in the upper story
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After the dam breach, the family piled into a boat to get to safety in the upper story of a neighbor’s three-story home.
From New York Times • Jun. 16, 2023
Often the fur-house and store are combined, the furs being laid in the upper story over the shop.
From On Canada's Frontier Sketches of History, Sport, and Adventure and of the Indians, Missionaries, Fur-traders, and Newer Settlers of Western Canada by Ralph, Julian
Towards midnight, Count Henrik stood in his apartment, next the king's chamber, in the upper story of the castle.
From King Eric and the Outlaws, Vol. 3 or, the Throne, the Church, and the People in the Thirteenth Century. Vol. I. by Ingemann, Bernhard Severin
K�thchen went into the house, and, not finding Walter in the sitting-room, mounted to his study, in the upper story, just under the roof.
From Only a Girl: or, A Physician for the Soul. by Hillern, Wilhelmine von
They stepped into a small hall, from which they reached, by means of an easy, wide staircase, a larger hall in the upper story, which was lighted from above.
From Problematic Characters A Novel by Spielhagen, Friedrich
