stairwell
Example Sentences
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I went through the exit and dashed toward the stairwell in the corridor.
From Literature
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I fight my way through the parlor crowd, trying to make it to the stairwell.
From Literature
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On weekends, sometimes a jazz band performs behind the stairwell and revelers dance in the eaves.
From Los Angeles Times
Less than half an hour later - two members of the Iranian delegation sprinted across the lobby, and down a stairwell leading to the basement carpark.
From BBC
Footage taken in the aftermath showed a fire blazing in what appeared to be a stairwell, while thick black plumes of smoke billowed from the upper floors.
From BBC
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