upstairs

Example Sentences

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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

He saw a split later during his time as a medical student at Columbia—some patients upstairs being entertained by a pianist, others in the basement treated as a “burden on the hospital.”

From Slate • Apr. 29, 2026

“For the record, neither of us live there anymore but they were our upstairs neighbors for 10 years!” she wrote.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 15, 2026

In an upstairs salon, de Meo was guided through the new collection: 15 pieces in total, part of one of the two high jewelry launches the house stages each year.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 9, 2026

I drag myself upstairs, put out the sleeping mat, find my pillow, and pull the blanket over my head.

From "The Tenth Mistake of Hank Hooperman" by Gennifer Choldenko