[
US
/ˈdɔɹˌbɛɫ/
]
[ UK /dˈɔːbɛl/ ]
[ UK /dˈɔːbɛl/ ]
NOUN
- a push button at an outer door that gives a ringing or buzzing signal when pushed
How To Use doorbell In A Sentence
- Mariah excused her for doorbell duty and we all lounged out on the floor and sofa.
- If the doorbell rings, will I have to hide away upstairs? The Sun
- She rang the doorbell, listened to the silence within and felt a moment of panic.
- That child is an absolute pest he keeps ringing the doorbell and then running away!
- About half past eight I was lounging on the couch, channel-surfing when my doorbell rang.
- One resident, who wished to remain unnamed, said the lifts had been damaged, the careline tampered with, doorbells vandalised and windows broken.
- She answered the door before I could ring the doorbell.
- She stepped towards the door and in that very same instant, the doorbell rang.
- Between rubber-necking the shiny, red-faced clientele around the dining room, "picnicking" on the potato salad, and chattering away about the unraveling of events of the evening, I was tempted to press the tiny little doorbell that is attached to the edge of every table in the restaurant. Archive 2007-02-01
- She then trudged up the three steps to the main door and rang the doorbell.