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

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 I'd walk up the back stairs, give her a kiss and she'd take off. leaving me on the stage to start singing.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2018

I hurry out, go the other way, through the kitchen and up the back stairs.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements