Examples of doorstep in a Sentence
We sat on the doorstep.
The police were at my doorstep.
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In the final moments of the film, Claire arrives at Kate’s doorstep with tears in her eyes.
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Erin Jensen, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Skinner also stopped Carter Verhaeghe on the doorstep the next shift.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
The first call came from a resident who spotted a baby raccoon curled up on his front doorstep after a rainstorm.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 10 June 2025
WorldPride, which takes place in a different city around the world every two years, has been running for weeks and will continue until the end of June, bringing hundreds of thousands of demonstrators nearly to President Donald Trump’s doorstep.
—Reuters, NBC news, 5 June 2025
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Erin Jensen, USA Today, 14 June 2025
Skinner also stopped Carter Verhaeghe on the doorstep the next shift.
—Jordan McPherson, Miami Herald, 13 June 2025
The first call came from a resident who spotted a baby raccoon curled up on his front doorstep after a rainstorm.
—Moná Thomas, People.com, 10 June 2025
WorldPride, which takes place in a different city around the world every two years, has been running for weeks and will continue until the end of June, bringing hundreds of thousands of demonstrators nearly to President Donald Trump’s doorstep.
—Reuters, NBC news, 5 June 2025
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“Doorstep.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/doorstep. Accessed 18 Jun. 2025.
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doorstep
noun
door·step
-ˌstep 
: a step or series of steps before an outer door
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