escalier
Example Sentences
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Wives cried from escalier windows to their men to come in by and lie decently down, to be ready for their work in the morning.
From Red Axe by Crockett, S. R. (Samuel Rutherford)
Ascending one marble flight of the grand escalier, one entered a lofty apartment whose noble proportions and richness of effect were most impressive.
From The Brownings Their Life and Art by Whiting, Lilian
The Senator's son and daughter had just emerged across the courtyard, from the vestibule where ended the escalier d'honneur.
From The End of Her Honeymoon by Lowndes, Marie Belloc
It was défense d'entrer, so we only wandered round the grounds and looked in at the windows, down the avenues and round the ponds and hundreds of statues, and went up the great escalier.
From Diary of a Nursing Sister on the Western Front, 1914-1915 by Anonymous
This time I ascended the magnificent escalier of Michel Angelo, having the equestrian statue of Marcus Aurelius in front.
From After Waterloo: Reminiscences of European Travel 1815-1819 by Frye, Major W. E
