How to Use doorbell in a Sentence

doorbell

noun
  • We rang the doorbell until someone came to let us in.
  • Your doorbell rings at odd hours.
    — Daniel De Visé, USA Today, 28 June 2026
  • The man went to her front door, rang the doorbell.
    — Shelly Bradbury, Denver Post, 13 Oct. 2025
  • Julián reached for the doorbell, ready to run.
    — Danya Gainor, CNN Money, 3 Sep. 2025
  • If the porch lights are off, don't ring the doorbell.
    — Maria Sabella, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Sep. 2025
  • Kathy is in the shower when the doorbell rings.
    — Matt Zoller Seitz, Vulture, 17 Sep. 2025
  • In the clip, a dog can be seen jumping up to press the doorbell.
    — Jack Beresford, MSNBC Newsweek, 2 July 2025
  • When someone rang the doorbell of their home, the girl jumped in fear.
    — Justin Jouvenal, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2024
  • The woman rang the front doorbell.
    — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 19 Mar. 2026
  • Robert was shy and hung back, but Michael would run up and ring the doorbell.
    — Rachel Aviv, The New Yorker, 10 Apr. 2018
  • Toulah loves to play fetch with a ball and lives for treats, but dislikes the doorbell.
    — cleveland, 26 Oct. 2020
  • If the night is bound to be full of doorbell chimes, create a safe space for your pet.
    — Cody Godwin, USA Today, 30 Oct. 2025
  • In the doorbell video, the man wears only shorts, a watch and a cross around his neck.
    — Jess Nocera, baltimoresun.com, 3 Sep. 2019
  • The harassers throw rocks, ring the doorbell at odd hours of the night and pound on the door.
    — Thuc Nhi Nguyen Staff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2021
  • The dog showed up at the shelter and rang the doorbell looking for help.
    — Kelli Bender, Peoplemag, 7 Feb. 2023
  • Same goes for that new home alarm system with the camera in the doorbell.
    — Anchorage Daily News, 27 Mar. 2018
  • When the doorbell rings this time, the visitor does not flee.
    — New York Times, 2 Feb. 2022
  • By the time the doorbell rang for the delivery, the house had come alive.
    — Literary Hub, 20 Aug. 2025
  • The pastor rang the doorbell and knocked, but no one answered.
    — Sarah Bahari, Dallas News, 22 Feb. 2021
  • Perry picked her up, which is when the doorbell footage was recorded.
    — Lydia Patrick, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Dec. 2025
  • This means that the doorbell will alert you any time there is motion near the doorbell.
    — Bestreviews, Chicago Tribune, 22 July 2025
  • The next morning, the ex-mayor rang my doorbell at ten o’clock.
    — Eric Lach, The New Yorker, 20 Feb. 2022
  • Owners should find a safe place for dogs and cats to stay while of trick-or-treaters knock and ring the doorbell.
    — David Harris, OrlandoSentinel.com, 30 Oct. 2017
  • Soon, Alexa will be able to answer your Ring doorbell for you.
    — Mike Murphy, Quartz, 25 Sep. 2019
  • Despite all that cash, AI still can’t ring a doorbell.
    — Los Angeles Times, 19 Feb. 2026
  • Only the truly evil draw the shades, sit in the dark and ignore the doorbell.
    — Jason Gay, WSJ, 20 Oct. 2017
  • Video doorbell footage showed a boy running past the home at the time of the incident.
    — cleveland, 17 July 2021
  • When Lonnie rings the doorbell about an hour later, the sound jolts me.
    — Mitchell S. Jackson, New York Times, 20 Dec. 2023
  • He is seen on the Nest doorbell video footage wrangling the heavy potted plant.
    — Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • When trick-or-treaters press the doorbell, a green eye will pop out to give them a once-over and spook them with scary sounds.
    — Larry Stansbury, Good Housekeeping, 28 Sep. 2022

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