backstairs

Example Sentences

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Instead, his columns were narratives of creation, abandonment and restoration that lovingly highlighted quirky design and backstairs gossip from decades past.

From New York Times • Mar. 13, 2017

Next to it was his study, where he wrote by the light of a single candle and received the “common” people through the backstairs, which he also used to come and go unnoticed.

From New York Times • Sep. 21, 2016

"And backstairs sniping, whichever side it comes from, shows that something is wrong and there's been too much of that backstairs sniping."

From BBC • Nov. 30, 2013

What do he and his son, James, now head of UK operations, get from backstairs political schmoozing?

From The Guardian • Oct. 12, 2010

Momma and I followed that lane to the backstairs of Dentist Lincoln’s office.

From "I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings" by Maya Angelou