How to Use elevator in a Sentence
elevator
noun- We took the elevator to the 10th floor.
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The artwork is well worth a trip up the steps or a quick ride on the elevator to the third floor.
—Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
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And lastly, what’s the elevator pitch for Arthur the King?
—Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
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And the people in the elevator were like, ‘This is crazy.
—Colson Thayer, People.com, 30 July 2025
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And then, the elevator doors appear to open, and the woman tells someone to go to the stairs.
—Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
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In the De George house, a glass elevator provides views of the scenery.
—Katherine Clarke, WSJ, 26 May 2022
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The judge then reached for him and began to push him out of the elevator, the letter said.
—Cory Shaffer, cleveland, 9 Dec. 2021
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But there’s two scenes, one over a sink and one in an elevator, and that’s all.
—Mark Olsen, Los Angeles Times, 13 Apr. 2023
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At the back of the restaurant is an old freight elevator.
—Carol Deptolla, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 28 Apr. 2022
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The elevator and stairs both lead to a top-floor landing with a wet bar.
—Kathy Orton, Washington Post, 10 June 2022
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Phillips went into the hallway, sat down on the floor by the elevators, and cried.
—TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
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This movie may be the root of my fear of getting stuck in an elevator.
—Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2023
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The gunman left bullet holes in a large NFL crest on the wall by one of the elevator banks.
—Aaron Katersky, ABC News, 29 July 2025
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The action takes place on the elevator ride to the lobby.
—Rumaan Alam, The New Yorker, 9 Aug. 2021
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There are elevators that go to the first, second, and third floors of the hotel.
—Mae Hamilton, Travel + Leisure, 5 July 2025
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The gunman took the elevator to the 33rd floor, police have said.
—Nbc News, NBC news, 30 July 2025
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But now, in 2022, the time has come to give it a name: elevator-pitch horror.
—Will Bedingfield, WIRED, 22 Dec. 2022
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In the video, the actress appears to stay close to Franco in the elevator.
—Mark Heim | Mheim@al.com, al, 17 May 2022
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The friends left the elevator laughing, tote bag to tote bag.
—Weike Wang, The New Yorker, 17 Aug. 2024
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Once inside, find the glass doors next to the elevators.
—Ryan Deto, Axios, 29 Jan. 2025
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This home has two terraces, one of which has a putting green, and there is an elevator in the unit.
—Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 20 Aug. 2021
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Take the stairs, or the elevator, to the primary suite.
—Sandra Barrera, Oc Register, 30 Apr. 2025
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In the carousel post, the singer was first seen posing for a photo in an elevator.
—Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
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An elevator takes you up to Unit 26, which is on the second floor.
—Megan Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
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Tina pressed a stack of picture frames to her chest as the elevator carried them to the third floor.
—Laura L. Davis, USA TODAY, 2 June 2022
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There is an elevator in back for those wanting to avoid the stairs.
—Elizabeth Marie Himchak, San Diego Union-Tribune, 21 Feb. 2025
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There's a little elevator, an open cart with seats, that takes you straight down to the beach.
—Arati Menon, Condé Nast Traveler, 6 Jan. 2023
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Vaughn takes the elevator down to a small lobby crowded with chairs and a TV.
—Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
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The hardest part has always been the elevator pitch for the music.
—Hannah Edgar, Chicago Tribune, 4 Sep. 2025
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The canine's owner has shared several other videos to the Instagram account that show Tini tracing the man's steps to the elevator on different days.
—Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 3 Sep. 2025
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