upstairs

Example Sentences

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During a recent interview at his small office upstairs from Barnes & Noble’s flagship store on Manhattan’s Union Square, Daunt said publishers view their books as their babies and tell him to take more.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 10, 2026

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

A parent who refuses to share basic caregiving responsibilities places an unfair and unrealistic burden on the other partner — and on you, if you are spending time babysitting while he is upstairs.

From MarketWatch • 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

The housemother gave me my room number and then sent me upstairs.

From "The Brightwood Code" by Monica Hesse