How to Use stairwell in a Sentence

stairwell

noun
  • Goody-two-shoes don't last long and best watch their back on stairwells.
    — Isaac Feldberg, Fortune, 17 Apr. 2020
  • The footage shows a man slumped in a chair near a stairwell with a gun in his hand.
    — NBC News, 2 June 2021
  • The victims who died were found in the stairwell.
    — Julian Roberts-Grmela, New York Daily News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Cruz next heads to the third floor, using the east stairwell.
    — Sun-Sentinel.com, 24 Apr. 2018
  • Lann was able to make his way to a stairwell and got behind a brick wall.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 12 Dec. 2022
  • The gates lock at the top, so people don’t sleep in the stairwells at night.
    — Phil Matier, SFChronicle.com, 16 June 2019
  • Sadie picked up a doll from the back of the stairwell and held it up to her parents.
    — Clare Mulroy, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2026
  • That was the only thing left standing was the stairwells to the house.
    — Jeff Seidel, Detroit Free Press, 30 Apr. 2020
  • The first floor no longer has a stairwell taking up most of visual space.
    — Molly Guthrey, Twin Cities, 7 June 2017
  • No one saw his body in the bushes 20 steps from the stairwell.
    — Eileen Kelley, sun-sentinel.com, 31 Oct. 2021
  • There's no blood of his found on the stairwell going down into the street.
    — CBS News, 26 Oct. 2019
  • The video then shows the group climbing the stairs and waiting in the stairwell.
    — Zusha Elinson, WSJ, 3 July 2018
  • Cops found blood splattered all over the apartment, down the hall and in the stairwell.
    — Meredith Colias-Pete, Chicago Tribune, 3 Apr. 2025
  • So the light shines through the office, through the glass wall and then into the main stairwell.
    — Christine Lennon, Sunset Magazine, 21 Nov. 2023
  • Tanya was in the stairwell, laughing with a tall, hunched man whose eyes were gray and clouded.
    — Luke Mogelson, The New Yorker, 23 July 2022
  • Blood smears the stairwell floor and the shards of glass strewn about while shrapnel pockmarks the walls.
    — Elena Becatoros, ajc, 31 May 2022
  • Officials said the man had trauma to his body and was found in a stairwell.
    — Dana Hedgpeth, Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2022
  • The layout posed a challenge due to the stairwell in the center of the room.
    — BostonGlobe.com, 26 Mar. 2021
  • One unit is paying for those lights in the stairwell that stay on 24/7.
    — Hanna Krueger, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2022
  • Is the light in a high, hard-to-reach place such as a two-story foyer or above a stairwell?
    — Jennifer Barger, Washington Post, 19 Jan. 2023
  • The suspect then holed up in a stairwell with a shotgun, Doty said.
    — CBS News, 4 July 2018
  • In the stairwell, a plaster-like substance used to patch holes in the wall was still wet to the touch.
    — Lucas Daprile, cleveland, 1 Feb. 2023
  • My favorite was moment was the last take of the last shot of the stairwell sequence.
    — Anna Moeslein, Glamour, 5 July 2017
  • Marc escorted the girl from the room, down a stairwell, into the car.
    — Aaron Gilbreath, Longreads, 22 May 2017
  • One girl said that the juvenile had taken her cell phone and fled to a stairwell at the school.
    — Katy Bergen and Tony Rizzo, kansascity, 5 Feb. 2018
  • With a quick tap on the glass, the figure vanished down the stairwell at the other end.
    — Literary Hub, 22 Jan. 2026
  • The stairwell leads to the second floor, which holds the home’s main living areas.
    — John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 1 Feb. 2023
  • He’s believed to have started the fire in the basement stairwell.
    — Muri Assunção, New York Daily News, 27 May 2025
  • Two people were killed after being trapped in a stairwell.
    — Alexa Herrera, CBS News, 24 Apr. 2026
  • Shane left down the stairwell, leaving his suitcase on the landing.
    — John J. Lennon, Rolling Stone, 23 Sep. 2025

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