upstairs

Example Sentences

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“To go to the source script has been very interesting, because while there are references to bedrooms and the boys being upstairs, Miller doesn’t describe a naturalistic setting,” Mantello said.

From Los Angeles Times • May 6, 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

He was invited inside and taken upstairs to a bedroom.

From BBC • Apr. 15, 2026

But this was no comedy playing out upstairs at the Drysdale house.

From "The Detective's Assistant" by Kate Hannigan