: 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.
Recent Examples on the WebThe officers who responded found nothing out of the ordinary, and rang the Johnsons’ doorbell.—Glenn Thrush Carlos Javier Ortiz, New York Times, 5 May 2024 In April 2023, a Black teen who rang the wrong doorbell, a 20-year-old woman who was riding in a car that pulled into the wrong driveway, and a cheerleader who opened the wrong car door were all shot.—Jeanine Santucci, USA TODAY, 3 May 2024 See all Example Sentences for doorbell
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