Examples of the upstairs in a Sentence
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The main house also packs in five bedrooms, and the upstairs master contains a private balcony, spa-style bath with soaking tub and a Rodeo Drive boutique-style dressing room.
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James McClain, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
According to those accounts, Russian soldiers brought Oleh to the upstairs holding cell and threw him inside.
—Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
According to officials, the five children, who were all related, were killed when a fire broke out on the first floor of the two-story home, presumably trapping the children in the upstairs bedroom.
—The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
My father had been relegated to a guest room downstairs, far in every sense from the upstairs living spaces where the family would gather on holidays.
—Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
During the last one, my cousin’s 5-year-old son ran back and forth in the upstairs hallway pretty much nonstop the entire time.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
Gandhi told reporters in a Sunday morning update that homicide detectives confirmed a husband had shot and killed his wife and another male inside the upstairs residence of the Oakwood HOA complex before turning the gun on himself.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2024
Nestor Serrano walks on the upstairs level of his home in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, in 2017 after the walls were blown off in Hurricane Maria.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
When the upstairs business is closed, The Hereafter can be accessed through the next-door entry for a law office and then taking an elevator down to the basement floor.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
James McClain, Robb Report, 27 Mar. 2024
According to those accounts, Russian soldiers brought Oleh to the upstairs holding cell and threw him inside.
—Sabra Ayres, Los Angeles Times, 24 Feb. 2024
According to officials, the five children, who were all related, were killed when a fire broke out on the first floor of the two-story home, presumably trapping the children in the upstairs bedroom.
—The Arizona Republic, 23 Feb. 2024
My father had been relegated to a guest room downstairs, far in every sense from the upstairs living spaces where the family would gather on holidays.
—Emily Ziff Griffin, The New Yorker, 21 Feb. 2024
During the last one, my cousin’s 5-year-old son ran back and forth in the upstairs hallway pretty much nonstop the entire time.
—Jeanne Phillips, The Mercury News, 17 Feb. 2024
Gandhi told reporters in a Sunday morning update that homicide detectives confirmed a husband had shot and killed his wife and another male inside the upstairs residence of the Oakwood HOA complex before turning the gun on himself.
—Daniel Hunt, Sacramento Bee, 18 Feb. 2024
Nestor Serrano walks on the upstairs level of his home in Yabucoa, Puerto Rico, in 2017 after the walls were blown off in Hurricane Maria.
—Denise Chow, NBC News, 6 Feb. 2024
When the upstairs business is closed, The Hereafter can be accessed through the next-door entry for a law office and then taking an elevator down to the basement floor.
—Amanda Hancock, The Courier-Journal, 18 Jan. 2024
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“The upstairs.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/the%20upstairs. Accessed 19 Apr. 2024.
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