downstairs

Example Sentences

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We’d moved out from Brooklyn into a little house—two bedrooms downstairs and two in the unfinished attic if you could finish it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

She said Ms Parton responded but she couldn't tell what she said then after the front door was rapped, she went back downstairs.

From BBC • May 22, 2026

This typically happens during the lowering portion of a movement, such as bringing a dumbbell down, walking downstairs, or slowly lowering yourself into a chair.

From Science Daily • May 1, 2026

“He doesn’t go to the executive dining room, he just comes downstairs and has a cheeseburger with everyone,” he said.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 16, 2026

Boxes were being shoved downstairs, chairs thumped on the floor.

From "Firegirl" by Tony Abbott