How to Use doorstep in a Sentence

doorstep

noun
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  • We sat on the doorstep.
  • The police were at my doorstep.
  • My boss left three 12-packs of Tab on the doorstep for me.
    — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2022
  • Mum would be in her dressing gown and the milk would still be on the doorstep.
    — Carly Tagen-Dye, Peoplemag, 8 Jan. 2024
  • The 10-year-old and 6-year-old got out of the car, rang the doorbell and left the bag of candy on the doorstep.
    — Justine McDaniel, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2023
  • That’s the size of the box from Amazon sitting on your doorstep.
    — Lori Nickel, Journal Sentinel, 3 Jan. 2023
  • There, on the doorstep of my fourth-floor walkup, stood my father.
    — Mary Pflum Peterson, BostonGlobe.com, 27 Jan. 2023
  • That's how the case ended on the doorstep of the nation's highest court.
    — Tim Evans, The Indianapolis Star, 14 Jan. 2022
  • That’s two first-half drives right on the doorstep of the endzone and three total points.
    — Matt Cohen | McOhen@al.com, al, 17 Sep. 2023
  • Have a neighbor knock and leave the letter on your doorstep.
    — Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 10 Dec. 2024
  • The next day a package was waiting for me on my doorstep.
    — Los Angeles Times, 14 July 2022
  • So, chances are no one will be bringing heat to your doorstep.
    — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Just leave the return on your doorstep and wait for the refund to arrive.
    — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 20 Mar. 2023
  • Of course, the outdoors are always right at your doorstep.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 17 May 2022
  • Why does a man who writes of love, an artist who stands for peace, get shot down on his doorstep?
    — Jann S. Wenner, Rolling Stone, 2 Sep. 2022
  • Most of these picks will arrive on your doorstep in two days or less.
    — Alyssa Gautieri, Good Housekeeping, 26 Jan. 2023
  • And that didn’t stop on the doorstep of her final time pitching for the Crimson Tide.
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 3 June 2023
  • The Irish were right at the doorstep when the Knights forced two fumbles on the same play and recovered it at the goal line.
    — Jonathan X. Simmons, cleveland, 7 Oct. 2022
  • Many Israelis have preferred to avert their gaze from the rage at their doorstep.
    — Roger Cohen, New York Times, 20 Nov. 2023
  • Water climbed over the doorsteps and into around 200 homes.
    — Elena Santa Cruz, The Arizona Republic, 18 Aug. 2023
  • The game was tied at 1 when Vinni Lettieri set up Foligno right on the doorstep for the tap-in goal.
    — Jay Cohen, USA TODAY, 8 Feb. 2024
  • Free shipping that’s promised to be on your doorstep in time for Christmas!
    — Rachel Wermager, Better Homes & Gardens, 12 Dec. 2024
  • This easy punch-needle project adds a welcome boost of style to your doorstep.
    — Amber Wagner, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2023
  • Save her a trip to the store by delivering must-haves to her doorstep.
    — Wendy Grossman Kantor, People.com, 2 Oct. 2024
  • Pills can land at someone’s doorstep in a matter of days.
    — Marin Wolf, Dallas News, 14 Aug. 2023
  • Hell’s Kitchen doorstep the next day, traumatized and needing a place to crash.
    — Christina Ray Stanton, New York Daily News, 4 Aug. 2024
  • But Shanahan’s last trip to the playoffs left him on the doorstep of a championship.
    — Andrew Beaton, WSJ, 28 Jan. 2022
  • After a seven-minute wait (and a $14 charge), Fazal Khan and his black Prius rolled up to my doorstep.
    — Saahil Desai, The Atlantic, 5 July 2022
  • China is also building up its presence in the Caribbean, right on the doorstep of the United States.
    — Didi Kirsten Tatlow, Newsweek, 18 Dec. 2024
  • An atmosphere of fear has brought throngs of Sudanese to the doorstep of the U.N. refugee agency in Cairo, seeking formal protection.
    — Vivian Yee, New York Times, 9 Jan. 2025

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