stairs

/ stɛəz /

plural noun

1. a flight of steps leading from one storey or level to another, esp indoors
2. below stairs
   in the servants' quarters; in domestic service

Example Sentences

At 10 past 5, a middle-aged white man climbed the stairs out of the City Hall subway.

From The Daily Beast

And thus I end up at the bottom of the stairs, about one month after my injury and two months after my wedding.

From The Daily Beast

Until then, we will hike the stairs together, one carpeted step at a time.

From The Daily Beast

Often Mick would perch on those back stairs, perusing art books as he waited for her.

From The Daily Beast

The party sequence in Notorious begins with a wide shot from high above the top of the stairs, all glittering expanse below.

From The Daily Beast

He came to the top of the stairs with a lamp in his hand, and wanted to know what the rumpus was about.

From Project Gutenberg

Immediately Messa went up the stairs, and safely reached a large room where two candles were burning on a buffet.

From Project Gutenberg

Juan de Messa lost his head, and ran down stairs, thinking that his safety lay there.

From Project Gutenberg

She heard through the half-open door Mr. Orgreave's slippers on the tiles of the passage leading to the stairs.

From Project Gutenberg

And, Pedro preceding them, the young men gaily descended the stairs.

From Project Gutenberg