stairs

Example Sentences

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When police arrived, he says, Hatley told the officers she fell down the stairs.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

But when the basement lights were off and the others were distracted, a four-year-old could hide on the stairs and peep over the railing to see all of “Titanic,” rated PG-13 by the way.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 26, 2026

Several were sleeping in a nook by the stairs.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

Referred to in court as Officer 4, the witness said he had first encountered Bosh coming down the stairs to the ground floor of the city centre hotel.

From BBC • Mar. 17, 2026

“That’s Mrs. van den Keukel. Her brother came back from Indonesia with malaria and she’s been nursing him. Corrie,” as I sped back down the stairs, “ask her how Mrs. Rinker’s baby is!”

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom