upstairs

Example Sentences

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The bar is busy, the lunchtime crowd is steady for a Thursday, there are bookings in the new rooms upstairs.

From BBC • Jun. 10, 2026

During a recent interview at his small office upstairs from Barnes & Noble’s flagship store on Manhattan’s Union Square, Daunt said publishers view their books as their babies and tell him to take more.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

A parent who refuses to share basic caregiving responsibilities places an unfair and unrealistic burden on the other partner — and on you, if you are spending time babysitting while he is upstairs.

From MarketWatch • May 4, 2026

Screams echo from the upstairs bedrooms, where two husbands are in exile, watching a Green Bay Packers game with a newborn baby.

From Los Angeles Times • May 4, 2026

Immediately there were murmured voices from upstairs, and then footsteps.

From "Boy 2.0" by Tracey Baptiste