How to Use staircase in a Sentence

staircase

noun
  • The roof is gone, the staircase is gone.
    — Chiara Eisner, NPR, 2 Oct. 2025
  • That's the staircase right there.
    — Peter Van Sant, CBS News, 27 Jan. 2026
  • What look like stripes from far above may turn out to be a staircase.
    — Peter Greene, Forbes, 27 Mar. 2024
  • The ball bounced off a staircase just inside the foul pole.
    — CBS News, 27 Mar. 2026
  • There was blood going up the staircase.
    — Scott Thompson, FOXNews.com, 10 Mar. 2026
  • There’s an open staircase between the two floors.
    — Lisa Lockwood, Footwear News, 18 May 2026
  • In fact, even the most fit folks among us can be humbled by a staircase.
    — Jenny McCoy, SELF, 20 Feb. 2024
  • Frozen-worthy staircase up and over.
    — Kathryn Romeyn, Architectural Digest, 21 Aug. 2025
  • In one photo, he is seen at the bottom of a staircase.
    — Nick Mordowanec jason Lemon, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Sep. 2025
  • But there is a staircase off toward the side of the dining room.
    — Mark Dejoy, Bon Appetit Magazine, 10 June 2026
  • Stand facing a staircase and place a heel on the bottom step.
    — Tim Petrie, Dpt, Verywell Health, 10 July 2024
  • The staircase ascends to a loft area that can be used as a library.
    — David Caraccio, Sacramento Bee, 20 May 2024
  • She was found dead at the bottom of a staircase in their mansion.
    — Dana Feldman, Forbes, 18 July 2022
  • Beside the booth was a staircase that takes you down to the river.
    — ELLE, 24 June 2022
  • Beneath the staircase is a recess daybed built out of white oak.
    — Monica Mercuri, House Beautiful, 31 Aug. 2021
  • Along one side of the house was a spiral staircase to the second floor.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 May 2022
  • Needs some fresh air and so leaves his flat and climbs the staircase to the top of the building.
    — Literary Hub, 9 Mar. 2026
  • Phil comes up the staircase to stop them from moving the bookcase.
    — Randee Dawn, Los Angeles Times, 2 Mar. 2022
  • At the entrance to the villa, a staircase leads to the first room.
    — Chiara Pizzimenti, Vanity Fair, 31 Mar. 2026
  • It can be found above the staircase on the east side of the ticketing area.
    — Deborah Martin, San Antonio Express-News, 7 Dec. 2021
  • Could drawing a door, or a room, or a staircase on a map create one?
    — Washington Post, 24 Mar. 2022
  • More greenery hangs from the ceiling and is perched on the staircase.
    — Kansas City Star, 4 Sep. 2025
  • The staircase that leads from the main deck salon to the lower deck beach club.
    — Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 19 Sep. 2025
  • There’s some of the long ones and there’s one that has a really long staircase.
    — Mark Hughes, Forbes.com, 30 May 2025
  • Toward the back of the store was a staircase that led to a small second-floor loft.
    — David Peisner, Vulture, 21 May 2021
  • Spotlights land on a staircase leading to the stage.
    — Mic Anderson Britannica Editors May 18, Encyclopedia Britannica, 18 May 2026
  • The cap to the top post of the staircase is chewed, and the first two steps have some damage at the edge.
    — Jeanne Huber, Washington Post, 31 May 2022
  • At first, the boy moves rapidly to a staircase and points the gun down its slope for a beat, the video shows.
    — Dennis Romero, NBC News, 17 Jan. 2023
  • Evelyn pushed open the door, the sound of the deep bass from the sound system echoed in the staircase.
    — Literary Hub, 17 June 2025
  • The room was located right at the top of the staircase, open to the hallway.
    — Emma Tucker, CNN Money, 21 Apr. 2025

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