STAIRCASE in a Sentence

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1. On the staircase he met Signor Pastrini.
2. As he descended the staircase, Morrel met Penelon, who was going up.
3. , than thus descend the staircase at the Tuileries driven away by ridicule.
4. So saying, the two young men went down the staircase, and got into the carriage.
5. Dantes descended the staircase, preceded by the magistrate, and followed by the soldiers.

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 Meanings and Examples of STAIRCASE
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staircase
 n.  a way of access consisting of a set of steps
Classic Sentence: (182 in 13 pages)
1  "Things are changing in this house, Mr. Roach," said Mrs. Medlock, as she led him up the back staircase to the corridor on to which opened the hitherto mysterious chamber.
The Secret Garden By Frances Hodgson Burnett
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XX
2  They saw a weedgrown, floorless room, unplastered, an ancient fireplace, vacant windows, a ruinous staircase; and here, there, and everywhere hung ragged and abandoned cobwebs.
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer By Mark Twain
Context  Highlight   In CHAPTER XVI
3  So she roved about by herself, and looked at all the rooms and chambers, till at last she came to an old tower, to which there was a narrow staircase ending with a little door.
Grimms' Fairy Tales By Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm
Context  Highlight   In BRIAR ROSE
4  Dantes descended the staircase, preceded by the magistrate, and followed by the soldiers.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 5. The Marriage-Feast.
5  , than thus descend the staircase at the Tuileries driven away by ridicule.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 11. The Corsican Ogre.
6  So saying, she once more climbed the staircase leading to her chamber, her body convulsed with chills, and her teeth rattling in her head, in spite of the intense heat of the weather.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 26. The Pont du Gard Inn.
7  On the staircase they met a beautiful girl of sixteen or seventeen, who looked with anxiety at the stranger.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
8  The young girl turned pale and continued to descend, while the stranger and Cocles continued to mount the staircase.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
9  The Englishman received his thanks with the phlegm peculiar to his nation; and Morrel, overwhelming him with grateful blessings, conducted him to the staircase.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 29. The House of Morrel & Son.
10  As he descended the staircase, Morrel met Penelon, who was going up.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.
11  The young lady rushed out of the apartment, but on the first step of the staircase she found a man holding a letter in his hand.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.
12  Maximilian sprang down the staircase, and threw his arms round his father's neck; but suddenly he recoiled, and placed his right hand on Morrel's breast.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 30. The Fifth of September.
13  So saying, the two young men went down the staircase, and got into the carriage.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 33. Roman Bandits.
14  All at once his ear caught a sound resembling that of a stone rolling down the staircase opposite the one by which he had himself ascended.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 34. The Colosseum.
15  On the staircase he met Signor Pastrini.
The Count of Monte Cristo By Alexandre Dumas
Context  Highlight   In Chapter 37. The Catacombs of Saint Sebastian.
Example Sentence:
1  Having descended a staircase, traversed a portion of the house below, and succeeded in opening and shutting, without noise, two doors, I reached another flight of steps.
2  Following the guidance, we had to thread some complex passages, and mount a staircase before we reached her apartment.
3  They saw a weed-grown, floorless room, an ancient fireplace, vacant windows, and a ruinous staircase.
4  The house was all built to the highest level of quality by the best craftsmen, only nobody in town could build the sweeping banister for that grand staircase.
5  They saw a weed-grown, floorless room, unplastered, an ancient fireplace, vacant windows, a ruinous staircase; and here, there, and everywhere hung ragged and abandoned cobwebs.
6  Following the superintendent's guidance, we had to thread some intricate passages, and mount a staircase before we reached her apartment.