How to Use doorstep in a Sentence

doorstep

noun

• We sat on the doorstep.
• The police were at my doorstep.
• Now it’s in the Caribbean and on the doorstep of the US.
  — Maryn McKenna, Wired, 12 Oct. 2021
• My boss left three 12-packs of Tab on the doorstep for me.
  — Ali Francis, Bon Appétit, 23 Aug. 2022
• As if designed, the puck found him on the doorstep for the easy bury.
  — Aaron Portzline, The Athletic, 22 Jan. 2025
• And here’s the virus back on our doorstep, nine toes across the threshold.
  — Paul Daugherty, The Enquirer, 19 Dec. 2021
• 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
• All my meals for the week arrived on my doorstep in one box.
  — Barbara Bellesi Zito, Health.com, 5 Oct. 2021
• 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 | [e-mail], 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 | [e-mail], 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
• But their hobby gets very real when a dead body turns up at the doorstep.
  — Brian Truitt, USA TODAY, 17 Jan. 2025
• Instead, Mark is met on his doorstep by police officers who inform him that Gemma has died.
  — Randall Colburn, EW.com, 3 Mar. 2025
• Once prescribed, the medication is shipped directly to the patient’s doorstep.
  — Sindhya Valloppillil, Forbes, 26 Feb. 2025

Last Updated: 26 Mar 2025