How to Use the upstairs in a Sentence
the upstairs
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The meeting was held in the upstairs meeting room of City Hall.
—Stacy Ryburn, arkansasonline.com, 27 June 2024
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Since then, the blinds in the upstairs bedrooms have remained shut.
—Hau Chu, Washington Post, 18 July 2024
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For the VIPs, guests in the upstairs balcony were treated to an open bar and upstairs seats for the show.
—Breanna Bell, Variety, 25 Aug. 2023
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Don’t miss seeing the secret game room off of the upstairs bonus room or the dog wash station in the three-car garage.
—Jeastman, oregonlive, 25 July 2023
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Nearby in the upstairs dining room, a table full of folks talked about the ins and outs of towing RVs.
—Lawrence Specker | Lspecker@al.com, al, 7 Aug. 2023
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The idea was to try to keep that egg safely un-cracked when dropped from the upstairs balcony to the lobby below.
—Linda Gandee, cleveland, 25 July 2023
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In one of the upstairs rooms, her 1870 guide to Beauchamp Tower and Tower of London is on display.
—Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 16 Feb. 2023
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Starting next month, for the first time, the upstairs residence will be open for private stays.
—New York Times, 24 Mar. 2023
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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
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Deputies were still en route when Gavitt made his way to the upstairs bedroom, according to the sheriff’s office.
—Mitchell Willetts, Kansas City Star, 18 July 2024
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Tall ceilings impart an open feeling to the upstairs dining area and plants brighten the space.
—Bahar Anooshahr, The Arizona Republic, 10 Apr. 2024
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All the items in the store, and vintage furniture from the upstairs apartments, will be sold via online auction at northernkentuckyauction.com.
—Victoria Moorwood, The Enquirer, 14 July 2023
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Only the bigger girls in the upstairs dorm were allowed to watch television, so the younger girls were often bored.
—Dana Hedgpeth, Anchorage Daily News, 8 Aug. 2023
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Nestled on a 40-acre wooded lot near a scenic creek, the unit has a private bedroom and bath on the ground floor plus a second bedroom in the upstairs loft.
—Ashlea Halpern, Condé Nast Traveler, 9 May 2023
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Sky Studios Natural light pours in through a skylight in one of the upstairs bedrooms.
—John R. Ellement, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2023
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At one point, an extension ladder was placed near the upstairs bedroom in hopes of getting them out.
—Abigail Adams, Peoplemag, 19 Dec. 2023
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But the day before, Enoch Turner, who was 25 at the time, is accused of breaking into Cook’s house and heading to the upstairs bedroom.
—Olivia Lloyd, Charlotte Observer, 14 May 2024
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The exhibit will be housed on two floors at the museum— the upstairs Jemison galleries as well as the downstairs Pizitz gallery.
—Shauna Stuart | Sstuart@al.com, al, 24 Aug. 2023
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There’s a big delineation between the upstairs and downstairs cast.
—Brande Victorian, The Hollywood Reporter, 14 June 2024
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Firefighters had to break through the upstairs windows with axes, and water from the hoses seeped down, destroying the books.
—Ligaya Mishan David Chow, New York Times, 19 Sep. 2023
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But the play trades too heavily on the architectural eye candy of its turntable set, which moves from the swank living room to the state-of-the-art kitchen to the upstairs guest bedroom.
—Charles McNulty, Los Angeles Times, 16 Oct. 2023
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Guest Bedroom Though some designers refuse to pick a favorite space, the upstairs guest bedroom is Glass’s.
—Jessica Cherner, House Beautiful, 28 Aug. 2023
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Eight additional bedrooms are spread across the upstairs, along with two more kitchens.
—Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 24 July 2023
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My home has central air, yet the upstairs still gets uncomfortably hot.
—Amy Schulman, Peoplemag, 11 May 2023
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The remaining photos in the post reveal before and afters of the main living area, the upstairs TV room/hangout space, and the outdoor patio.
—Terri Robertson, Country Living, 11 May 2023
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Under Williams’s watch, the space will see not just a revitalization of the upstairs ballroom, but also the addition of a cafe and art gallery.
—Devaughn Douglas, Essence, 20 July 2023
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According to the listing, each bedroom has its own private bathroom, while the upstairs bathroom boasts a jacuzzi tub and a walk-in shower.
—Natalia Senanayake, Peoplemag, 13 May 2024
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Over the years, the upstairs at Graceland has taken on a mythical aura, with rumors that his suite remains untouched, just as the King left it.
—Jordan Runtagh, Peoplemag, 22 May 2024
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In the upstairs bedrooms and bathroom, picture windows frame the woodland and fruit orchard beyond.
—Ellie Pithers, New York Times, 21 July 2023
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Everyone gathers in the upstairs bathroom, but Lynn notices that Sister Andrea is still in the yard.
—Kimberly Roots, TVLine, 25 July 2024
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