How to Use stair in a Sentence

stair

noun
Definition of stairnext
  • The stairs lead to the roof.
  • She ran down the stairs.
  • He waited at the foot of the stairs.
  • She slipped and fell down the stairs.
  • We had to climb another flight of stairs to get to the roof.
  • He tripped on the bottom stair and almost fell.
  • Jack Van Camp: The dogs would have to choke her on the stairs.
    — Tracy Smith, CBS News, 18 May 2024
  • Aim to place a foot on each stair and run on the balls of your feet.
    — David Otey, Men's Health, 14 Dec. 2022
  • The mouth of the stairs opens directly into the crowd, and the path to the stage is through it.
    — Mankaprr Conteh, Rolling Stone, 4 Nov. 2023
  • The house was small and boxy, the stairs running up along the stone fireplace.
    — Emma Cline, The New Yorker, 23 Oct. 2023
  • The Democrats in the gallery had to climb over stair railings to an open door.
    — Natalie Andrews, WSJ, 6 Jan. 2022
  • Here was his chance to descend the stairs and exit the house.
    — Zach Williams, The New Yorker, 18 Mar. 2024
  • To avoid being seen through the front windows, Kristin hid on the stairs in the back.
    — Jennifer Gonnerman, The New Yorker, 27 Nov. 2023
  • The witness walked to a side door, entered the home and saw drops of blood in the kitchen and down the stairs.
    — Nick Ferraro, Twin Cities, 17 May 2024
  • The line to buy books snaked away from the theater entrance and ran all the way up the stairs.
    — Ross Andersen, The Atlantic, 26 Sep. 2024
  • Some are built on the ground; others are on rocks or at the top of a lot of stairs.
    — Erin Alberty, Axios, 15 July 2024
  • How to make a safe move:Don't want to lug that couch down the stairs yourself?
    — Betty Lin-Fisher, USA TODAY, 22 May 2024
  • When Franklin walks up the gangplank to sail to Europe, the stairs come out now.
    — D. T. Max, The New Yorker, 18 Sep. 2023
  • There’s a gate topped with barbed wire to keep the riffraff out, and then long and winding stairs down to the sea.
    — Stephen Rodrick, Variety, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Who cares where the stairs lead when they're flanked by hydrangeas?
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
  • The most common place for older adults to fall is on the stairs.
    — Jim Morrison, BostonGlobe.com, 15 Mar. 2023
  • Olympic feat: Leaping (easily) over the gate at the foot of the stairs.
    — Mariashines, cleveland, 24 July 2023
  • Two men and two women who walked out of the room followed her down the stairs.
    — Jamie Landers, Dallas News, 17 May 2023
  • After two flights of stairs, a door opens onto the street.
    — Sufian Taha, Washington Post, 28 Feb. 2024
  • Smashing china, falling down the stairs, slugs to the nose, and worse.
    — Debby Wolfinsohn, EW.com, 4 Feb. 2024
  • Two sets of stairs lead to the front door and a foyer flanked by the dining and living rooms.
    — Sophia Solano, Washington Post, 15 Sep. 2023
  • After the plane slowed to a stop in Doha, three of the prisoners walked down the stairs.
    — Jon Gambrell, ajc, 19 Sep. 2023
  • Walk through the door and down the stairs to find an energetic and swanky bar.
    — Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Mar. 2024
  • Likens was beaten, kicked, forcibly tattooed, thrown down stairs, branded, and had cigarettes put out on her skin.
    — Declan Gallagher and Chris Bellamy, EW.com, 31 Oct. 2024
  • Thus, a certain level of mobility is needed to take stairs and walk the pathways.
    — Stacey Leasca, Travel + Leisure, 4 Nov. 2024

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