back stairs

Example Sentences

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When hearing his voice, some attempt to reach through the shrubbery while others make a run for the back stairs in hopes of seeing him.

From Los Angeles Times • Jan. 6, 2025

Creel said his restaurant staff regularly flushes the back stairs with boiling water because that section often reeks of urine in the morning.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2021

Instead, they were directed through the kitchen and up the back stairs.

From Washington Post • Jul. 10, 2021

One day she “snuck down the back stairs into the testosterone zone,” she told The Democrat and Chronicle, and, only slightly intimidated, approached Mr. Felker, an editor there.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2020

Then Mom and Mrs. Van Dorn come down the back stairs with the blanket, and we all follow Dad back to the front parlor, me still lugging the oscilloscope.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements