stairs

British

/ stɛəz /

plural noun

a flight of steps leading from one storey or level to another, esp indoors
in the servants' quarters; in domestic service

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Example Sentences

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Several were sleeping in a nook by the stairs.

From The Wall Street Journal

Referred to in court as Officer 4, the witness said he had first encountered Bosh coming down the stairs to the ground floor of the city centre hotel.

From BBC

I went down the stairs with my head down and slipped past the charging desk, which swarmed with patrons clutching books and slips of paper.

From Literature

My aunt’s voice drifts out from the kitchen as she hears my footsteps pounding the stairs.

From Literature

As she descended the stage stairs back into the crowd, Kang exclaimed “yay” while holding her gleaming statuette.

From Los Angeles Times

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