- plural of stair.
stairs
Example Sentences
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My muscles burned and my back screamed as I raced up and down the stairs, dragging the hose around door frames.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 7, 2026
A friend in her 80s slipped on the stairs to her flooded basement and fell, breaking two posterior ribs and injuring her shoulder.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
My aunt had a stairlift installed for her steep staircase when severe arthritis made the stairs dangerous for her.
From MarketWatch ● Oct. 5, 2026
For many people, what matters most is being able to get out of a chair without help, carry shopping home, climb the stairs and recover quickly after illness.
From Science Daily ● Oct. 2, 2026
A hollow space under the stairs and some haphazard friendships were not an operation.
From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom
