elevator

Example Sentences

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First impressions had me doubting my decision: Unfinished plywood lined the cramped elevator and my room—a snug, white space-age capsule—looked like it had emerged from a 3-D printer.

From The Wall Street Journal

Jonathan’s stomach rose into his throat, the way it sometimes did on a fast elevator.

From Literature

Her nagging conscience slips into offhand conversation: “I should probably be vegan,” Askell, an animal lover too busy for a pet, says when chatting in an office elevator.

From The Wall Street Journal

After talking with his soon-to-be father-in-law—a sheet-metal worker—he took the union tests for plumbing, elevator construction and electrical work.

From The Wall Street Journal

There was an elevator, but Bat preferred to take the stairs.

From Literature