Staircase

//ˈstɛɹˌkeɪs//

"Staircase" in a Sentence (16 examples)

The staircase leading to the rooftop is narrow, steep, and dark.

Faith is taking the first step, even when you don't see the whole staircase.

The space hotel was luxurious with all the chandeliers in the grand lobby where a magnificent staircase led to the fabulous dining area.

How many steps does this staircase have?

A spiral staircase leads onto the gallery of the church.

The Acropolis' staircase had 60 steps.

Tom carefully climbed up the rickety staircase.

When I was a child, I used to like sliding down the staircase banister.

So now he landed back in the same company, but this time not in the office chair, but rather upside down on the concrete staircase.

The people who are not in a hurry walk on the right side of the staircase.

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I was on the staircase by the bell / Blinded by the black magician's spell

Turning back, then, toward the basement staircase, she began to grope her way through blinding darkness, but had taken only a few uncertain steps when, of a sudden, she stopped short and for a little stood like a stricken thing, quite motionless save that she quaked to her very marrow in the grasp of a great and enervating fear.

When Timothy and Julia hurried up the staircase to the bedroom floor, where a considerable commotion was taking place, Tim took Barry Leach with him. He had him gripped firmly by the arm, since he felt it was not safe to let him loose, and he had no immediate idea what to do with him.

Oliver immediately gets a 'guided tour, Felix wheeling through libraries and endless colour-coded rooms, up and down staircases and along echoing halls where various "dead relly[s]" stare down from the walls.

This leads to much smoother reconstructions in regions of moderate gradient and thus prevents staircasing.

It is a good idea to make plans for staircasing when you first buy your shared ownership home.

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