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Example sentences for: stairs

How can you use “stairs” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

Once the South Tower was hit, civilians on upper floors wasted time ascending the stairs instead of searching for a clear path down, when stairwell A was at least initially passable.
We know of at least one civilian who seized the initiative and shouted that anyone who could walk should walk to the stairs, and anyone who could help should help others in need of assistance.
Stairs in the nave lead down to the crypt and St. Francis’s tomb, rediscovered only in 1818, centuries after it had been concealed from Perugian plunderers.
The team then stated that it was ascending via stairs, was somewhere in the 20s, and was making slow progress because of the numerous descending civilians crowding the stairwell.
At that point the reporters break ranks, some sprinting up the stairs, some (like me) clambering into an elevator in hopes of seeing her enter the grand jury room.