma knew what Amazon was because of the packages on our doorstep.
—Lea Chen, CNBC, 4 Nov. 2025
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“Doorstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorstep. Accessed 9 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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