How to Use stairway in a Sentence

stairway

noun
  • The lights flashed by windows leaped down stairways and dashed from room to room.
    — Dawn Mitchell, Indianapolis Star, 27 Oct. 2017
  • Railing on each side of the stairway that leads to the basement.
    — Nancy A. Herrick, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 3 Sep. 2017
  • The main stairway leading from the front door up to the living room.
    — J.s. Marcus, WSJ, 8 Dec. 2021
  • Blood was also found in the basement and on the stairway handrails.
    — Christina Coulter, PEOPLE, 30 Sep. 2025
  • Inside one stairway on each floor is a firehose.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
  • This entry, with its open stairway, soars to the top of the second floor.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 21 June 2026
  • Inside the five-room frame home, a stairway leads from the kitchen to the attic.
    — [email protected], Journal Sentinel, 26 July 2022
  • At times, Watkins, then 30, had to stop on the stairway to catch her breath.
    — Liz Szabo | Kff Health News, NBC News, 15 Jan. 2024
  • The open stairway in the front hall leads to the second floor and four of the home’s five bedrooms.
    — James Alexander, Hartford Courant, 12 Apr. 2022
  • This home is built into the rocks on a small knoll, with its own private stairway on to the beach.
    — Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 15 May 2018
  • Through the arches at the top of the stairway is a central open-air courtyard.
    — Ray Parisi, CNBC, 12 July 2024
  • Tensions then moved to the sideline, then up a stairway and into the crowd.
    — Aaron Credeur, Washington Post, 11 July 2024
  • The stairway in the center’s main lobby is named in their honor.
    — Skyler Swisher, Orlando Sentinel, 25 Jan. 2023
  • Be sure to wander the charming narrow side streets and hike the steep stairways.
    — Wendy Hu, Travel + Leisure, 24 July 2023
  • An inspector had found lead paint and dust in two bedrooms and the stairway of the home.
    — New York Times, 29 Mar. 2022
  • No blood was visible in the stairway or the lobby.
    — Thomas Tracy, New York Daily News, 21 Feb. 2026
  • No blood was visible in the stairway or the lobby.
    — Kerry Burke, New York Daily News, 20 Feb. 2026
  • The stairway and column squirrels are in parts of the house that are not open to the public.
    — John Kelly, Washington Post, 20 Apr. 2018
  • But the researchers can’t confirm as no passage or stairway leads to the strange area.
    — Matt Hrodey, Discover Magazine, 9 May 2023
  • This is done by building staff, often after the stairway’s floor is mopped.
    — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 May 2026
  • And what's in Jim's hand as he's seen descending the stairways?
    — Bryan Alexander, USA TODAY, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The garage, a laundry room and a stairway leading to the house’s first floor were damaged.
    — oregonlive, 21 Jan. 2020
  • At the bottom of the stairway on the lower deck is a wall-sized photo of a school of reef fish.
    — Michael Verdon, Robb Report, 9 July 2021
  • One was found at the top of the split-level stairway and the second was found in one of the bedrooms.
    — Alex Chhith, Star Tribune, 23 Mar. 2021
  • The other side of the wall is where the stairway descends to the second level.
    — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 22 Apr. 2023
  • The two-story stairway winds from a living room at the top level, down to the garden.
    — Karen Bruno, WSJ, 21 Aug. 2018
  • Kiely was at the computer in the living room, which is kind of at the bottom of the stairway.
    — Josh Gelman, CBS News, 26 May 2018
  • Then Murphy is found dead at the bottom of the long stairway leading to his house.
    — Sandra Dallas, The Denver Post, 26 May 2017
  • That left just the single stairway — one that was too far away from where the men were working, the complaint says.
    — Ames Alexander, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
  • As Karen looks up to the rooftop, Cherry emerges on the roof from the stairway, his gun drawn.
    — Russel Honoré, Newsweek, 5 Mar. 2025

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