back stairs

Example Sentences

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“They were in the process of exiting the building, and were in the stairwell of the building — back stairs, specifically — when the significant explosion occurred.”

From Washington Post • Mar. 7, 2022

One day she “snuck down the back stairs into the testosterone zone,” she told The Democrat and Chronicle, and, only slightly intimidated, approached Mr. Felker, an editor there.

From New York Times • Aug. 25, 2020

Then I'd walk up the back stairs, give her a kiss and she'd take off. leaving me on the stage to start singing.

From BBC • Sep. 6, 2018

In the 1970s, David Letterman baby-sat her children and Jay Leno slept on the back stairs of her Sunset Strip club, where Jim Carrey later tended the door.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 11, 2018

I pick up the box and wind my way through the dark house again, up the back stairs and into my room.

From "Things Not Seen" by Andrew Clements