upstairs

Example Sentences

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I’m not in a bad mood or anything, but we have two apartments, so when we get up, Hugh goes downstairs and I have my morning upstairs.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 25, 2026

I had been welcomed into Sir Alex Ferguson's room upstairs at Old Trafford many times when he was United's manager and it was the same when he retired.

From BBC • May 15, 2026

“To go to the source script has been very interesting, because while there are references to bedrooms and the boys being upstairs, Miller doesn’t describe a naturalistic setting,” Mantello said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 2026

He saw a split later during his time as a medical student at Columbia—some patients upstairs being entertained by a pianist, others in the basement treated as a “burden on the hospital.”

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

“Neither one of us has been upstairs since before dinner.”

From "Found" by Margaret Peterson Haddix