Examples of doorstep in a Sentence
We sat on the doorstep.
The police were at my doorstep.
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There were constant funeral processions as the cemetery below saw 30 to 40 burials per week, bringing the war to the president’s doorstep.
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Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 May 2026
While we might be inclined to think of space and time as eternally expansive and divisible, the ultrafinitist would argue that these are assumptions that science has increasingly brought into question — much as, Zeilberger might say, science brought doubt to God’s doorstep.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by Thalia (Sossamon).
—Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Try Going Paperless Try opting into paperless options for bills, newsletters, papers, and magazines to keep the clutter from ever arriving at your doorstep.
—Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 29 Apr. 2026
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Michelle Del Rey, USA Today, 3 May 2026
While we might be inclined to think of space and time as eternally expansive and divisible, the ultrafinitist would argue that these are assumptions that science has increasingly brought into question — much as, Zeilberger might say, science brought doubt to God’s doorstep.
—Quanta Magazine, 29 Apr. 2026
Pumpkin’s lonely holiday ritual is interrupted by the arrival of a savage gang of raiders at her doorstep led by Thalia (Sossamon).
—Brent Lang, Variety, 29 Apr. 2026
Try Going Paperless Try opting into paperless options for bills, newsletters, papers, and magazines to keep the clutter from ever arriving at your doorstep.
—Sheila Kim, The Spruce, 29 Apr. 2026
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 5 May. 2026.
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doorstep
noun
door·step
-ˌstep 
: a step or series of steps before an outer door
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