library steps
Americannoun
Etymology
Origin of library steps
First recorded in 1755–65
Example Sentences
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Hundreds of students walked out Thursday and gathered at the library steps for a “peaceful protest art installation.”
From Washington Times • Nov. 10, 2023
Brave Books released photos showing fans lining up on the library steps even before the doors opened at 10 a.m. for the 10:30 a.m. reading.
From Washington Times • Dec. 29, 2022
Revised with Concrete Nouns Approaching Brandon Library, I see skateboarders and bikers weaving through students who talk in clusters on the library steps.
From Textbooks • Dec. 21, 2021
Climbing the library steps, passing the lions, rising up to the reading room where anyone can ask for books, enshrines, architecturally, the pursuit of enlightenment.
From New York Times • Jan. 29, 2013
After the second week of class, we sat on those library steps and read some of our own poems to each other.
From "Thirteen Reasons Why" by Jay Asher
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