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second story

1

second-story

2

[ sek-uhnd-stawr-ee, -stohr-ee ]

adjective

  1. of or located on the second story or floor.
  2. of or relating to a second-story man:

    The theft was a second-story job.

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Example Sentences

From a second-story window of a rooming house covered with red brick-patterned tarpaper comes the sound of a blues harmonica.

From the second-story lounge, I look out over a gorgeous pool, a candy-striped garden bar, and a mixed crowd of hip revelers.

Then, on Aug. 12, she was found beaten to death in a second-story bathroom of her home.

I remember sitting on my bedroom floor in our second-story apartment watching the evening news.

My hope is that some of our future hostesses will be looking from the second-story front-windows.

The doctor himself looked from a second-story window and answered the question.

Wandering tendrils hung from the eaves and crept in the second-story windows.

When they reached the house the second-story windows were lighted as if to welcome them.

I had to give up second-story work because I got stuck sometimes half-way up.

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