How To Use Downstairs In A Sentence

Upstairs were the bedrooms; mother-and-fathers room the largest; a smaller room for one or two sons, another for one or two daughters; each of these rooms containing a double bed, a washstand, a bureau, a wardrobe, a little table, a rocking-chair, and often a chair or two that had been slightly damaged downstairs, but not enough to justify either the expense of repair or decisive abandonment in the attic. Chapter 1
From downstairs, I heard the clack of the front door.
Carlotta put the salve on Pierce's wounds, before joining her brother downstairs in the parlor.
I've got a face like a punctured beachball, like an arse that's fallen downstairs, like a rucksack full of dented bells. Charlie Brooker's Screen burn: What Not To Wear
In the last cliffhanger, downstairs lover Tony Head was caught sharing his Gold Blend nightcap with a mystery lady.

Doctors put her on a respirator and wheeled her downstairs to the intensive care unit.
I pulled on my jeans and ran downstairs.
The whole downstairs of the house smelled something awful for two weeks.
As the light streams through the windows of the minivan and reflects off Joni's earrings, Joel remembers the way the late-afternoon sun used to glint on the river as he made his way back from class to his off-campus apartment…the way his heart used to pound whenever he caught a glimpse of his downstairs neighbor, a balalaika player named Clarisse. The Search
The principal rooms, both downstairs and upstairs, have decorative mantelpieces and cornices that are imaginatively conceived and neatly executed.
The two other downstairs rooms, the breakfast room and the kitchen, were Florence's domain.
Descending downstairs feels like entering a 1970s vision of decadence – all red and gold sequinned drapes, geometric railings and carpeted walls. 10 of the best music venues in London
She hurried downstairs to fix herself some breakfast.
From the sounds downstairs, my mother was trying to recover from last night's hangover and put on a decent dress for her daughters' weddings.
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time.
He lifted me up on his back and gave me a piggyback ride downstairs.
He didn't attempt to swat it a third time, but opened the door, and stumbled downstairs, wailing. SACRAMENT
I made it downstairs in time to get my taxi back to town with the others who live near me. The Sun
Crush two cacodemons and proceed downstairs to face more soldiers and a revenant.
Pondering the wisdom of basing a key joke on an obscure music reference that most people won't understand, I wander back downstairs to the lounge.
He fell downstairs and broke his wrist.
The Sergeant gave her a pentagonal shaped cabin slightly larger, slightly more comfortable than the one she had had downstairs, sporting retractable shelves which sprung out here and there to alter the shape of the room.
Downstairs, a new "stereotactic" radiation therapy machine is capable of delivering a minutely focused, high-level dose of radiation to shrink or eliminate tumors. BangorDailyNews.com - News
The next morning I went downstairs and popped the hood and was aghast -- with an Arabian-Hebrew pronunciation of the "gh" -- guttural anguish. Ray Hanania: (Humor) Memorial Day Weekend Memories
We will probably take down the wall downstairs after that and lay new floor and wallpaper downstairs before they come as well.
Our flat, above the camel market, was leased from Signora, an old Italian lady who lived downstairs.
She ran downstairs as the raiders flung open drawers and sent furniture flying. The Sun
Slowly, I made my way downstairs, gliding my hand along the smooth wooden banister.
The downstairs of the two little houses had been entirely refashioned.
Avoiding the rain he ducked into a nearby building and fled downstairs to take a covered shortcut to his work area.
She spun away from the mirror and hurried downstairs, forcing the curling tension aside.
The bar turned out to be surprisingly spacious, with a restaurant downstairs, and a bar with an attached roof deck upstairs.
Downstairs in the bar, they'll be screening 60s videos non-stop.
Tolstoy tried to mix domesticity and family life, but he would come downstairs after writing and see his family playing and his eyes would well up.
When we arrived home I trudged up the stairs on my own, as he remained downstairs.
She felt so sick that it was lunchtime before she could drag herself out of bed and come downstairs.
One such piece was the framed Landsat photo of the Sahara that had been in her shop; an identical photo had hung downstairs in her home. WHERE THE HEART IS
This is the price that they expect me to pay for not getting downstairs quickly enough. Times, Sunday Times
The downstairs rooms are not as quiet as the upstairs ones.
I almost jumped out of my skin when I heard a loud crash downstairs.
Those who can't even write their names legibly can still check out the Fringe Gallery downstairs.
Kate brushed her hair and fixed her eye makeup before she went downstairs to join her family in the dining room for her birthday dinner.
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time.
The neighbors downstairs banged on the ceiling and so then I began banging my head against the wall.
Nurse Callan taken aback in the hallway cannot stay them nor smiling surgeon coming downstairs with news of placentation ended, a full pound if a milligramme. Ulysses
Then he took me downstairs to a beautiful car, uniformed chauffeur and all!
And then had to go and lock himself in the downstairs loo to think about it? Times, Sunday Times
BDownstairs, at the neighboring La Colonial Market, an employee barbecues chicken in a black kettle on the sidewalk.
Waking at Dawn two single thoughts consumed her, -- the Lay Reader, and the humpiest of the express packages downstairs. Peace on Earth, Good-will to Dogs
Completing the downstairs accommodation is a dual aspect dining room with another Adam-style fireplace and a bedroom which is currently used as a study.
When he came downstairs he had swapped his silk pajamas for slacks and an open-necked shirt, crisp and clean as always. AMAGANSETT
One night she was woke up at midnight, and when she went downstairs, she saw a strange squinny-eyed, little ugly old fellow, who asked her to come to his wife who was too ill to mind her baby. English Fairy Tales
When I came downstairs and found the door open, I was a bit chagrined, and instantly declared, like a million men before me, that I Was Not Going to Pay For Heating The Whole Outdoors.
The solicitor We are buying the downstairs flat in a house split into two homes. Times, Sunday Times
I quickly dressed and hurried downstairs to find my mother busily preparing breakfast, after which I was given my big present.
I plowed through this text in my bedroom late at night, while the unintelligible garble of the downstairs television kept me abreast of my parents' assured position in front of it.
Downstairs, Yoyo found her father setting up a brand new electric typewriter on the kitchen table.
All these town councilmen see is the $$ at the beginning. jmaster306: Most of the new families commute the 30-50 miles to the city. downstairs: They don't want bars, theaters, and parks right next door to their houses. urger: Instead of a independent entity the Levitt influence suburb (which for those who aren't students of urban planning is all of them) are parasites that drain cities. Original Signal - Transmitting Buzz
She headed downstairs, and had a bowl of cereal for breakfast.
He has little time, for he has heard the scuffle downstairs when the wife tried to force her way up, and perhaps he has already heard from his lascar confederate that the police are hurrying up the street. Sole Music
Simon said he has grown accustomed to regularly hearing what sounds like a raging party downstairs - usually after midnight.
The final time I veritably growled and he went yelping quicksmart downstairs with his tail between his legs.
He got so that he was scared of falling asleep, so he'd go downstairs to the living-room instead, with a winter coat on over his pyjamas.
He didn't attempt to swat it a third time, but opened the door, and stumbled downstairs, wailing. SACRAMENT
The telephone was downstairs in the entrance hall.
Downstairs there were four rooms: a dining room, drawing room, playroom and kitchen.
Since they refused to give up, they cheekily smashed their way through our front door and attempted to crowbar their way into one of the downstairs rooms.
Then downstairs was one big room and a galley kitchen. Times, Sunday Times
First they fenced downstairs in Ward's billiard room; the pool table had been moved to the side.
Downstairs there's a breakfast room and guests can relax in the cosy bar.
Downstairs the tiny dancefloor reverberated to a kind of deejayed free-for-all in which punk, ska, new romantic, soul, country, reggae, disco and hip-hop collided, no one seeming to bother if you could dance to it or not. Telegraph.co.uk: news, business, sport, the Daily Telegraph newspaper, Sunday Telegraph
She was found at 6.30 am the next day in the downstairs living room.
She had fallen downstairs, broken a leg and knocked herself unconscious, and had been taken into hospital.
I don't recall any live jazz in the downstairs area which, again, if the website was to be believed, was reportedly a feature.
The downstairs foyer was sheathed in multicolored marble and adorned with lush palms in handmade marble pots; a closer inspection revealed that the palms could be lifted out holus-bolus in smaller, plastic pots. TOO MANY MURDERS
All of the women are staying on the first floor, while the men are somewhere downstairs.
Now the CD changer on my downstairs stereo appears to have given up the ghost.
How do you walk downstairs in heels, waving giant fans, singing a song, looking at these guys like you love it.
This is the filthy, squalid bedroom where five children were left slowly starving to death by their parents, while they got drunk and watched television downstairs.
Three matching French chairs of 1794-1799 in the downstairs bedroom needed their original silk lampas seats rewoven.
We had to go downstairs to the toilet, and in the winter the water used to freeze up.
People seem to have fun when they visit me, and many have commented on the nick-nacks, curios and collection of spears, swords and Viking treasure that dominate the decor downstairs.
Either she had ears like a bat or she'd been on her way downstairs anyway when the intercom sounded.
Jake scrambled downstairs at a run and launched himself at Jonathan with a cry of joy.
DOWNSIDE Only one bedroom upstairs with another downstairs and a third in the annexe. Times, Sunday Times
Downstairs in the lobby there is a huge periodic table behind the reception desk. Times, Sunday Times
The sum is the money lost on sales of cigars and brandies when gentlefolk once repaired after dinner to the Oval Office downstairs to blow rings of smoke and converse.
Downstairs the dog was going berserk. Times, Sunday Times
Their kitchen is in a state, as is most of the downstairs of the house.
Downstairs are two bedrooms with window seats and a bathroom. Times, Sunday Times
Once downstairs, it was soon clear that the heart of the quartier had scarcely missed a beat. Times, Sunday Times
In between, I check back on the chipmunk, which is now expiring sadly on the downstairs rug. College Presidents Pen Admissions Essays
So would she feel more at home upstairs or downstairs? The Sun
Voice over Meanwhile downstairs neighbour Nikki Davies was delighted with her gas bills.
It is lively with a busy bar downstairs and a very good restaurant on top that satisfied my craving for a cheese fondue. The Sun
The evening came to an end at last, but Kate had yet to be handed downstairs by the detested Sir Mulberry; and so skilfully were the manoeuvres of Messrs Pyke and Pluck conducted, that she and the baronet were the last of the party, and were even — without an appearance of effort or design — left at some little distance behind. Nicholas Nickleby
But cajoling the more timorous to leave the building's downstairs social area to venture upstairs, on time, to a place where discipline is expected needs more effort. Belshazzar's Feast; Royal Philharmonic Orchestra Christmas project – review
After struggling to get it over my bad arm I succeeded and headed downstairs.
I just went to talk to my downstairs neighbour about a tree that fell down in our garden, and she gave me a sprig of rosemary, and a tied bunch of lavender.
Then I walked downstairs to the basement and did some gymnastics on my mats.
I forgot to tell you but there's a package for you downstairs in the front hall on the mail table.
In fact, Ian was merely taking cover from the bedlam he had witnessed downstairs at arrivals.
We didn't even go downstairs for lunch, though Mom brought up grilled cheese sandwiches and milk for us.
Agatha hadn't even needed to say anything to Elizabeth before she was making preparations to move the whole kit and caboodle downstairs.
But I was tickled most by the rooms of its farmhands and their own kitchen and dining room - all beautifully, designedly rustic - that suggested ‘downstairs’ is the new ‘upstairs’.
My absolute dream has always been to live and work in the same space - work downstairs then scuttle upstairs to a nest in the rafters.
We have a gas fire downstairs that has to be lit with a match. Times, Sunday Times
At Hannah's bidding, I fly downstairs barefoot and beg Mr. Hakim to get us one of his mini cabs When I return, I find her standing at the rickety wardrobe, holding my shoulder-bag which has evidently slipped from its hiding place in the rush but not, thank Heaven, my precious copy of J'Accuse! The mission song
Junior highs were nervous as they waited in the downstairs hall to begin. Christianity Today
As the people downstairs had absented themselves to a haven of fresh air somewhere, we were unable to inform them of this bung fuse and therefore unable to rectify the situation.
Ryan laughed a little and then stood up, and we walked downstairs to find Loretta setting the table.
Our spy was led downstairs into an oasis of calm. Times, Sunday Times
When George comes downstairs and is about to leave for a visit with Emily, his mother reminds him to put on his overshoes.
She brings me my glasses from downstairs and she can sniff out a chipmonk from inside the house to outside. 'Greatest American Dog' recap: Dancing With the Dogs | EW.com
That would struggle to make the downstairs loo. The Sun
I don't have time to lollop downstairs, drenched, and whip up some stink-fre towels. Blog: Late October Morning
The two women went downstairs to the safe compartment. Times, Sunday Times
Pulling on a pair of sweats and old sweater, she snuck downstairs quietly.
But it is thought that it may have begun in a downstairs sitting room shortly after 8am.
She washed her face and hands,then went downstairs.
Several times a day she would clatter downstairs to the kitchen with a Thermos that she would fill with her favourite hooch - a mixture of hot tea and sherry.
I will stand for one moment beneath the immitigable tree, alone with the man whose throat is cut, while downstairs the cook shoves in and out the dampers. The Waves
I made it downstairs in time to get my taxi back to town with the others who live near me. The Sun
The hallway leads to a nursery, downstairs toilet and kitchen and utility area to the rear of the house.
Nicole's face was red with heat and she and I leaned on one another to get to the downstairs group room.
Habit is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step a time.
As they went downstairs to the lockers, a familiar voice boomed an enthusiastic ‘hiya Matt’ from behind him.
Downstairs there's a breakfast room and guests can relax in the cosy bar.
Downstairs, her mother and father sat in the foodless, fireless dining room. Dream State
I walk downstairs with a little more bounce and more confidence than usual.
I ran downstairs and along the passageway, with the consul and Terentia at my heels, and together with Quintus and the Sextus brothers we dragged away the chest and the couch and unbarred the door. CONSPIRATA
After your meal, head downstairs and enjoy live jazz in the cool, loungey atmosphere.
The Dressing Room is a bilevel store featuring a boutique upstairs, a vintage-clothing exchange downstairs, and a full bar. Can Shopping be Fun Again?
In the last cliffhanger, downstairs lover Tony Head was caught sharing his Gold Blend nightcap with a mystery lady.
The only picture was a watercolour, framed, and hanging in the room downstairs. A ROOMFUL OF BIRDS - SCOTTISH SHORT STORIES 1990
The men demanded the keys to their new Skoda Octavia car, then locked them both in a downstairs room while they rifled through drawers.
Then I'd rush downstairs to see if Theo had any letters with a Chatham postmark, stamped `confidential' --- but so far, he didn't. RESCUING ROSE
The turnout for the event was impressive as the downstairs dining room was filled with the smell of perfume, the sound of music, and, of course, fresh cocktails built around a new spirit called Ty Ku Soju. Aspen Times - Top Stories
When I think of the old Allen Street school, with its hard and ugly lines, where the gas had to be kept burning even on the brightest days, recitations suspended every half-hour, and the children made to practice calisthenics so that they should not catch cold while the windows were opened to let in fresh air; of the dark playground downstairs, with the rats keeping up such a racket that one could hardly hear himself speak at times; or of that other East Side playground where the boys werent allowed to speak above a whisper, so as not to disturb those studying overhead, I fancy that I can make out both the cause and the cure of the boys desperation. XIII. Justice to the Boy
Downstairs, an all-purpose room serves as a dining room when family members visit.
I won't get a wink of sleep with that noise downstairs.
Downstairs again, Ed met her with the news that a cordon had been thrown around the cemetery. A MEANS TO EVIL
Mother wants to come downstairs, but is too weak to walk; it'll take both of you to bring her down.
After a time, the doctor had me removed from the backboard (which is a deucedly painful thing to be strapped to, in case you ever have the dubious privilege), carted downstairs for x-rays, and finally, blessedly, sent home.
Downstairs is dominated by a slick bar, muted colours, mismatched furniture and a dark slate floor.
The historic, red brick building was a delight in itself and the interior, especially downstairs, had a feeling of intimacy and romance.
Anyway, I went downstairs to investigate and discovered the noise was coming from outside by the garbage cans.
Stein, the writer continues, uses "words that appeal to her as having the meaning they _seem_ to have [that is, if" diuturnity "suggests a tumble downstairs, it _means_ a tumble downstairs]. Definitions: Essays in Contemporary Criticism
Howsomever, lo and behold, what was clecking downstairs. The Ayrshire Legatees, or, the Pringle family
The fire started in the fuse box downstairs.
Tara's nose tuned into smell of breakfast and decided to go downstairs to get a bite to eat.
Downstairs there is a conservatory with bay window overlooking the rear and a separate toilet and shower room.
There is neither gas nor electric light nor bath nor lavatory and the floors downstairs are stone flagged. Sand In My Shoes: Wartime Diaries of a WAAF
I went back to the hospital for a little, and found the doctor wanted more milk, so I returned to the dining-room, where I was joined by Captain Boileau, and we sat there for some time mixing the condensed milk with water, and filling bottles with it, which I took downstairs. My Three Years in Manipur and Escape from the Recent Mutiny
I went downstairs to answer the phone.
There is a utility room and a downstairs loo. Times, Sunday Times
And finally, our trip coordinator, whod been through this many times before, said, well, you know, you should all go downstairs and get something to eat. Scott Simon's Family: 'In Praise Of Adoption'
I yelled loudly for Mom, who was downstairs in the kitchen, microwaving broccoflower and listening to Julio Iglesias and Willie Nelson sing To All the Girls Ive Loved Before on her boom box. I'm Perfect, You're Doomed
I'll stay in my pyjamas, slip on my kimono and head downstairs to make a cup of earl grey. Times, Sunday Times
The two painters downstairs impinge - directly through their crazy behaviour arousing suspicion against themselves, and indirectly through Porfiry.
Downstairs is dominated by a slick bar, muted colours, mismatched furniture and a dark slate floor.
As I came downstairs, my right knee gave way, and I fell in a crumpled heap at the bottom.
Nature decided to put an abrupt end to our finger-pointing conspiracy theorists' dialogue, when a deafening fart emptied from the anus of someone soundly asleep downstairs.
Downstairs a front seat on the wooden benches cost fourpence and twopence at the rear.
Along with plenty of sleeping space, it has a large living and dining area downstairs, plus a fully equipped kitchen.
Arming myself with some broken furniture I crept back downstairs.
She saw her guests safely installed in their rooms and then went downstairs.
Straining to hear, I moved onto the landing and listened for introductory or welcoming words in the downstairs hallway.
Downstairs again she investigated the stove, then unpacked her luggage and put aside things that had to be taken upstairs.
Jane rises early the next morning, and on her way downstairs, comes upon Grace Poole sewing rings on the curtains in Mr. Rochester's room.
My mom was walking around the kitchen, groaning and complaining about the weather when I made my way downstairs.
Then came the downstairs bath and kitchen remodel, for which Raquel agonized over everything from faucets to light switch plates.
Is your downstairs loo looking neglected? Times, Sunday Times
And I was out from under, too - I broke into a cold sweat at the thought of how close I'd been to squeezing my trigger; it could have been me that they were hauling downstairs now with the darbies on, full steam for the condemned cell. 18 Watershed
The downstairs loo will lap them up, mind. The Sun
Mrs Duhig said the boy then went back downstairs and his mum checked on her other children before going down to "placate" him. Evening Mail news round-up
But in Isabella's case, the disease was only diagnosed when she was taken to hospital after bumping her head when Miss Wagstaff fell downstairs while carrying her.
When my father did not immediately reappear, I went downstairs and got myself graham crackers and jam.
She quickly mopped the floor, went downstairs to put the mop back in the kitchen, and head upstairs to her room.
She started to doze off but a loud crash was heard from downstairs, startling her awake.
In 1972, for the usual teen reasons, I scorned my parentally approved room and set up a base camp in a narrow basement corridor that led to the downstairs bathroom and a storage closet.
Downstairs the living room was equipped with the latest electronic equipment including satellite TV, two DVD players and games consoles.
When I got downstairs, a prosperous-looking yuppie was waiting on our doorstep. DEAD BEAT
When I got downstairs, a prosperous-looking yuppie was waiting on our doorstep. DEAD BEAT
She quickly braided her hair and tied a white ribbon at the end, grabbing a matching straw bonnet before heading downstairs to join her husband for breakfast.
Back downstairs, the family room is a cosy space with an antique cast iron fireplace and walls painted in warm terracotta.
I knew I probably should have gone downstairs but in all honesty, I didn't feel like getting up and having people tell me how sorry they were and how their sympathies were with me.
She repainted the downstairs rooms and closed off the second floor.
On a muggy Thursday evening, the dimly lit downstairs bar was heaving with a restless, reckless kinetic energy; the boozed-up, spirit-slicked office throng collaborating on a prescription for the morning-after pill. Restaurant review: Platform
The leakage had created a crack in the ceiling of this downstairs flat, which also boasted a boarded up broken window.
He saw Magdaléna alone for a moment before the others came downstairs, and his delight at meeting her again was so boyish that she could hardly have recalled his eventful forty years had she tried. The Californians
MacLyle came downstairs like a pallbearer, and he was silent and shaken until 7:30, time for the news on TV.
Next was the recreation room downstairs plus all the bathrooms, one on each floor.
I might have to pack up for the big commute to the TV downstairs so I can watch it on cable.
She said she ran downstairs and alerted her husband, who had fallen asleep fully dressed on the sofa.
Cooking smells wafted up from downstairs.
You know, I've 43 minutes left in my evening here - then it's downstairs for entertainment, and after an annoying, drizzly sunless day, I need entertainment.
Tina's family had assisted her to construct a downstairs bathroom for him while Christopher was in hospital.
Three other roommates are asleep upstairs, while downstairs the noonday sun floods in through the windows.
The telephone was downstairs in the entrance hall.

How To Use Downstairs In A Sentence

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