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

Creel said his restaurant staff regularly flushes the back stairs with boiling water because that section often reeks of urine in the morning.

From Seattle Times • Nov. 27, 2021

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

As usual, he opened the door from the back stairs to the kitchen only a crack.

From "Among the Hidden" by Margaret Peterson Haddix