stairs

Example Sentences

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Rescuers first had to descend via a rubble-strewn parking lot ramp and navigate a flight of stairs, ever-aware of the danger of a new collapse of the tottering structure.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 5, 2026

Cowgill recommends taking the stairs instead of the elevator and getting up every 30 minutes and moving around for a few minutes.

From Barron's • Jun. 27, 2026

Worn down, he muted the show, handed it over to another host and trudged up the stairs to his office to do the math manually.

From The Wall Street Journal • Jun. 27, 2026

Another quote can be found at the top of the stairs, where the walls have been covered with the words “Look, we don’t have that much time.”

From MarketWatch • Jun. 22, 2026

She’d often told me she couldn’t manage without me to run errands up and down the steep stairs.

From "The Hiding Place" by Corrie ten Boom