How to Use stair in a Sentence

stair

noun
  • 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.
  • Climb your stairs once or twice.
    — Laura Baehr, The Conversation, 7 May 2026
  • Now think about a set of stairs.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Walk briskly up a flight of stairs.
    — Emily Kay Votruba, EverydayHealth.com, 30 Mar. 2026
  • That’s where dog stairs can come in handy.
    — Christine Persaud, USA Today, 2 Oct. 2025
  • No stairs to get out of your apartment?
    — Kail Lowry, People.com, 23 Aug. 2025
  • Forget rose petals on the stairs.
    — K. R. Callaway, Scientific American, 13 Feb. 2026
  • Go up the stairs, and turn the corner.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 10 Apr. 2026
  • On the floor in the hallway and the stairs.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • Rifle shells were on the stairs.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 20 Apr. 2026
  • Your daughter didn't just fall down the stairs.
    — Louisa Moller, CBS News, 23 June 2026
  • Are there handrails at every set of steps or stairs?
    — Carolyn Rosenblatt, Forbes.com, 26 Aug. 2025
  • Aim to place a foot on each stair and run on the balls of your feet.
    — David Otey, Men's Health, 14 Dec. 2022
  • This lumber will make a very strong set of stairs.
    — Tim Carter, Hartford Courant, 3 Jan. 2026
  • Then the laughter would find its way back up the stairs.
    — Russell Shaw, The Atlantic, 26 May 2026
  • Be aware that there are also some stairs along the tour route.
    — Megan Dubois, Southern Living, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Who cares where the stairs lead when they're flanked by hydrangeas?
    — Patricia Shannon, Southern Living, 22 Mar. 2024
  • Hartman was at the top of the stairs when he was shot six times.
    — Tess Williams, Anchorage Daily News, 14 Feb. 2020
  • One cabaña is on ground level and the rest are reached by stairs.
    — Sarah Buder, AFAR Media, 8 Oct. 2025
  • One of the kids screamed and tripped up the side stairs, eyes as big as the moon.
    — Byron McCauley, Cincinnati.com, 12 Sep. 2019
  • Larysa had said their apartment was just up the stairs and to the left.
    — Lizzie Johnson, New Yorker, 25 Apr. 2026
  • Or to help carry a piano up five flights of stairs.
    — Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 1 May 2026
  • Climbing two to three flights of stairs a few times per day could change your life.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • But many people need only to take the stairs.
    — The Washington Post, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Feb. 2026
  • At the bottom of the stairs was his friend Sue, dead.
    — Dateline Nbc, NBC news, 11 Mar. 2026

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