How to Use ground floor in a Sentence

ground floor

noun
  • The Mudd Club, a punk-rock venue, was on the ground floor, playing host to bands like X and the B-52s.
    Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Both The Charles and the hotel are to feature restaurants on the ground floor.
    Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The survivors were on the ground floor while the four victims were on the second and third floors.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • This time around, Tomlin is coming in on the ground floor.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2022
  • All ground floor apartments would have front porches open to the street.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2022
  • New sports bar on ground floor has 16 TVs and live betting.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 Mar. 2023
  • Three floors lost walls and windows, and a store on the ground floor was reduced to rubble.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2022
  • On the ground floor of the former Gramercy Park Hotel last night.
    Curbed, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Long freight trains snake along the ground floor of America.
    Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Funke and Mortensen were on the ground floor of the off-campus residence and the killings took place on the second and third floors.
    Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2022
  • But mud filled the basement and ground floor where the family has offices and garages.
    Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The show is in a single large gallery with a very high ceiling on the museum’s ground floor.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • Housed on the ground floor of an apartment building, the bar and dining area are modern and warm.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Web3 finally allows investors to get in on the ground floor.
    Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The ground floor would also include three retail spaces, the plans show.
    Catherine Carlock, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022
  • One of the owners of a retail shop on the hotel’s ground floor has 23 people staying with her, Lennon said.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
  • The building’s ground floor had housed his family’s liquor store, said Mustafa Gokhan Demir.
    Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • Starting on the lower ground floor, there is a large family room and a gym with a treatment room.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 June 2023
  • If your house has multiple stories, the ground floor will be a better bet than the upper floors.
    Jessica Roy, Los Angeles Times, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Gunter invited her friend Nicholas Lansing to shelter in her third-floor dorm room, since his is on the ground floor.
    Morgan Winsor, ABC News, 14 Nov. 2022
  • When the changes are complete, the ground floor of the buildings will look entirely different.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 13 Aug. 2022
  • The ground floor is designed for restaurants and retail stores, though the tenants are yet to be decided.
    Phil Diehl, San Diego Union-Tribune, 11 Oct. 2022
  • Located on the home's ground floor, this private space has easy access to the kitchen and common areas.
    Kelsey Mulvey, House Beautiful, 21 Nov. 2022
  • Serious buyers begin to emerge but with no plans to preserve the unique ground floor space.
    Max Olesker, Longreads, 13 July 2023
  • This north downtown Houston spot is the newest food hall in town, having opened its doors this fall on the ground floor of the Lyric Tower.
    Gabi De La Rosa, Chron, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The old Marshall Field’s building’s ground floor has been empty since a Borders bookstore in that space closed in 2011.
    Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 5 Oct. 2022
  • The substance was reportedly found near the West Wing’s ground floor entrance.
    Melissa Noel, Essence, 6 July 2023
  • The ground floor is home to the main living areas, including an upscale kitchen and dining room.
    Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 July 2022
  • The ground floor of both buildings will be store fronts and restaurants in the manner of the Avenue development, Davis said.
    Lee Roop | Lroop@al.com, al, 29 July 2022
  • On one end of the ground floor hallway, a bright red neon sign announced the entrance to the mall’s International Food Court.
    Angella Choe, Los Angeles Times, 14 Nov. 2022

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