doorstep

Example Sentences

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"There's no sense in thinking abroad when there's so much to see on your own doorstep," she says.

From BBC • May 8, 2026

Raja Amin, a former railway union representative who is running as an independent candidate, said voters always bring up the issue of Gaza on the doorstep.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 7, 2026

People left flowers on his doorstep and sent his family notes of sympathy and solidarity.

From Slate • Apr. 19, 2026

Eleven years later they are facing the prospect of a major battery energy storage site on their doorstep in the countryside near Rothienorman.

From BBC • Apr. 11, 2026

We’d park the car and walk along streets of modest bungalows, landing on a doorstep to find a hunched-over widow or a big-bellied factory worker with a can of Michelob peering through the screen door.

From "Becoming" by Michelle Obama