stairs
/ (stɛəz) /
a flight of steps leading from one storey or level to another, esp indoors
below stairs British in the servants' quarters; in domestic service
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How to use stairs in a sentence
At 10 past 5, a middle-aged white man climbed the stairs out of the City Hall subway.
And thus I end up at the bottom of the stairs, about one month after my injury and two months after my wedding.
Until then, we will hike the stairs together, one carpeted step at a time.
Often Mick would perch on those back stairs, perusing art books as he waited for her.
The Bookstore That Bewitched Mick Jagger, John Lennon, and Greta Garbo | Felice Picano | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe party sequence in Notorious begins with a wide shot from high above the top of the stairs, all glittering expanse below.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEAST
He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.
The Bondboy | George W. (George Washington) OgdenImmediately Messa went up the stairs, and safely reached a large room where two candles were burning on a buffet.
Juan de Messa lost his head, and ran down stairs, thinking that his safety lay there.
She heard through the half-open door Mr. Orgreave's slippers on the tiles of the passage leading to the stairs.
Hilda Lessways | Arnold BennettAnd, Pedro preceding them, the young men gaily descended the stairs.
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