staircase
a flight of stairs with its framework, banisters, etc., or a series of such flights.
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How to use staircase in a sentence
He would arrive at work and learn he had to get to his floor through a different staircase because the usual one was reserved for people who had been in a red zone.
His team is going to the Super Bowl. He’s staying on the coronavirus front lines. | Adam Kilgore | February 1, 2021 | Washington PostSeveral decades ago, a woman living in a second-floor apartment dreamed of falling through the wooden staircase in her building.
They’re also good for effectively cleaning staircases, as they can be moved up and down with ease in a way that uprights can’t.
They contain information, from timetables to descriptions of the surrounding environment, like how many feet away the staircase is, when the next A train is expected to arrive, or which lines are experiencing delays.
A path up a stepped hill takes her to a wide staircase that brings her face-to-beak with a giant injured eagle.
‘The Pathless’: Less than the sum of its parts | Christopher Byrd | November 23, 2020 | Washington Post
I gingerly walked down the center staircase and out into what was a chilly, sunny October morning.
I Was Gang Raped at a UVA Frat 30 Years Ago, and No One Did Anything | Liz Seccuro | December 16, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTThe camera dollied backward along the length of the tower's staircase while simultaneously its lens zoomed forward.
Alfred Hitchcock’s Fade to Black: The Great Director’s Final Days | David Freeman | December 13, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTTough women with children at home curled up in the rotunda at the foot of the grand staircase.
In the morning I stumbled down the staircase and choked down a chunky breakfast smoothie.
The shopkeeper unlocked a door for us and we went down a narrow spiral staircase to a communal hole in the wall.
I Heard About the Latest Crazed Shooter While I Watched the World Cup with Guys He Almost Killed | Daniel Genis | July 1, 2014 | THE DAILY BEASTA tall phantom in livery appeared, as if by magic, and signed to me to ascend the grand staircase.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayThe clerks had not arrived yet, and he beguiled the time by looking out of the staircase window.
The Posthumous Papers of the Pickwick Club, v. 2(of 2) | Charles DickensBy the last-mentioned staircase access is obtained by the general public to the Council Chamber.
Showell's Dictionary of Birmingham | Thomas T. Harman and Walter ShowellWhen we got to the house we entered an obscure corridor and began to find our way up a dark and narrow staircase.
Music-Study in Germany | Amy FayA few moments later she joined Gwynne at the foot of the staircase, and they went out to the woods.
Ancestors | Gertrude Atherton
British Dictionary definitions for staircase
/ (ˈstɛəˌkeɪs) /
a flight of stairs, its supporting framework, and, usually, a handrail or banisters
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