stairwell

Example Sentences

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The newly sanctioned apartments in Culver City are modeled on Seattle’s ordinance with fire prevention in mind: The unit count is capped, minimizing the chances of overcrowding in the stairwell.

From Los Angeles Times

It was the only day the cruise line attached vomit bags to each railing in the stairwells.

From The Wall Street Journal

But just as I got close, the men ran up a stairwell, laughing.

From BBC

The opening of an inquest into his death was told Mr Silcox fell into an atrium stairwell "following the collapse of a wooden bannister" in the early hours of 25 October.

From BBC

Monday's collapses affected a buttress and part of the tower's base, then part of the stairwell and the roof, Rome's Directorate of Cultural Heritage said in a statement.

From Barron's