How to Use downstairs in a Sentence

downstairs

1 of 3 adverb

• He ran downstairs to answer the door.
• He lives downstairs from us.
• Head downstairs to find the area of the home that was built for events.
  — Ryan Conner, Dallas News, 14 Sep. 2023
• Cody jumped up, leaped off the bed and ran downstairs to the kitchen.
  — cleveland, 3 June 2022
• The guys went downstairs and the ladies stayed upstairs to talk.
  — Amy Dickinson, Washington Post, 11 Jan. 2023
• With the rooftop shots nailed, Chin goes back downstairs to strength-train.
  — John Thompson, Men's Health, 19 Oct. 2022
• The shows used to be held in the Carrousel du Louvre, downstairs.
  — Steff Yotka, Vogue, 15 June 2022
• The intruder ran past her downstairs and out of the house, the statement said.
  — Nick Stoico, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Mar. 2023
• Jean and Carol called the police and went downstairs to wait for them in the lobby.
  — Chicago Tribune, 22 Sep. 2022
• The survivors were both asleep downstairs, and a dog in the house was also unharmed.
  — Michael Ruiz, Fox News, 8 Dec. 2022
• Three of the children who died were found upstairs and one was found downstairs.
  — Taylor Hartz, Hartford Courant, 7 Jan. 2024
• Smith remained downstairs in the kitchen, hiding in her fort and waiting for the storm to pass.
  — Alicia Victoria Lozano, NBC News, 29 Sep. 2022
• And that might have played into my lack of feeling a need to go downstairs.
  — Jim Ryan, Forbes, 28 June 2022
• Khaswan was a dentist who lived downstairs from Izzeldeen in Gaza City.
  — Fares Akram, Anchorage Daily News, 9 May 2023
• In the kitchen downstairs, Lee’s staff prepares the first courses of lunch for diners.
  — Jenn Harris, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
• The family ran downstairs from their rooms and watched the elephant grab treats and take off.
  — Kelli Bender, PEOPLE.com, 29 June 2022
• Cam ran downstairs, told his dad and broke down crying.
  — Suzette Hackney, USA Today, 13 Feb. 2023
• There were always mouse droppings in the kitchen area downstairs.
  — Kadish Morris, New York Times, 9 Mar. 2023
• My younger daughter, who wasn’t at school that day, came downstairs.
  — Amy Schwabe, Journal Sentinel, 10 Mar. 2023
• There was a space downstairs that was a private space for gamedays.
  — oregonlive, 14 Aug. 2022
• If there’s a choice, stay downstairs, home to the 10-stool bar and exhibition kitchen.
  — Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 21 Apr. 2023
• And then, in the morning, being called downstairs to breakfast.
  — Alex Morris, Rolling Stone, 8 July 2022
• And the three of us scramble downstairs for dinner, taking the long walk from Namba.
  — Bryan Washington, The New Yorker, 29 Aug. 2023
• All the relatives would come over – adults upstairs, the kids downstairs.
  — Terry Pluto, cleveland, 1 Jan. 2023
• When more help arrived, De La Cruz sent Pellot downstairs to the kitchen.
  — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 16 Dec. 2023
• The homeowner ran downstairs, opened a closet and took out an ax.
  — Robyn A. Friedman, WSJ, 7 Sep. 2022
• Back downstairs, the living room, kitchen, and den are each open to a stone terrace and a heated swimming pool.
  — Mark David, Robb Report, 17 Jan. 2024
• Feaster put the child in a tub filled with water, then went downstairs for about five minutes, the warrant said.
  — Henri Hollis, ajc, 12 Aug. 2022
• The club had a large room downstairs with a dance floor and bar, plus two banquet and meeting rooms with capacity for 300 people.
  — Catherine Muccigrosso, Charlotte Observer, 22 Feb. 2024
• The Kardashians star then filmed herself walking downstairs with her kids before sharing more kisses and cuddles with them.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 1 Mar. 2024

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downstairs

2 of 3 adjective

• There are five downstairs rooms.
• Is that the death knell of this upstairs-downstairs soap?
  — Thelma Adams, BostonGlobe.com, 17 May 2022
• Woodruff and the suspect, Holmes, lived in the downstairs unit, police said.
  — Sophie Carson, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 Dec. 2021
• The downstairs flex space was given a mature makeover for the kids.
  — Lauren Jones, House Beautiful, 15 Sep. 2021
• At the home, police found an open safe in the downstairs office.
  — Christine Pelisek, Peoplemag, 20 Oct. 2022
• Get to the downstairs bathtub, cover the wife and kids, and pull a mattress over his back.
  — Washington Post, 18 Dec. 2021
• Hogan’s has a downstairs Mill Shop and an upstairs Tap Room for adults.
  — Kaitlyn Keegan, Hartford Courant, 29 Sep. 2022
• There were three occupants in the upstairs unit and two in the downstairs unit, Beaulieu said.
  — Mike Mavredakis, Hartford Courant, 29 Dec. 2022
• The mixed zoning would even allow for a downstairs business and a rental.
  — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• Raskin found his son the next morning, lying in his bed in the downstairs apartment in their home.
  — Caitlin Gibson, Washington Post, 6 Dec. 2021
• The acceptance of the upstairs / downstairs way of life by so many in the middle of the last century.
  — Globe Staff, BostonGlobe.com, 4 Jan. 2021
• At about the same time, the downstairs roommate heard noises from Goncalves’s room and thought Goncalves was playing with her dog.
  — Meryl Kornfield, Washington Post, 6 Jan. 2023
• The primary suite and a guest suite are also downstairs.
  — Dallas News, 13 Feb. 2021
• The downstairs serves as a kitchen and dining room, while the upstairs offers a lounge area with beds and instruments to play.
  — Emily Pennington, Outside Online, 19 May 2021
• The upstairs and downstairs worlds, men and women, old and young, all living under one roof.
  — Simon Thompson, Forbes, 22 May 2022
• The downstairs fifth bedroom down can be utilized in a variety of ways.
  — Lesa Stuart, Dallas News, 29 Apr. 2023
• The two other downstairs bedrooms are in a separate wing of the home, Eleazer said.
  — Mary Grace Granados, Dallas News, 27 Aug. 2021
• The downstairs unit has room for four guests with a total of two bathrooms, two bedrooms, and one sofa bed.
  — Andrea Romano, Travel + Leisure, 20 May 2021
• In a downstairs bathroom, the couple combined a black toilet and sink with a sequin-like wall of brass tiles.
  — Alina Dizik, WSJ, 16 Mar. 2022
• DeLaney sourced the chippy shiplap from Cope & Stick for the upstairs guest bedroom to play off the downstairs pecky cypress.
  — Blake Miller, House Beautiful, 7 Sep. 2021
• The primary suite and an en suite bedroom are downstairs.
  — Dallas News, 12 June 2021
• Leah still hasn’t seen the toilet paper David flushed more than a minute ago, so David heads back inside and turns on the downstairs guest tub faucet.
  — Trevor Fraser, Orlando Sentinel, 18 Aug. 2022
• Small black spots have since appeared on the downstairs bathroom floor and baseboards, while large patches have grown on the wall above.
  — Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2021
• Amat said that there are an upstairs, a downstairs and a courtyard area.
  — NBC News, 1 Apr. 2021
• My downstairs neighbor was a courteous young man who drove a Lexus and kept a pair of pet monkeys.
  — San Diego Union-Tribune, 26 Apr. 2022
• Floor-to-ceiling windows in the living room offer views of the deck and the pool and bring in natural light all through the downstairs level.
  — Abigail Rosenthal, Chron, 13 Aug. 2021
• The downstairs area where the shooting took place is a sacred space, off limits to visitors.
  — Vanessa Williams, Washington Post, 22 May 2022
• Check out the beadboard and fun blue chinoiserie wallpaper in the downstairs bath.
  — Mary Carole McCauley, Baltimore Sun, 25 May 2022
• Along with live music, the Grog Shop and its downstairs sister venue B Side are known for comedy and dance nights.
  — Annie Nickoloff, cleveland, 28 July 2022
• My brother likes to entertain in the downstairs media room of his Encinitas house, which opens to a covered patio.
  — Catherine Gaugh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 17 Dec. 2022

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downstairs

3 of 3 noun

• The victim told them the money was in a safe downstairs.
  — Kevin Krause, Dallas News, 6 Nov. 2020
• The best place to be is in the 250-seat balcony, with its prime view of the stage and all the amenities that patrons have downstairs.
  — David L. Coddoncontributor, San Diego Union-Tribune, 4 Feb. 2023
• The trick is the open concept downstairs and smart uses of space at just about every turn.
  — Southern Living, 25 Feb. 2021
• The downstairs of the building has been updated to have a gray, black and white color scheme.
  — Evan Frank, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 29 Apr. 2021
• His studio was the entire downstairs of the building and mine is upstairs.
  — Los Angeles Times, 21 Oct. 2020
• Slouchy suede, black and white houndstooth patterned Ligne Roset Togo chairs in the downstairs lounge.
  — Nancy Keates, WSJ, 1 Mar. 2023
• The downstairs level includes the owner’s suite, laundry room, open kitchen and wine room.
  — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 17 Sep. 2023
• There is a half-bathroom downstairs and upstairs, plus a bathroom in the pool cabana.
  — Dallas News, 21 Nov. 2020
• Our bedrooms are right next door to each other downstairs.
  — Nick Romano, EW.com, 25 Oct. 2021
• Deputies found Theresa Cain’s husband, Steven Cain, 50, on a downstairs couch.
  — Jennifer Edwards Baker, The Enquirer, 3 Mar. 2023
• Or put three pieces upstairs as a sofa and three downstairs as a loveseat and a comfortable chair.
  — David Hochman, Forbes, 26 May 2021
• Though most of the building is reserved as a private members club, the rooftop space and the new Lemon Grove restaurant downstairs are open to the public.
  — Evan Nicole Brown, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Oct. 2022
• The house is cool, especially the downstairs bedroom where Má sleeps.
  — Viet Thanh Nguyen, The New Yorker, 9 Sep. 2023
• If the robot vacuum needs to clean the upstairs and downstairs, move the unit and docking station to the home’s relevant floor and set it up to clean.
  — Lauren Corona, chicagotribune.com, 28 Mar. 2021
• Understandably, the boyfriend freaks out and chases Clay downstairs and grabs him.
  — Martha Sorren, refinery29.com, 8 June 2020
• As no one is allowed in or out because of the illness, the residents of the house - both upstairs and downstairs - are the only suspects.
  — Perri Ormont Blumberg, Southern Living, 14 May 2021
• Five bedroom suites are spread across two stories: three upstairs and two downstairs.
  — Jack Flemming, Los Angeles Times, 25 July 2022
• That means these towels are a must near any highly-trafficked sink, like your downstairs powder room or kitchen sink.
  — Laura Denby, Peoplemag, 28 Mar. 2023
• There is a coffee shop downstairs and plenty of shops, restaurants and bars nearby in buzzy Covent Garden.
  — Joanne Shurvell, Forbes, 28 Dec. 2022
• The new owners can wake up in their downstairs bedroom suite and enjoy a delightful courtyard.
  — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 22 Aug. 2023
• There’s even more living space to play with downstairs in the finished basement, which is somewhat of a rarity in village homes of this age.
  — cleveland, 16 Apr. 2021
• The girls were gathered in a downstairs washroom before Sunday services when the blast exploded at 10:22 a.m.
  — Kimberly Chandler The Associated Press, Arkansas Online, 16 Sep. 2023
• My downstairs, including an office, guest room and laundry room, does not.
  — Jura Koncius, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2020
• In lieu of a restaurant, meals at The Chelsea Townhouse are served in the downstairs salon—arriving on the ground floor via a delightfully retro dumb waiter.
  — Hayley Maitland, Vogue, 13 Sep. 2023
• Only the kitchen and a downstairs bathroom are excluded from the wallpaper party.
  — Tori Latham, Robb Report, 7 June 2023
• The adjoining cupola affords stunning views across Chelsea, while the downstairs speakeasy slings cocktails, fine wines, and spirits.
  — Demetrius Simms, Robb Report, 1 Aug. 2023
• All the bedrooms have full baths and walk-in closets, and there are multiple spaces for groups to gather, including the living room, hearth room, and downstairs area, to name a few.
  — Lennie Omalza, The Courier-Journal, 20 Apr. 2023
• The downstairs level features the primary suite, another bedroom and a study.
  — Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 18 July 2023
• In a crowded downstairs of a building at the resort, an A&M official asked Gates and me to head with him upstairs for an extended visit.
  — Brent Zwerneman, San Antonio Express-News, 12 July 2022
• Elsewhere in the house is an upstairs en-suite bedroom with its own balcony, as well as a downstairs office that could easily serve as a fourth bedroom, per the listing.
  — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 Oct. 2023

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024