How to Use first floor in a Sentence

first floor

noun
  • The fire burned a hole through the first floor.
    — Wcco Staff, CBS News, 27 Nov. 2025
  • Two half baths complete the first floor.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 19 Apr. 2026
  • At the end of this first floor hall is the office.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 22 Feb. 2026
  • Two much younger women live on the first floor.
    — R. Eric Thomas, Chicago Tribune, 29 June 2026
  • Crews tried to get in on the first floor, but the fire was too heavy.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 18 Aug. 2025
  • And yet many of the walls on the first floor remain white.
    — Edward Keegan, Chicago Tribune, 19 Apr. 2026
  • On the first floor, the walls and the wood ceilings are white.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Feb. 2022
  • Crews then entered the home and found light smoke on the first floor.
    — Justin Muszynski, Hartford Courant, 26 Dec. 2024
  • On the first floor, next to the Boutique.
    — Laird Borrelli-Persson, Vogue, 21 Dec. 2025
  • Once on the scene, crews found heavy flames coming from the first floor.
    — Jt Moodee Lockman, CBS News, 17 Mar. 2026
  • Their bodies were found on the first floor of the home near the front door.
    — Colleen Slevin, ajc, 2 Feb. 2023
  • There’s a bar with a standard sports bar feel to it on the first floor.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 5 Sep. 2021
  • The Queens building has a spa on the first floor.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 28 May 2026
  • On the first floor, there will be 12 seats with a view of the kitchen.
    — Nick Kindelsperger, chicagotribune.com, 29 June 2021
  • The first floor also has a home office.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 15 Feb. 2026
  • Not to be overlooked on the first floor is the home office.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 14 June 2026
  • Cruz began the massacre on the first floor.
    — Milena Malaver, Miami Herald, 5 Feb. 2026
  • The fire damaged the first floor of the one and half story home.
    — La Risa R. Lynch, Journal Sentinel, 12 Oct. 2024
  • Two more people were found on the first floor already dead.
    — David Ferrara, Cincinnati Enquirer, 18 Jan. 2026
  • Cons The first floor is on street level and there’s no view.
    — Heather Senison, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2025
  • The first floor will be for retail tenants.
    — Eric Adler, Kansas City Star, 10 Sep. 2025
  • The center will have ballots on the first floor near the gift shop.
    — Jenna Prestininzi, Detroit Free Press, 26 Dec. 2024
  • All units have an entrance that opens to a foyer on the first floor.
    — Benjamin C Tankersley, Washington Post, 27 Sep. 2023
  • All of the first floor doors and windows were boarded up as well.
    — Lesley Marin, CBS News, 13 Jan. 2026
  • Right now, three of the four units on the first floor are occupied.
    — Sriya Reddy, Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2021
  • Aside from the main rooms is the bathroom, which is tucked in on the first floor as well.
    — Alicia Geigel, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Oct. 2024
  • Betty worked in the laundry, which was on the first floor of their home.
    — Sam Roberts, New York Times, 20 Jan. 2023
  • The fire spread behind the basement walls and put a hole in the first floor.
    — Christine Dempsey, courant.com, 15 Mar. 2022
  • Drinks are available on the first floor patio bar as well as on the rooftop.
    — Catherine Tansey, Travel + Leisure, 27 Jan. 2024
  • Crews arrived and found flames on the first floor of a two-story rowhome.
    — Tom Ignudo, CBS News, 23 June 2026

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