| 单词 | staircase |
| 例句 | It would have had to work through inlaid wooden floors and thick carpets, to creep up the grand staircase to the second floor. The Ear, the Eye, and the Arm 1994-04-01T00:00:00Z Emily’s mom pushed their front door open, revealing their own staircase. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Alex reached the staircase and climbed up into the light, feeling the woman’s eyes, like daggers, stabbing into his back. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z And although every building and every door he had seen so far had been labeled, this staircase was blank. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Kyle bounded up the spiral staircase to the third floor, signing autographs and posing for selfies with fans along the way. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z But when they got to the main staircase, he saw that the yellow glints were headed downstairs, not up to the deck. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z I took a few steps back down the staircase, but it was pointless to pretend that I hadn’t been listening. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z He sat down on the bottom step of the back staircase. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z High ceilings, a grand winding staircase descending into the foyer, hand-carved everything, each room themed and with a distinct character. Zeitoun 2009-07-15T00:00:00Z A moment later he’s bounding into the kitchen fully dressed, as if he’d pulled on his clothes while careening down the steep wooden staircase of our drafty Victorian house. If I Stay 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z RON enters on a staircase, his side parting now super-aggressive, his robes just a little bit too short, his clothes now spectacularly staid. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z My mom and I kept running, down the staircase into the street, breaking into the darkness with death chasing behind us. Ghost 2016-08-30T00:00:00Z A balcony, to which one ascended via a spiral staircase made of wrought iron, took the place of the second story of shelves. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z He heard two voices shouting in a classroom near the staircase—Great...more people were up here—as his phone buzzed. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Faces swam on the edges of Harry’s vision, people were peering at him, whispering, wondering, and Gryffindor rubies glistened on the floor like drops of blood as they made their way toward the marble staircase. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z And then we were walking up the staircase. The Joy Luck Club 1989-01-01T00:00:00Z The upper story is reached by climbing a circular iron staircase; at the top is Death Row. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z He took the Firebolt and, holding it as if it were made of glass, carried it away up the boys’ staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Harry climbed back down the ladder and the spiral staircase, wondering...had he just heard Professor Trelawney make a real prediction? Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z But he must have a remarkable memory or reliable instincts, because he leads us up through a maze of twisting staircases and increasingly narrow halls. Catching Fire 2009-09-01T00:00:00Z Sing Sing’s maze of corridors, gates, and staircases had grown organically over the years according to the demands of the partic-ular era; no master plan had guided the development. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They slipped through the doorway behind them and down a tightly spiraling stone staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They slipped back down the spiral staircase, their hearts as light as their hands, now that Norbert was off them. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z So we talked to Little Wayne in a staircase outside his sister’s apartment. Our America: Life and Death on the South Side of Chicago 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z The front hall floor is white and black squares; there’s a graceful central staircase. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z In response to Clara’s imagination and the requirements of the moment, the noble, seignorial architecture began sprouting all sorts of extra little rooms, staircases, turrets, and terraces. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z A massive curving staircase dominated the west side of the room. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z She led Victor past the columns and into the courtyard from where a steep and impressive staircase led up to the first floor. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z As the staircase turns, light flows into the cavern, until I can finally see Will’s shoulders in front of me again. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z I fight through the crowd to get to a set of staircases. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z As I stepped into the house she sat down on a wooden bench positioned at the bottom of a narrow carpeted staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z They flew to the staircase, Emily still clutching her new book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z When I came to the archway by the gallery and the staircase I heard the murmur and hum of conversation coming from the dining-room. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Harry hurried over to the door leading to the spiral staircase, but his hand had only just closed upon the iron ring of the door when he heard running footsteps on the other side. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Rémy's boots pound the floors, and he catches me before I reach the staircase. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z A broad staircase led up to a heavily columned front porch. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z I followed her up a staircase and we walked down a hall. Bud, Not Buddy 1999-09-02T00:00:00Z And now the staircases part—the two look at each other—one full of guilt—the otherfull ofpain—both full of unhappiness. Harry Potter and the Cursed Child 2016-07-31T00:00:00Z She sank down onto the bottom step of the staircase and was still sitting there a few minutes later when Gwen emerged from the dining room, a stack of clothes in her arms. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z Was she retreating into the living room, to the fireplace and her secret staircase? The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z Tad looked back down the hallway they had just come from and then toward the staircase in the middle of the hallway...near the fire. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Clutching her stick, she made her way back to the staircase. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z “The place looks like it’s about to fall in, Selwyn,” said a cool second voice, echoing up the mangled staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z George walked right through the doors of the first class baggage room and down a steep metal staircase that led to the hold. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron followed Professor McGonagall back into the school and up the marble staircase. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Silently they followed her up the staircase, watching her little affectionate dabs at the stair rail and the carvings on the walls. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Before Hermione could get farther than “Ron, I’m just as capable—” the tapestry at the top of the staircase on which they stood was ripped open. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z John’s office overlooked the factory floor from a balcony at the top of the staircase. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z He walked slowly up the wooden staircase, smelling the smell of this house again. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Inside the house, everything was predictable, the high-ceilinged rooms, with heavy, sashed windows, the oak wall panelling and the oak doors, and the oak staircase, the massive furniture. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z He wished Ron and Hermione both luck, then turned and climbed the marble staircase again, determined, whatever Hermione said, to devote an hour or two to the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The halls were crowded, and there was always jostling and shoving by the staircase, so I wasn’t positive he could have avoided it. Maybe He Just Likes You 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z It was around eight in the evening, I was coming down the main staircase, and heard a burst of laughter rising up the stairwell from the ground floor. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z “Oh, right, right,” he said, but his eyes had already traveled to the massive staircase, and the huge number of family photos that lined the wall next to it. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z “People have died, though!” said Hermione in a worried voice as they walked through a door concealed behind a tapestry and started up another, narrower staircase. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I stepped out of the kitchen and stopped in front of a spiral staircase leading up to the second floor. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z It led to the metal staircase that would bring him to Block D. There was a telephone in his room. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z “Slughorn’s office,” said Harry, leading her up the marble staircase away from all the staring and muttering. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z There were outside staircases, going heaven knows where—perhaps to heaven. The Once and Future King 1958-01-01T00:00:00Z Meggie heard him trampling up the narrow wooden staircase that led to the attic. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Even when it reached the grand staircase to the palace, the mussel continued, undaunted. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z I was escorted through the school to a narrow, winding staircase with handcrafted railings that led up to a cavernous auditorium. Just Mercy 2014-10-21T00:00:00Z He was little more than halfway down the staircase when he heard an all-piercing, sustained scream—clearly coming from a small, female child. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z He shoves me down a long and narrow staircase. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He and Luna hurried up the staircase, which was long, lit by torches, and turned corners in unexpected places. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In silence they ascended the moving spiral staircase and entered the circular office. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Rowan looked up to see Esme sitting at the top of the grand staircase watching them. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z Down one staircase, then another, along a new corridor — then they heard a cackling ahead. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z My avatar appeared just inside the “entrance,” a door at the top of a carpeted staircase. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z She took the spiral staircase at a clip and raced onto the upper deck. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z There was a scattered trail of cookie crumbs to follow for a while, but it disappeared at the foot of the great central staircase. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z Deep within the castle, there was a dungeon I called the Pit of Id, which was a murky place with thin staircases leading through dank air. Landscape with Invisible Hand 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z In the shadows on the far side of the room, they saw Haley Daley heading for the staircase they’d just come up: steps that would take her back to the basement. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z A ladder led up from the top of the staircase. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z We were led through a small wooden door, then up a narrow spiraling staircase whose stone steps seemed numberless. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z He could hear footsteps coming down the spiral staircase behind him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “That staircase leads to a bottleneck. You think the guards won’t check under that mask before they let you through?” Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z The two friends bounded up a spiral staircase to the second floor, where they found another set of steps to take them up to the third. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Another staircase led up to the room where the van Pels family had lived, this one steeper than the last and eighteen steps, essentially a glorified ladder. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z I search the edge of the room for a ladder or a staircase that will help me-climb. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z With seconds to spare before classes changed, they climbed the grand marble staircase to the third floor. Hitler Youth: Growing Up in Hitler's Shadow 2005-04-01T00:00:00Z There have been many slips, on many staircases. The Girl on the Train 2015-01-01T00:00:00Z They went in through a hole in the wall, and picked their way through the gloom, across rubble and fallen timbers, and found a staircase. Atonement 2001-09-20T00:00:00Z “Bastion de la Hollande,” she whispers, and her fingers walk down a little staircase. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Miguel finally popped up from his desk and made a mad dash for the nearest staircase. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z On the second day the crowd going up the broad staircase to see the little Angel was even greater. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z At one end ran the frame structure of the outdoor staircase. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z For hours they followed figures up staircases that were also going down, or watched geese turn into fish and then into geese again. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The loud crash brought him out of his reverie; hurrying from the scene lest Filch turn up, he dashed down the marble staircase and along the passageway below. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He’d done the framing for all of the rooms, and put in a staircase and a fireplace, but that was it as far as it got, no other decorations or finishes. The Miseducation of Cameron Post 2012-02-07T00:00:00Z My climb continues, up a wooden staircase that’s been built atop a crumbling concrete one. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z I wandered around helplessly until finally I noticed the staircase—small and badly lit—in the far corner of the building. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z It was those rooms, low, dusty garrets at the top of a cramped narrow staircase. A Game of Thrones 1997-08-04T00:00:00Z I could hear Papa’s car engine as it pulled into the driveway or how his shoes sounded coming up the staircase. The Red Umbrella 2010-04-25T00:00:00Z Holly scaled the great staircase, ever vigilant for the giant manservant. Artemis Fowl 2001-04-26T00:00:00Z “Come along,” a voice answered distinctly upstairs, and Eleanor turned, eager, and hurried to the staircase. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z One team concentrated on slamming us into lockers, while another focused on tripping us up or shoving us down staircases; still another concentrated on attacks with weapons. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z She walks a circle around the Grand Gallery, navigating between squeaking floorboards; she hears feet tramp up and down museum staircases, a toddler squeal, the groan of a weary grandmother lowering herself onto a bench. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z The door to the hall was ajar, and since the door to the apartment was also open, one saw out into the landing of the apartment and the start of the staircase going down. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z I followed him up a spiral staircase and into the clock tower itself, where there was a well-lit room with simple furnishings: two chairs and a wooden table. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Finally the staircase opened onto the roof, which was heavily slanted, an inverted V enclosed by stone parapets. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z I saw the white people eating in the mezzanine’s cafe at the top of the grand spiral staircase. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z I turned toward the staircase again and saw a flash of red. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z There are staircases, also of wood, which creak when we climb them, and banisters we aren’t supposed to slide down, and iron radiators that make banging noises and are either stone cold or blazing hot. Cat's Eye 1988-09-01T00:00:00Z A bitty, sandy cove—the tiny beach—is tucked in at the bottom of a long wooden staircase. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z There was a double spiral staircase that wound up to a second-floor landing, also marble, and along the staircase, Grace could see a large portrait wall covered in professionally framed pictures. Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z All right, he paused on the staircase landing before leading us to our floor, and the kick that was supposed to delight my classmates by just missing the teacher hit him squarely in the backside. Bad Boy 2001-05-08T00:00:00Z The house they lived in had a lake and gardens, a wide staircase, white doors and windows, and curtains with flowers. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z “Miserable old bat,” said Ron bitterly as they joined the crowds descending the staircases back to the Great Hall and dinner. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She led me to the staircase and pointed up. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Around the perimeter, the branches of all the trees grew into a narrow, uneven staircase. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Red velvet ribbons were tied in prettily drooping bows around the balusters of the central staircase and great urns of scarlet poinsettia flanked the doorways. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z When I got to the bottom of the staircase, I heard laughter. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z Laura and her daughters would take the escalator, marveling at the moving staircase, she teasing them that this might be the ladder Jacob saw with angels moving up and down to heaven. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents 1991-01-04T00:00:00Z Dicey saw them out, and when they had gone she sat waiting on the hall staircase for her family to return to her. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z Mom burst out of her room with Cleo in her arms as Dad and Barry made it to the top of the staircase. I Survived Hurricane Katrina, 2005 2011-04-01T00:00:00Z Finally, we decided it was getting late, and we started down the wide marble staircase. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z Bod walked behind Silas, followed him down the small spiral staircase to the crypt. The Graveyard Book 2008-09-30T00:00:00Z I also have a brand-new prescription for gunfire jitters: When the shooting gets loud, proceed to the nearest wooden staircase. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron followed her, but halfway up the staircase Harry heard someone calling him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I rose from the bench and mounted the narrow carpeted staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z But when we reached the bottom of the staircase she was sitting there as usual, her hands folded together in her lap. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z At the end of the hallway was the staircase Uncle Albert had told him to climb. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z As an extra measure of precaution, she took the elevator to an office three floors above, then walked down the staircase to the FBI. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z The soldiers left the library, deposited the lead weights by the front door, and headed up to the second floor, knocking their shoulders against the paintings of the Lockton ancestors that lined the staircase. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z I flashed the cyborg doorman my invitation, then mounted the long crystal staircase leading up into the club. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Neville jumped down from their carriage and dashed up the steps too, looking up only when they were safely inside the cavernous, torch-lit entrance hall, with its magnificent marble staircase. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z She was crouched against the wall near the bottom of the staircase and came pouncing down upon him like a hawk with a glittering silver steak knife in her fist. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z The door to the spiral staircase that led back into the castle was closed. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z “I’m going to shower before the lights go,” she said, heading for the staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z They entered a narrow hallway that led to the rear of the house, passed a room with thin curtains, passed a narrow dark staircase going up and went into a kitchen. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z They all scrambled out of bed; Harry reached the dormitory door first, and they sprinted back down the staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Yossarian went to bed early for safety and soon dreamed that he was fleeing almost headlong down an endless wooden staircase, making a loud, staccato clatter with his heels. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z Mom and Layla waited at the bottom of the staircase near the front door. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z This was the password to the hidden staircase to Dumbledore’s office — or at least, it had been two years ago. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Laughing, they raced down the great staircase and found their way through the game room and into the dining room. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z A grand staircase splits into two like a pair of pearl-white snakes. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The plane door opened, and George Blake appeared at the top of the staircase, looking out over the large crowd of reporters and well-wishers gathered to welcome him home. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z He started running as fast as he could toward the staircase — “POTTER!” Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The kitchen was in a rundown apartment in a clapboard house near the river, the kind with three stories and a rickety outside back staircase. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry tore up the stone steps, through the oak front doors, and off up the marble staircase, toward the second floor. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z When I climbed the staircase to the house, Dad was standing on the porch, smoking a cigarette. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Two seconds later, Charles Chiltington was sprinting up the staircase behind him. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z A staircase appeared in the ground, and she floated down to some unknown room, the Town Uncle following close behind. Witchlings 2022-04-05T00:00:00Z That sunny morning a crowd of us was going up the central staircase to be examined by her, while another lot she’d just finished with was on its way down. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z I heard the rain still beating continuously on the staircase window, and the wind howling in the grove behind the hall; I grew by degrees cold as a stone, and then my courage sank. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z They slipped out of the kitchen and down a narrow passage-way to an uneven staircase, which wound its way, zigzagging up through the house. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “Can we... I point inside and Stuart follows me inside. I stop in the hallway with the secret staircase. “There’s a lot I don’t know about you, Stuart,” I say. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z He shoves me through dank passageways and down slippery staircases. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Bill leans against the side of the small building that shelters the staircase, hat forward to keep the sun off of his face. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Again her fingers find the outer ramparts, the Bastion de la Hollande, the little staircase leading down. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z She went down the stairs, along the hall, and started down the staircase to the entry hall. Fablehaven 2006-07-30T00:00:00Z We passed out together on to the landing beyond, and I saw we were at the head of the main staircase now, behind the minstrels’ gallery. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Before Petra could tell her about the zap on the staircase, the old woman said, “Just be careful. Looking and seeing are two very different things.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z It’s when I get to the middle of the staircase that I’m scared out of my wits. Lucky Broken Girl 2017-04-11T00:00:00Z At that precise moment, a strangled yell echoed down the boys’ staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z It led to a staircase, but one that winded upward to the level above. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Dumbledore gave the password, it sprang aside, and he and Harry went up the moving spiral staircase to the oak door. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z By the time Harry reached the bottom of the marble staircase, Cedric was at the top. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, and Neville climbed up the last, spiral staircase until they reached their own dormitory, which was situated at the top of the tower. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Or that optical illusion with the staircases that never stop going upward. P.S. I Miss You 2017-09-26T00:00:00Z A spiral staircase in the living room leads up to an open space that composes much of the second floor. Mockingjay 2010-08-24T00:00:00Z Spiral staircases and tiny lifts connect to the very top. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I turn off the alarm, run my fingers through my hair, and half walk, half jog to one of the emergency staircases. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z Harry pulled the Invisibility Cloak over himself and descended through the floors, at last walking down the marble staircase into the entrance hall. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Miss Anderson strips me of my weapons before she claps me and Red Jack in irons and leads us down a back staircase to a lower part of the house. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He carved the stone of Behistun into a staircase—one step at a time—all the while dreaming that he’d reach the peak of the mountain and by then he’d have changed the world. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Harry couldn’t get away; whenever he tried to sidle over to the staircase up to the dormitories, the crowd around him closed ranks, forcing another butterbeer on him, stuffing crisps and peanuts into his hands. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Elodin ignored me and turned to climb a wide marble staircase in his stocking feet. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z Kingshaw watched him for a moment, his fury rising, and then began to run, down the corridor and the staircase, across the hall and into the sitting room, clenching and unclenching his hands. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Professor McGonagall was coming down the marble staircase with her arms full of books. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z At the top of the staircase, Seward’s son Frederick confronted Bell and the stranger. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z After a few yards they came to a staircase. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Miss Josie walked Laney and Paganini to the door and watched them descend the staircase to the first floor and safely enter their apartment. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z They were standing by the curving staircase, hemmed by an ornate balustrade. Americanah 2013-05-14T00:00:00Z It was made of sand-colored adobe and had two soaring steeples, a gigantic circular stained-glass window, and, leading up to the two main doors, a pair of sweeping staircases covered with pigeons. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z We walk down the staircase to the ground floor. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z But Harry was already hurtling back along the corridor and within minutes, he was saying “toffee eclairs” to Dumbledore’s gargoyle, which leapt aside, permitting Harry entrance onto the spiral staircase. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z He watched the bottom of the spiral staircase. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z With every step up James’s staircase, the smells of spices and roasting meat grew stronger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z “This way,” I said once I spotted the staircase. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z A small man in black flannel comes down the staircase apologizing in German; he says he is the assistant director. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z This was a modern room with a curving steel desk near the center, carefully positioned halogen lights, and a spiral staircase leading down from a perfect circle cut in the ceiling about fifteen feet high. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z He crept along the corridor below, pushed aside a tapestry about halfway along, and proceeded down a narrower staircase, a shortcut that would take him down two floors. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Harry walked quickly from the office and down the spiral staircase. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Each was connected within an intricate framework of oddly-angled corridors and intersecting staircases that wound from the belly of the building to its deepest depths to the crown of its sky-viewer and back again. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z I slip out and up the servants' staircase. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The soldiers carried the president up the curved staircase. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I step closer to the staircase and am startled to see Claire in the shadows, sitting on the landing, slumped against the banister. The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z Harry asked, after she had led them down through six floors, and started down the marble staircase into the entrance hall. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He ran up the staircase and along the corridor to his room on the first floor. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I inch forward and check the hall, then race up the last set of staircases to my old bedroom on the third floor. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Footsteps in the house, the private office, the kitchen, then...on the staircase. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z A chimney stood nearby, and a staircase led up to the attic. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He led us down a spiral stone staircase to an elevator that carried us down several more floors to Og’s basement. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z At least, that was her escort’s intention, because she hadn’t failed to notice when they went up and down the same staircase within a matter of minutes. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z “This way, Harry,” breathed Luna, plucking his sleeve and pulling him toward a spiral staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Golden lifts and spiral staircases take passengers up to the highest stores—some are hidden by the thickening white clouds. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Against the back wall, a black stone staircase led up and down. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Kingshaw had only to move his hand, and he could pull him over, grab him behind the knees and overbalance him, so that he would topple through the well of the staircase. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “There’s some steps over here,” said Miguel, climbing a wooden staircase. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z I’m halfway up the steps when I hear a mom down at the bottom of the staircase shout, “Crush it, Ainsley!” Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The central staircase is wider than ours, with a curved banister on either side. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z The hall was not dark, nor yet was it lit, only by the high-hung bronze lamp; a warm glow suffused both it and the lower steps of the oak staircase. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z The golden egg fell through the tapestry at the bottom of the staircase, burst open, and began wailing loudly in the corridor below. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z All eleven rooms, plus the hallways and staircase landings, were quickly jammed full. An American Plague: The True and Terrifying Story of the Yellow Fever Epidemic of 1793 2003-06-23T00:00:00Z He had just set foot on the marble staircase when he heard it yet again — “Kill this time... let me rip .. . tear...” Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z It had been a fine house once A wide black walnut staircase rose to a landing window with most of its stained glass still in. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z It looked just as Harry remembered it: eerie, cobwebbed, the outlines of the house-elf heads on the wall throwing odd shadows up the staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The study doors are those that face one as one comes down the great staircase. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He is about to turn back down the staircase when one of the doors opens and a girl emerges, a pretty, slender girl wearing a but- toned-up polka-dotted thrift store dress and scuffed Doc Martens. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Bobby started climbing the spiral staircase, up and up, four flights. Endgame 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z By then, a door at the top of the staircase is open, letting in daylight. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Harry and Ron edged out of the kitchen, and they, Hermione, and Ginny set off along the narrow hallway and up the rickety staircase that zigzagged through the house to the upper stories. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Their proposals to set fire to the grand staircase or sculpt the governor's head out of human feces had all been rejected. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z Despite the uncomfortable interruption in the kitchen Ophie was feeling mighty pleased with herself as she climbed the grand staircase. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z I open the door that says ELLIOT’S ANTIQUES, tucked between the two storefronts, and climb the wide staircase. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z I walked back from chapel and found Finny in our dormitory, blocking the staircase until the others who wanted to go up sang A Mighty Fortress Is Our God under his direction. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z “Yeah, that’s better. They went down the marble staircase. All they needed now was a Slytherin that they could follow to the Slytherin common room, but there was nobody around. “Any ideas?” muttered Harry. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Ere long, with the servant’s aid, I contrived to mount a staircase; my dripping clothes were removed; soon a warm, dry bed received me. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z As she headed for a swooping white stone staircase, she caught sight of two familiar figures in the shadows of a nearby alcove. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z We dashed up the spiral staircase and into the nave. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Stone sculptures of sea creatures were stationed all around the bottom of the staircase to the gate of the great hall. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z At the end of the passageway, before an enormous mural of Saint George and the Dragon over the staircase landing, he folded the ship’s newspaper into quarters and put it into his left hip pocket. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z We filed one by one up a dark cement staircase at the back of the first floor, which was filled with empty beds and limp white curtains. The Darkest Minds 2012-12-18T00:00:00Z I descended a narrow staircase from the mess hall to R-gallery very carefully, because with the trays stacked high, I couldn’t see in front of me. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z As his team trooped up the spiral staircase to the second floor, Kyle looked down at the Rotunda Reading Room and realized how hollow the library seemed without anybody in it. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z “I think this is the best thing that could have happened to those elves, you know,” said Hermione, leading the way back up the marble staircase. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The screen door slammed shut so hard it whacked him in the butt and sent him flying up the staircase as if hed been shot from a cannon. The Lightning Thief 2005-07-01T00:00:00Z As she Nothing-Stepped down the staircase, she heard the sounds of their housekeeper in the kitchen. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z My eyes rise up the hollow twirl of the staircase and it is as if we are inside a gigantic seashell. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z Near the end of the hallway, Dylan and I find a staircase hidden away in the darkness. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Britain is teaching a group of eyelash-batting middle school girls how to make spiral staircase friendship bracelets—something I taught him just yesterday. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I would make my way by touch up the dark staircase and come to rest against the door, the thud of blood in my ears. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z His mom says okay as we are already following him up a skinny, twisty staircase. Fish in a Tree 2015-02-05T00:00:00Z He took off running for the closest spiral staircase up to the second floor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The crowd thinned and they were able to climb the next staircase without difficulty. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z “I feel quite invigorated,” the Count said as he and the Prince began to ascend the underground staircase. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Mama cried as the kids descended the staircase. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z The staircase is steep, and just when I wonder if it will ever end we enter a long corridor lit by gas lamps. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z Midnight ticked nearer as they heaved Norbert up the marble staircase in the entrance hall and along the dark corridors. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She marched back along the corridor, counting the number of doors from The Grand High Witch's room to the staircase. The Witches 1983-10-27T00:00:00Z Harry sprinted up the marble staircase to the first floor, Ron and Hermione clattering behind him. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z The staircase led so far down that by the time it reached a level floor, the sky behind them at the head of the flight was quite invisible. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z ‘I’m not going to eat my palace! I’m not even going to nibble the staircase or lick the walls! I’m going to live in it!’ Charlie and the Chocolate Factory 1964-09-12T00:00:00Z I can be here forever and ever, studying all the art and walking up and down the dramatic marble staircases. I Am Not Your Perfect Mexican Daughter 2017-10-17T00:00:00Z I went back to the staircase, knowing this time I would have to climb it. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Finally, he pushed a door open, the last door before the staircase to the ground floor. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Miguel turned and ran for a staircase winding up to the second floor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Though the prison cells were only one floor above them, it took four staircases to get there. The Girl Who Drank the Moon 2016-08-09T00:00:00Z Devi’s place of business was through an alley and up a narrow balcony staircase behind a butcher’s shop. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z So when I saw another staircase—marble again—circling up to the next floor, I took it. Okay for Now 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z In the next breath, the Nightingale ran up the staircase. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z “Tell me, was it a bit of genius or a severe case of overthinking that led ye to drop the crown before retreating up the staircase?” Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z “I’m warning you, Peeves —” Peeves stuck out his tongue, threw the last of his water bombs into the air, and zoomed off up the marble staircase, cackling insanely. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We walk through the doors into the main lobby, the large staircase looming in front of us. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z Upon entering, she was not directed toward either the orchestra or the central staircase leading to the balcony. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z They turned left down the hall and ascended a narrow staircase. Homecoming 1981-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned his back to me and started climbing the long winding staircase. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z The narrow staircase is dark, but a yellow glow from up ahead provides a bit of illumination. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z He heard a noise behind the staircase, where he spotted another doorway leading down to the cellar. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z Nor did he stop to admire the staircase, with its intricate risers of crafted, polished wood that ascended in a circle to the next level. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z First she had the wall knocked down and then, when it was not found, the staircase and half of the main sitting room. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Marisol grabbed a tape measure to check the height of the staircase she was making. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z With another glance at the window he got to his feet, picked up the tray, and headed for the spiral staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Two weeks earlier, on the ship sailing over from Europe, she had slipped on a staircase in rough seas and broken her ankle. The Voice That Challenged a Nation: Marian Anderson and the Struggle for Equal Rights 2004-05-25T00:00:00Z But Gregor had no time right now for his parents: the manager was already on the staircase. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z Too, Penelope longed to ask about the strange staircase the children had discovered upstairs, but she did not feel it wise to confess to Lady Constance that they had wandered into the attic without permission. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z They passed dozens of arched doorways that opened into large chambers, staircases, and halls. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z It was in the heart of Rome and was richly furnished, with a grand staircase and resonant halls. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z Every helical staircase I saw that weekend in Oxford made me more confident that other biological structures would also have helical symmetry. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z He started to dig himself out under cover of all the noise Xenophilius was making on the staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z In the back half of the store there was a loft and a spiral staircase that led up to it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z On tiptoe, I edged along the wall, heading for the main staircase. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z She was looking up at the staircase, shaking her head slowly. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The carpet bends and goes down the front staircase and I go with it, one hand on the banister, once a tree, turned in another century, rubbed to a warm gloss. The Handmaid's Tale 1985-01-01T00:00:00Z He hesitated outside the crowded Great Hall, then ran up the marble staircase; whether Gryffindor had won or lost, the team usually celebrated or commiserated in their own common room. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Up a winding staircase was another room, filled with knickknacks. American Gods 2011-06-21T00:00:00Z “Map of Hogwarts,” said Harry, hoping Moody was going to pull him out of the staircase soon; his leg was really hurting him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z A delicious smell of food was wafting from the Great Hall, but Snape led them away from the warmth and light, down a narrow stone staircase that led into the dungeons. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We proceed behind her up a wide stone staircase, the clatter of our hard-soled shoes on the steps echoing like a drumroll. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He closes the cellar door behind him and bars it and sits halfway down the wooden staircase with a damp look on his face, fear or grit, it’s hard to say. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Within minutes, he had climbed the station's staircase to the second floor, where Garfield lay on a mattress in the corner of the room. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z In a far corner, an arrow pointed down a staircase to another exhibit, jellies, on the floor below. The Thing About Jellyfish 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z It slid open, and he climbed a corkscrew staircase that was only used by staff. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z She would have the entire staircase—no, the entire apartment—stripped bare and redone. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z “Welcome,” Gwen said with a quick smile, and they carried the trunk into the house and hefted it up the grand staircase. Ash 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z "Your rooms are up the staircase to the north wing; this is the southern staircase." The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Alex remembered the corridor at the foot of the metal staircase. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z I stood still in front of the staircase, my hands trembling violently. Purple Hibiscus 2003-10-01T00:00:00Z A door at the end of the hall leads to a spiraling iron staircase. The Night Circus 2011-09-13T00:00:00Z I see a spiral staircase, but I don't have the energy to walk to the top. The Sky at Our Feet 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z Remembering to leap the vanishing step halfway down the concealed staircase, he burst through a tapestry at the bottom and out into a corridor where a number of bewildered and pajama-clad Hufflepuffs stood. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Harry shouted the password at the gargoyle and ran up the moving spiral staircase three steps at a time. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z A private staircase stretched up and out of view to Ms. Lee’s floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Miguel, looking sort of sad, headed up a separate spiral staircase. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Entering Matrosskaya Tishina, I found a confusing maze of cell blocks, low doorways, endless tunnels, dingy corridors, and ancient metal staircases. Mountains Beyond Mountains 2013-04-13T00:00:00Z The door to our apartment was at the end of the hallway, below and to the right of the staircase that led to the two stories above us. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z There was an iron staircase with iron doors at the top and bottom. Slaughterhouse-Five 1969-01-01T00:00:00Z She couldn’t see them; all she could see was confusing, infolded perspectives of colonnade, staircase, terrace, and facade. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z “Wow, this whole place is wood. Look at that staircase. I’ve never really noticed it before. It looks like something from an old movie—you know, like Bette Davis should be standing at the top.” Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z At the Lawrence Corporation, just down the riverbank from the Concord, a girl had slipped on the icy staircase in the rush to dinner. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The staircase comes sharply into view and Axel crawls toward it on hands and knees. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z I try to keep track of the staircases, lifts, and shop names, but the corridors twist and turn with no orderly pattern. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Bo immediately made for the big staircase, but the girl gently held him back and pointed toward a stone bench at the bottom of the stairs. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z The corridor was split in half with a metal staircase leading down into what must be some sort of basement. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z When I looked up again, my father was standing at the foot of a spiral staircase with a group of veiled women all around him. Krik? Krak! 2015-12-15T00:00:00Z Through the portrait hole and across the common room, the girls and boys divided toward their separate staircases. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The officers wandered toward the hallway to the left of the spiral staircase, the one with the cream carpet, so difficult to clean. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z I went down the back staircase—low and claustrophobic, scarcely three feet wide—through the kitchen and butler’s pantry, and out onto the back porch. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z An up staircase occupied part of the view. The Season of Styx Malone 2018-10-16T00:00:00Z On the other side, the staircase continued downward—in fact, it went so far down that she wondered if she were beneath the castle. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z A floating crystal staircase led up to the club’s only entrance, a circular opening at the bottom of the sphere. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z A big lit globe shone on either side of the doorway, above twin frost-tipped yews, which in turn set off a short, wide staircase. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z Spotlights following him, he scampered to the nearest spiral staircase, slid down the banister, and dismounted with an impressive backflip. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z He pointed his wand at the wall of books behind him and with a bang, a hidden door flew open, revealing a narrow staircase upon which a small man stood frozen. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Hallway, staircase, cloister, hallway, stair—I was getting dizzy and fearfully afraid that I was lost. The Inquisitor's Tale 2016-09-27T00:00:00Z In the very center a spiral staircase of wrought iron led up through an opening to the floor above. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z We felt our way, one step at a time, to the staircase. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Even during my second Cambridge year, when I moved into rooms on the R staircase of Clare’s Memorial Court, my boycott of college food continued. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z On the far wall of the fifth floor, a metal staircase led up to the roof. Shadowshaper 2015-06-30T00:00:00Z When we walked into Pizitz, we could smell the food and see the grand spiral staircase that led to the whites-only mezzanine cafe. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement 2011-02-01T00:00:00Z Peach came down the grand front staircase with Aunt Goldie, keeping his gaze intently on the front doors, as if he might hear Dismay barking outside any moment. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Henry, who led the way in, hasn’t even stopped to speak to him, and all Alex can do is follow him up the grand staircase toward his rooms. Red, White & Royal Blue 2019-05-14T00:00:00Z We reach narrow wooden staircases that draw us deeper into the forest. The Sea in Winter 2021-01-05T00:00:00Z The gargoyle leapt aside at the mention of toffee eclairs, and Harry took the spiral staircase two steps at a time, knocking on the door just as a clock within chimed eight. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z After a second or two he was able to see the hand-laid and hand-finished wooden floor in a huge hall, and at its farther end a wide staircase spiraling up into the dark. Song of Solomon 1977-01-01T00:00:00Z The dogs had two whole floors, connected by a steep staircase that Fred couldn’t wait to race up and down. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z He climbed the curving staircase to the balcony, following the same path the Lincolns took to their box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z When we finally come down a “secret” staircase, I linger over family pictures in the hallway. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z The platform leveled off at the window before a small, stone staircase. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z They pulled into the store's dirt parking lot fifty minutes early and strode up the staircase and into a blast of air-conditioning. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z She gave Ron a very cold look and swept past him up the marble staircase without speaking. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the staircase, Garfield was moved onto it and carried outside. Ambushed! 2021-10-12T00:00:00Z As we make our way through the maze of kids, corridors, and staircases, we come across another little kid stranded in a sea of gigantic, frantic eighth graders. Shine! 2019-11-05T00:00:00Z The space is open, so even though she is in the dining room, I see her and the living room and even the staircase that must lead to the bedrooms all at once. Piecing Me Together 2017-02-14T00:00:00Z A bloodcurdling scream came ringing up the staircase from the basement. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The bases face in, like treads in a circular staircase. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z His face was dour, and he glanced at the chaplain without recognition as the two drew dose on the staircase and prepared to pass. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z “Lighten up,” Thomas said to Chuck as Newt headed up the staircase. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z They hung about that red staircase like clerks in a government office. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Carmen practically flew up the narrow staircase that led to their apartment. I Survived the Great Molasses Flood, 1919 2019-09-03T00:00:00Z The base of the staircase was a smoking crater. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z We heard an electric hum behind us as the jet’s staircase retracted and the hatch closed. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Harry, Ron, and Hermione joined the Gryffindors streaming up the marble staircase and, very tired now, along more corridors, up more and more stairs, to the hidden entrance to Gryffindor Tower. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z The descent into the underground lair took longer than I thought it would, partly because the curving staircase was covered in invisible booby traps. Tristan Strong Punches a Hole in the Sky 2019-10-15T00:00:00Z The staircase swooped down, winding on and on, and she followed the rose scent whenever another door or arch appeared. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z He was led back along a passage, past more works of art, up a staircase, and then along a wide corridor with thick wood-paneled doors and chandeliers. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z But just then, a new arrival materialized on the staircase. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The hall's grand staircase and white marble columns vanish. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z The two mice made their way gingerly down the secret staircase. Redwall 1986-10-23T00:00:00Z She stood in the hallway, turning, looking back of her at the staircase and then around again at the front door. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z We pass twenty-three and come to the last step of the staircase, the one that meets with a cold metal door that says Tenants Only, and she takes out a key and here we are. Sparrow 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z That night she and her father wind up the twisting staircase and go to bed side by side on the same lumpy bed in the same sixth-floor bedroom with the fraying silk wallpaper. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z And she said, “Over there. See that big staircase with the escalators? See the sign? Says Underground. Take the Bakerloo Line to Willesden Junction or the Jubilee to Willesden Green. You OK, honey?” The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time 2003-05-01T00:00:00Z She reached for her bathrobe, tied it tightly about her waist, and padded down the winding staircase, leaving sloppy wet footprints along the parquet floor. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z I turn a corner that I think will take me to another staircase, but I end up in another blank hallway, just like the last one I was in. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z They had positioned themselves under the staircase and waited. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z These audition studios are a series of corners, hallways connecting to hallways, like an Escher drawing, a staircase becoming an upside-down door. Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z The museum’s various levels were comprised of vast caverns linked by a network of subterranean streets, tunnels, staircases, elevators, escalators, ladders, slides, trapdoors, and secret passageways. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Dismay immediately detached himself from me and scuttled for the grand front staircase to find Tidings, who was bigger than I was and who offered more protection. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The wall at the top of this strange staircase was plastered over with many layers of wallpaper. The Incorrigible Children of Ashton Place: Book I: The Mysterious Howling 2011-01-25T00:00:00Z We end up reaching the end of the path just as Simon and Bram step off the staircase. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z He knew that he must not pause anywhere, on the staircase or on the landings. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Snape had just emerged from the hidden staircase behind the stone gargoyle. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z As I emerged, she walked silently towards the staircase, a curious lack of urgency in her manner. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He spread his arms in front of the staircase, and Harry had a sudden vision of his mother doing the same thing in front of his crib. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z A spiral staircase leads up to a second level. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z Harry dressed and went down the spiral staircase into the common room. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The spy descended the staircase, swarmed by CIA and FBI agents. Spies: The Secret Showdown Between America and Russia 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z “Out of the way!” yelled Harry, knocking two boys aside as he sprinted toward the landing and down the remainder of the marble staircase. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z They pulled on their bathrobes, picked up their wands, and crept across the tower room, down the spiral staircase, and into the Gryffindor common room. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Before Harry could say or do anything, she tucked the enormous book under her arm, and, still sobbing, ran toward the staircase to the girls’ dormitories and out of sight. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z They didn’t meet anyone else until they reached the staircase up to the third floor. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z She walked the length of the factory floor to a staircase. The Hot Zone 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Framed photographs line the wall by the staircase, and Bram pauses to look at each one. Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda 2015-03-25T00:00:00Z The staircase ends and deposits us in a sizable room. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z The staircase was straight, and very long, but eventually they reached the end of it. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z The stone walls were lit with flaming torches like the ones at Gringotts, the ceiling was too high to make out, and a magnificent marble staircase facing them led to the upper floors. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Another officer, Riordan, brought the matter up with me when we were near the center staircase during the morning count; no one could see or hear us. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z The foyer and the staircase of the First Building were soon as crowded as at midday. A Separate Peace 1959-01-01T00:00:00Z I could easily get lost among its spiral staircases. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Every winding corridor, or hidden staircase, or secret shortcut, explored over and over again. Five Feet Apart 2018-11-20T00:00:00Z At the exact center of it was the staircase, where I stood. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z She ran through the kitchen, ignoring Mama’s and Cook’s yelps of surprise and shouted censure, grabbed the saltshaker off the prep table, and climbed the stairs, her short legs pumping hard up the grand staircase. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She stuck a hair ribbon in the place. she whispered as the feet of an army of girls could be heard thundering up the staircase. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z It was a large apartment house with lots of halls and I couldn’t find my way to the staircase. Flowers for Algernon 1959-05-01T00:00:00Z Trays a few times a day became a regular thing, and Ophie ran up and down the grand staircase as Mrs. Caruthers requested this or that. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Feet pounding on the staircase after the Choosing Ceremony. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z “Well, it’s true,” Harry chortled as they reached the top of the marble staircase, “If he hadn’t stolen Neville’s Remembrall I wouldn’t be on the team. . ..” Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z Lately Boori Ma had been thinking that the stairs were getting steeper; climbing them felt more like climbing a ladder than a staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z The door from the building’s staircase to the PSU floor was always kept locked. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Caroline hung back, but I grabbed her arm and started for the staircase. Jacob Have I Loved 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z As the walls trembled again, he led the other two back through the concealed entrance and down the staircase into the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Sticky shuffled his feet and said, “I just kept trying one door after the other, until finally I found the staircase. It was sheer luck.” The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z I get my rag and my oil soap, work my way up the staircase, polishing each spoke on the banister as I go. The Help 2009-02-10T00:00:00Z It’s yellow brick with a spiral staircase and a two-story foyer and vertical blinds. Class Matters 2005-09-02T00:00:00Z He had looked at Mr Hooper surreptitiously across the dining table, and when he passed by him on the staircase, trying to understand. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z It looked like a giant sausage link, but when Robin cut a long section from the wall, making a window into the valve, I could see a spiral structure inside, like a staircase. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The men followed behind, all quickly disappearing, until Sanjeev alone remained at the top of the winding staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Cara leads us to a hack staircase, and we join a group of terrified Erudite as we run up one, two, three flights of stairs. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z Translucent staircases staggered down from the clouds, ending right in front of Aru and Mini. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z “I’m going to see if he’s okay!” said Pansy, and they all watched her run up the marble staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z She gestured toward the stairs, so I walked up, but didn’t pause to examine the assemblage of recycled trash at the top of the staircase. Turtles All the Way Down 2017-10-10T00:00:00Z It would like a new family to run through its massive halls, children to climb on the grand staircase, mothers to chide them and fathers to play hide-and-seek through the many rooms. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z The bottom of our staircase was lined with baskets of miniature candy, and when Mr. Pirzada removed his shoes he did not place them there as he normally did, but inside the closet instead. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z He pressed the Play button and headed for the creaky staircase. Dog Squad 2021-05-11T00:00:00Z Then he led me up a creaky wooden staircase to my room. Nine Stories 1953-04-06T00:00:00Z She pulled herself to her feet clumsily, and stumbled from the balcony down the covered staircase. Go Set a Watchman: A Novel 2015-07-14T00:00:00Z I peered through the archway at the head of the big staircase, and looked down on the hall below. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Sunlight enters the room, but it only creates a sharp beam that barely illuminates anything but the tip of the staircase. Marcus Vega Doesn't Speak Spanish 2018-08-21T00:00:00Z We went; following the superintendent’s guidance, we had to thread some intricate passages, and mount a staircase before we reached her apartment; it contained a good fire, and looked cheerful. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Hermione asked as Harry descended the staircase, but before he could respond, Xenophilius reached the top of the stairs from the kitchen, now holding a tray laden with bowls. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The driver walked me into the cavernous house and dumped my things next to a marble staircase in the middle of the foyer before turning to leave. Amal Unbound 2018-05-08T00:00:00Z The curving staircase was around the corner from the dining room; the upstairs seemed a lot quieter and less alcohol-filled than the downstairs. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z Then we turned and began to mount the staircase leading up to the house. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z He heard the sound of feet on the spiral staircase, saw the leather shoes coming down before he saw the man who wore them. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Then Charles and Pomp lit the staircase on fire, and we left the man to burn upon this bier. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume II: The Kingdom on the Waves 2009-10-13T00:00:00Z There were five doors to pass, then go down the staircase, at the foot of the stairs turn left for the front door....She had carefully taken note of the way. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z Once he had finished with the clocks on the roof, he climbed down the ladder and the long staircase. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z “I’m going to attach this staircase to the wall, see? Like so? And then put shelves way up high for the cats to climb to. It’ll be cat paradise.” Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z Mrs. Fairfax stayed behind a moment to fasten the trap-door; I, by dint of groping, found the outlet from the attic, and proceeded to descend the narrow garret staircase. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z A dozen more girls in black flooded up the staircase, swords in hand, and surrounded her. The Son of Neptune 2011-10-04T00:00:00Z Sarah Winchester was famously convinced that spirits cursed her family and that if she kept building staircases that led to nothing, the confused ghosts wouldn't kill her. Americanized 2018-02-08T00:00:00Z In the hall, however, he stretched out his right hand away from his body towards the staircase, as if some truly supernatural relief was waiting for him there. The Metamorphosis 1915-01-01T00:00:00Z “What did Mr. Crouch say, Harry?” said Dumbledore as they walked swiftly down the marble staircase. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z I made it four whole days avoiding him—taking different staircases, using different hallways, only going to my locker during lav breaks. Ask the Passengers 2012-10-23T00:00:00Z But she didn’t, and what I remember now is that I went down the staircase burning with shame and resentment. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z They passed lovely shops full of lovely people before descending a staircase to the next level, which was bathed in Crimson and Amber light. A Wish in the Dark 2020-03-24T00:00:00Z Inside would be a spiral staircase around a stone column. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z At the end of a light-starved corridor I tested my weight on a rickety staircase, my boots leaving fresh tracks in layers of dust. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Carefully, he pushed aside wires with part of what he was assuming used to be a door frame so he could get closer to the collapsed staircase. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Jule went to the top of the staircase and gazed at the city. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z She hobbled around the bookshelves toward the staircase up to the reading room. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z By the fourth floor, things are piled everywhere, in the rooms and corridors and along the staircase: baskets of what must be machine parts, shoe boxes loaded with screws, antique dollhouses built by her great-grandfather. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Before Grandfather could say another word, I had lifted my skirts and raced up the staircase. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z He was at the top of the stairs now, holding Frolic, who still couldn’t manage the staircase on his own. Messenger 2004-04-26T00:00:00Z In the chaos, when everyone was shouting and the factionless were trying to push us toward the staircase, I curled my fingers in the h^m of his shirt so I wouldn’t lose him. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z She turned left at the bottom of the staircase and hurried toward the door through which Cedric Diggory had gone the night after the Goblet of Fire had regurgitated his and Harry’s names. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z He tiptoed along the stone corridor, making, he hoped, for the back staircase. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Almost laughing, she ran across the room and into the hall, to look down the staircase into the hallway below. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z It burns through to the living quarters and climbs the front staircase where, halfway up, it meets Charles Berberian himself, who tries to smother it with a blanket. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z The tea was tooth-achingly sweet, and Ophie sucked it down gratefully after a day spent running tea trays up and down the grand staircase. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z One day, it rained without stopping, and Mr Hooper caught him, on a bend in the main staircase. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z “There’s a staircase about/three yards away,” I say. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z They ran down the next staircase and found themselves in a corridor full of duelers. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z This model was also equipped with built-in lifts and an amorphous surface, so that it could simulate walking up inclines and staircases. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z The large center hall of the Sillington house had a staircase that curved upward like a stretch of DNA. The View From Saturday 1996-09-01T00:00:00Z Instead of newel posts at the bottom of the staircase, an intricately carved oak monkey clung to either end of the railing. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Off to the side of the building is an open staircase. Born Behind Bars 2021-09-07T00:00:00Z Great chunks were missing from the marble staircase, part of the balustrade gone, and rubble and bloodstains occurred every few steps as they climbed. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He allowed himself to be swept up the marble staircase with them, but at the top he hurried off along a deserted corridor. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I listened to her footsteps cross the hall and start up the great staircase, then proceeded to the doorway myself. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z He walked up the spiral staircase slowly, smelling wet adobe plaster and listening to the rain rattle the waxy green cottonwood leaves growing near the porch. Ceremony: 1977-03-01T00:00:00Z Next is the weight of her on each wooden step, until the door at the top of the staircase flashes open, light spilling into the basement. A Bird Will Soar 2021-10-19T00:00:00Z As we headed up a staircase toward what looked like the main building, I heard a woman singing. The Sea of Monsters 2006-04-01T00:00:00Z Instead of going up the marble staircase, Cedric headed for a door to its right. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z “There are plenty of mice around this place — go and chase them. Go on,” he added, nudging Crookshanks down the spiral staircase with his foot. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z At the foot of the staircase she stopped and hissed, with a venom that shocked Mia: “Your brother is dead—dead, you realize that?—and you come home like this?” Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z They wave good-bye and disappear down the long staircase. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Nearly half the mealtime was spent simply going up and down the staircase, across the mill yard and bridge, down the row of houses—just getting to and from the meal. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z I wished I had the courage to go by the Service staircase and so by roundabout way to the restaurant, and there warn him of the ambush. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Joseph and Frankie slipped past the guard and followed a well-worn royal blue carpet through a door, down another hallway, and up an ancient cast-iron spiral staircase. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z At the top of the staircase was a gloriously quiet hallway lined on either side with doors. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z A wooden staircase leads from the downstairs hallway to the third floor. The Diary of a Young Girl 1997-02-03T00:00:00Z One door led to an old-fashioned kitchen, one to a back staircase, and three or four others were simply locked. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Lavender Brown was standing at the foot of the marble staircase looking thunderous. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z Libby led me up a wide staircase, to a large gallery with a dozen windows, and tapestries hung between them. The Shakespeare Stealer 1998-05-01T00:00:00Z I imagined Nancy descending a long iron staircase into the netherworld, and a man who waited for her at the bottom. The Poisonwood Bible 1998-01-01T00:00:00Z Two stories, with a staircase you could see from the front door. It All Comes Down to This 2017-07-11T00:00:00Z He stared at the old building, at the grand alabaster staircase gleaming in the morning light. Beasts of Prey 2021-09-28T00:00:00Z Ivy yanked on the door, and it yawned open, revealing a little staircase descending into the dark. Ivy Aberdeen’s Letter to the World 2018-03-06T00:00:00Z The temperature inside was only slightly warmer than outside, and the interior seemed to be made entirely of cold marble: marble floors, marble walls, and, before them, a long marble staircase. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z Above there seemed to be another hallway, going the width of the house; she could see a wide landing and then, across the staircase well, doors closed along the upper hall. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z Stan passed Harry’s bed and disappeared up a narrow wooden staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Up close the city constitutes an oppressive series of staircases, but from a distance it inspires fantasies of wealth and power so profound that even our communists are temporarily rendered speechless. Me Talk Pretty One Day 2000-05-02T00:00:00Z It’s too much to take in all at once—statuary and columns, balconies and staircases, oversized wooden benches. Orphan Train 2013-04-02T00:00:00Z He processed down the grand front staircase, clinging to Aunt Goldie. Each Little Bird That Sings 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Her knees shook as they climbed the tiered staircase, the carved dragons frozen on their ramps of marble slabs. When the Sea Turned to Silver 2016-10-04T00:00:00Z In fact, I was half-way up the back staircase, carrying a fully laden tray, when I heard the sound of angry footsteps rattling the floorboards somewhere below me. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z Powell inched toward the staircase, backing Bell up to the landing. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z He turned around and around, sword ready, studying the brightly lit staircase. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z Steering clear of Mr. Lott’s room, Frankie hurried around the floor, getting things organized, then went back up the back staircase to the next level. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z So that very day I made a staircase of stones under the pond overflow. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z Ron stared as Professor McGonagall ushered Harry and Hermione away from the chattering crowd; they accompanied her across the entrance hall, up the marble staircase, and along a corridor. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Three staircases and several halls later they arrived at a large chamber filled with loaded shelves. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z After two days of labor, workers and students were halfway through clearing off the top platform and the staircases leading to it; the layout of the structure was visible enough to map. 1491 2005-10-10T00:00:00Z From an uncovered window high overhead, a little daylight made its way down the curved staircase, illuminating thousands of dust motes dancing in the dim air. The Old Willis Place 2004-09-20T00:00:00Z Now Mary Alice and I had to stumble up that long staircase to the darkness above. A Long Way from Chicago 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z She and the golden monkey moved on quickly, climbing great staircases, crossing bridges, always moving upward. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z They ran behind the counter and through a second doorway, which led to a rickety wooden staircase that they climbed as fast as they could. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z As he ascended the steps, two at a time, he saw Kyle Keeley and his entire entourage running down a staircase from the third floor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z The hall led to a sweeping spiral marble staircase that went up a whole lot more floors than seemed possible. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z We made our way down three spiral staircases made of black wrought iron to reach the Grey Twelve. The Name of the Wind 2007-03-27T00:00:00Z The metal door unsealed and creaked open, revealing a dark staircase leading down. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z They climbed more staircases, yawning and dragging their feet, and Harry was just wondering how much farther they had to go when they came to a sudden halt. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Dumbledore!” said Harry without thinking, because it was he whom he yearned to see, and to his surprise the gargoyle slid aside, revealing the spiral staircase behind. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Still, they would be impressed, he hoped, by the lovely bay windows, the shining parquet floors, the impressive winding staircase, the wooden wainscoting, as they sipped champagne and dipped samosas in chutney. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Later that day I hesitated as the throng of students made its way back up the front staircase. Warriors Don't Cry: A Searing Memoir of the Battle to Integrate Little Rock's Central High 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z Ladders were not necessary to reach it, as several permanent spiral staircases were built into the wall itself. Cathedral: The Story of Its Construction 1973-09-19T00:00:00Z I rushed up the staircase, anxious to check my email, knowing there would be a message from Drew. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z But just as he began to worry, he entered a room and stumbled smack into a staircase. The Mysterious Benedict Society 2008-04-01T00:00:00Z The first things we see once we’re inside are the merry-go-round unicorns standing guard at the foot of each side of the double staircase. Odd One Out 2018-08-09T00:00:00Z I follow the stream to the falls, a beauty that splashes down an eighty-foot staircase. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z She marched back up the marble staircase without a backward glance. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The guards kick my sides and slam my head into the staircase, but I hold tight, pushing my arcana further. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I walked down the steep staircase, wondering how he made it to the bottom in his cast. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z To get to the top, we had to pass through a locked staircase gate on every single floor. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry ignored him and made his solitary way up the marble staircase, through the deserted corridors, and back to Gryffindor Tower. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Certain phrases drifted through the keyhole or under the door of Father’s office and up the staircase and round the landing and under the door of Bruno’s bedroom. . .. to leave Berlin. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z Beyond it there was a spiral staircase that led up to the top of Castle Anorak’s tallest tower. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Leaving their shoes outside the closet door, they sprinted in their socks up the marble staircase toward Moaning Myrtle’s bathroom. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Up the front steps, up the marble staircase inside, and still Professor McGonagall didn’t say a word to him. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z On hot days, Fred and I liked to take the spiral staircase downstairs and sit on the rug in the children’s section, looking at books. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z She pushes open the kitchen door and Francis is not-so-casually hanging out by the staircase, trying to stay in the know but also keep back so he doesn’t have to shame or punish a Decker. They Both Die at the End 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z Sherm shoved the door open with his hip, revealing a carpeted hallway and a broad wooden staircase. Goodbye Stranger 2015-08-04T00:00:00Z They climbed a staircase that was lined on the left by layered sheets of granite and echoed on the right by rows and rows of shelved books. Scythe 2016-11-22T00:00:00Z “Right. Now, when you go up the servants’ staircase, what do you come to at the top?” The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z She began to climb the staircase, but I stopped her, saying: 'Miss Kenton, please don't think me unduly improper in not ascending to see my father in his deceased condition just at this moment. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z She must have dashed through every picture lining seven staircases to reach here before him. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Then he leads them single file down two twisting staircases and along several corridors and stops outside an iron door with a single keyhole. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Slowly, he and Ron mounted the marble staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He saw the brother and sister running down the marble staircase ahead and aimed jinxes at them, but merely hit several bewigged witches in a portrait on the landing, who ran screeching into neighboring paintings. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z The fuse box is under the grand staircase. Code Name Verity 2012-05-15T00:00:00Z They stood at the opposite end of the long, dark hallway from the usual staircase, the one Thomas had climbed on his very first day to see Ben. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z At the top of a spiral staircase — they were obviously in one of the towers — they found their beds at last: five four-posters hung with deep red, velvet curtains. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z We find him on the bottom of the staircase. The Hate U Give 2017-02-28T00:00:00Z Dad started climbing the staircase with Mom in his arms. Auggie & Me 2015-07-20T00:00:00Z The banister of the rear staircase was hung with drying leaves and stalks sent from the frontier. The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z I put my extra set of clothing on one of the far shelves, then follow the Duchess down a back staircase. Dread Nation 2018-04-03T00:00:00Z At lunch she hiked miles within the walled city, around curls and corners of tiny alleyways, up secretive staircases, along crowded thoroughfares smelling of oranges and rose water and damp, mopped stone. Habibi 1997-10-01T00:00:00Z I climbed to the top of the staircase, put my hand on the newel, and stepped into the second-floor hallway. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z He leaped down the staircase, three steps at a time, and skidded to a halt, searching for a way out. Stormbreaker 2000-09-04T00:00:00Z Certain phrases drifted through the keyhole or under the door of Father’s office and up the staircase and round the landing and under the door of Bruno’s bedroom. The Boy in the Striped Pajamas 2006-01-05T00:00:00Z After class, Hassan found Colin eating a peanut butter and no jelly sandwich on the wide stone staircase at the school’s back entrance. An Abundance of Katherines 2006-09-21T00:00:00Z In my mind, Kristin Chenoweth will be waiting for us on a staircase at this Port Authority place, probably singing the theme to “New York, New York.” Better Nate Than Ever 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z Standing on the spiral staircase above us, with his weapon drawn, was our missing sword master Quintus. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Charles Kingshaw came down the staircase and heard her voice, stopped. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z No one had to dream up shutters and window boxes and trim, or porches and turrets and wide curving staircases. Breadcrumbs 2011-09-27T00:00:00Z By five the girls had crowded through the main gate, josded their way up the outside staircase on the far end of the mill, cleaned their machines, and stood waiting for the workday to begin. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z The whole tower seemed to be nothing but an excuse to build a staircase. The House of Hades 2013-10-08T00:00:00Z She looked up at the large staircases on either side of the incline that led to the main entrance above and remembered how she’d clung to her father’s words. Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z With nothing to hold it up, the staircase began to bend under the weight of the children crowding on it, and then it swung down and fell with a huge crash. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z They managed to get to the other side of the common room, still having their backs slapped, and gained the peace of the staircase. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z At the bottom of the staircase, wind rushed past her. Aru Shah and the End of Time 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z I hurried so fast down the wet metal staircase that I nearly slipped, but as I started toward the Toros’ apartment, suddenly there she was. The Book of Unknown Americans 2014-06-03T00:00:00Z He passed up the gallery very softly, unclosed the staircase door with as little noise as possible, shut it after him, and the last ray vanished. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z Heels clicking on the marble floor, Dr. Zinchenko made her way to the nearest spiral staircase, then clanked up the steps to the second floor. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z They walked carefully back across the entrance hall and up the marble staircase, holding their breath as they passed corridors where watchful sentries were walking. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z Once, a younger cousin who had tried to imitate him had fallen down the red clay staircase in Ashoke’s house and broken an arm. The Namesake 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z Three minutes later she and her dæmon were standing at one end of a long corridor, where a dusty skylight let them see a narrow staircase descending at the other. The Amber Spyglass 2000-10-10T00:00:00Z Lord Asriel was out a hunting, but they got word to him and he came riding back in time to find your mother’s husband at the foot of the great staircase. The Golden Compass 1995-07-01T00:00:00Z Celaena rushed down a staircase, then strode along a hallway lined with books. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z We pad up a wide stone staircase without rails. The Cruel Prince 2018-01-02T00:00:00Z Their Dime Lion guide pushed open a heavy iron door and gestured for them to follow him down a steep staircase. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z I jump down the rock staircase, pausing on ledges to look for signs of her camp, and come upon the ruins of an old mill. On the Far Side of the Mountain 1990-01-01T00:00:00Z We proceeded down a hall I remembered being almost impassably clogged with broken furniture, past the staircase, now gleaming with varnish, curious faces peeking at me through the banisters, through the dining room. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z She climbed a crumbling staircase to the ruined ceiling, then reached out to grab onto the beam. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Andrew stormed up the closest spiral staircase to the second floor and the Dewey decimal rooms. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z It’s spray-painted in red on the blank expanse of wall above the staircase leading to the second story—that large X with each arm continued at a right angle. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Here, standing on the living room’s rift cut pine boards and studying the carved spandrel ornaments on the staircase, she seemed to have come to a place long destined for her. The Great Santini 1976-01-01T00:00:00Z Down the staircase, up another, around the bend, past the ticket booth Sally ran, and Dolores, too, huffing and puffing till she thought she couldn’t run any farther. A Tangle of Knots 2013-02-05T00:00:00Z A pair of feet was coming down the staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z We walk to the right staircase and I get in line with my ticket and Erin’s letter in my hand. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z They flew to the staircase, Emily still clutching her new book. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z He’d slid down the banister of the grand staircase in the first class lobby. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z In the back half of the store there was a loft and a spiral staircase that led up to it. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Tucker walked toward the opposite end of the hallway, where a staircase descended to the first floor. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z “Watch the steps,” advised the policeman as they started down a steep circular staircase. The Phantom Tollbooth 1961-09-01T00:00:00Z They watch as Booth climbs the staircase to the dress circle, which leads to the hallway to the state box. Lincoln's Last Days: The Shocking Assassination that Changed America Forever 2012-08-01T00:00:00Z He disappeared down the spiral staircase and they heard the front door open and close. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z He groped back up the front hall and around to the staircase, not swallowing. Lizzie Bright and the Buckminster Boy 2004-05-24T00:00:00Z As they hurried up a long staircase, she raised a hand to her hair to ensure that it hadn’t fallen out. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z But at the top of the staircase, they were interrupted by the sight of Matt in the corridor outside Kira’s open door. Gathering Blue 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Percy was holding Riptide, leading Jason and Piper down a spiral staircase into the darkness. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z We climbed up the wide stone staircase and came through the vestibule into the long hallway where it was dark and cool, and narrow like the corridor of a railroad car. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z They ascended a narrow staircase that had been built as an emergency exit in case of fire but that the numerous subdivisions of the house had transformed into the only means of entrance. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z Then his feet turned, and shuffled a few steps, and began climbing the long staircase home. Typical American 1991-01-01T00:00:00Z As I descended the staircase, I saw a few dozen other gunters milling around, with avatars that varied wildly in appearance. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z “They’ve got to be down here somewhere. There’s no way out but that staircase.” Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Behind the wall was a spiral staircase that was moving smoothly upward, like an escalator. Harry Potter And The Chamber Of Secrets 1998-07-02T00:00:00Z We made a second round, passing out juice and coffee, and then killed time on the south-end staircase. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z Becky led me down a narrow corridor to the front entry hall, where a grand staircase curled upward. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Harry leaned against the enchanted wall, which opened to admit them, and he and Luna sped back down the steep staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z “You poor child. Is your father always so strict?” he asked Meggie as they climbed down the steep staircase. Inkheart 2003-09-23T00:00:00Z My mom and dad go into the bedroom they always take, and Auntie Idris escorts me up another narrow little staircase to an attic, where I’d normally sleep on a cot with Khalid. King and the Dragonflies 2020-02-04T00:00:00Z I followed it to the spiral staircase and walked down, remembering the times Mother and I had slid down the banister. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z When she thought about it that way, that talking to Clara was about justice and fairness, the bucket she heaved up the narrow staircase to the dusty, disused attic didn’t seem quite so heavy. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z From the sidewalk it seems only a door, tucked between two downtown shops, but behind the door and up a musty-smelling staircase is a sign: ELLIOT’S ANTIQUES. Rules 2006-01-01T00:00:00Z It was a straight staircase, but completely dark. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z So I climb down the metal staircase to check the shady spots on the ground floor. Merci Suárez Changes Gears 2018-09-11T00:00:00Z “If we wait, the fire will spread to the rest of the staircase.” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Seen this way, the structure resembles a spiral staircase with the base pairs forming the steps. helical symmetry, the locations of the atoms in one nucleotide would automatically generate the other positions. Double Helix 1968-02-27T00:00:00Z Dylan nods and pushes open the door, revealing a staircase leading down to another door. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z With every step up James’s staircase, the smells of spices and roasting meat grew stronger. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Colin stood at the bottom of the staircase, staring at her balefully, his sad countenance seemingly a manifestation of Ophie’s own wretched feelings. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z She gave up and allowed the press of bodies around her to propel her to the enclosed staircase and up the four flights to the weaving room. Lyddie 1991-02-01T00:00:00Z She didn’t question, but let him lead them up another staircase to the top story. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Turning, he saw Fred, George, and Lee Jordan hurrying down the staircase, all three of them looking extremely excited. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z The Gryffindor first years followed Percy through the chattering crowds, out of the Great Hall, and up the marble staircase. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z A spiral staircase led up to a second- story loft. The Battle of the Labyrinth 2008-05-06T00:00:00Z Just going down the long staircase was as strenuous as fighting against a current. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z When my eyes adjusted to the dark, I saw a staircase leading down. Shelter (Book One): A Mickey Bolitar Novel 2011-09-15T00:00:00Z Andrew Peckleman raced to a staircase, grabbed both handrails, and hurried down to the second floor. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Thomas followed him, with Chuck right behind, as they left the Council room and went down the hall toward a narrow, spiraling staircase that he hadn’t noticed before. The Maze Runner 2009-10-06T00:00:00Z We went into the hall, and up the big staircase, the men following behind. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z He could plunge through the mob instead, force his way up that staircase and onto a boat. Six of Crows 2015-09-29T00:00:00Z “This way, you guys,” Kyle said to the kids from out of town as he headed toward the nearest spiral staircase. Mr. Lemoncello's Library Olympics 2016-01-05T00:00:00Z Charles, all smiles, made a grand entrance, slowly descending one of the spiral staircases. Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library 2013-06-25T00:00:00Z Genie froze at the base of the staircase. As Brave As You 2016-05-03T00:00:00Z When she reached the edge of the kitchen garden, she went down a narrow stone staircase toward the sand. Huntress 2011-04-05T00:00:00Z The grand staircase is ahead, with the awe-inspiring lions on either side. Muffled 2020-10-27T00:00:00Z The first floor becomes too crowded; Marie-Laure paces the staircase, up and down, up and down, as though working her way up and down the spire of an enormous seashell. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Then we were scrambling to the hatch and sprinting down and down the endless seesawing staircase, hopeless that we could reach the cage before it sank but hysterical to try to anyway. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z On all fours he scrambled up the formal staircase to the second floor. Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z Harry whiled away the hours until dawn in front of the fire, getting up every now and then to stop Crookshanks from sneaking up the boys’ staircase again. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Once he went down the hall to open the front door, I moved into the hallway and stood to the side of the staircase. From the Desk of Zoe Washington 2020-01-14T00:00:00Z I run down the hallway and yell as I pass the staircase, “Tell them to look out my window!” The Adoration of Jenna Fox 2008-04-29T00:00:00Z The Ravenclaws were all backing away, and some of the most frightened began scampering back up the staircase to their beds. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Groups scampered, giggling and swaying, up and down the winding staircase. Interpreter of Maladies 1999-05-22T00:00:00Z Inside the tower was a corroded iron spiral staircase. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z They parted at the top of the next staircase, Harry and Luna running back toward the concealed entrance to the Room of Requirement. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The model looks like a latticework corkscrew invented by a madman, or an impossibly fragile spiral staircase that might connect the human past to its future. The Gene 2016-06-02T00:00:00Z When the cart was ready, we dragged the mattress down the narrow staircase and laid it in the cart. Fever 1793 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z It was painfully dark by the side of the staircase. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Outside, on his landing, there was no moonlight, and he felt his way in the dark, first on the carpeted upper staircase, and then, for the last two flights, on the bare, polished oak. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z Through an archway on the further side of the room they could see the bottom of the staircase that led up to the higher floors. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z The Patronuses ran sleekly ahead, filling the spiral staircase with silvery light, as Professor McGonagall, Harry, and Luna hurried back down. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z At the other end of the hall, I reached a staircase. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Dulcet led them up several staircases and through a maze of halls. Gregor the Overlander 2003-09-01T00:00:00Z His jaw dropped even farther when he saw the life-size merman hanging by its tail from a Woody hook and chain in the ceiling near the staircase. Confessions of a Murder Suspect 2012-09-24T00:00:00Z They clambered over him and onto the spiral stone staircase that moved slowly upward like an escalator. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z Quietly as they could, they crept out into the hall and up the crumbling staircase. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Not far above the creek bottom the ramp ends, and a crude staircase appears, chiseled into the soft sandstone by Mormon cattlemen nearly a century ago. Into the Wild 1996-01-01T00:00:00Z Instead of approaching them from a wide staircase or through an arched gate, you pass from an enclosed corridor through a pair of solid-metal doors, neither one much bigger than your front door at home. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z In the middle of the floor, a wrought-iron spiral staircase led to the upper levels. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z The tunnel came to an end at a fancy, balustraded staircase that was free of ice but awash in loose papers. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z Sitcom families—married parents in giant houses, with framed family portraits lining the staircases. Leah on the Offbeat 2018-04-24T00:00:00Z When the velvet ropes that had guided the crowd by creating a narrow street within the room ended, they found themselves going down a staircase to the main floor. From the Mixed-Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler 1967-01-01T00:00:00Z As the Hartliebs struggled back down the narrow staircase, Victor stepped on to the balcony. The Thief Lord 2002-09-01T00:00:00Z Emily’s mom pushed their front door open, revealing their own staircase. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z Isa descended the staircase with heavy footsteps while her family and friends watched in silence. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z So I drop The Lord of the Rings on my bed and trot to the landing at the top of the front hall staircase. Things Not Seen 2002-01-01T00:00:00Z I watch the staircase he ascended, and when I spot his familiar shape, I exhale with relief. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He turned and set off in the opposite direction toward the nearest staircase. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z From the turn in the staircase Eleanor assumed that the room would be at the front of the house; sister Anne, sister Anne, she thought, and moved gratefully toward the light from the room. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I saw the staircase at Manderley, and Mrs. Danvers standing at the top in her black dress, waiting for me to go to her. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z Pretty soon the staircase was rocking like crazy. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z I slip out, and up the back staircase that the servants use. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z He turned away and ran up the marble staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z My mother has worked there for as long as I can remember, so I’m not surprised when she leads me down a few dark hallways, up a dank staircase, and into daylight again without interference. Divergent 2011-04-25T00:00:00Z Red staircase with red spit stains in the red corner. The God of Small Things 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z I followed her out of the room to the staircase. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Soldiers tried to push back the crowd from around the foot of the staircase. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z They walked down a wide wooden staircase to the end of a long hall hung with banners. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z The house was dark and shabby, and the greasy shoulders that had left their mark in Mr. Jaggers’s room seemed to have been shuffling up and down the staircase for years. Great Expectations 1861-08-01T00:00:00Z “She came down this big, long staircase, singing. When she finished, the place went wild. She stopped the show. So she just went right back up the staircase and sang the song over again.” Middlesex: A Novel 2002-06-05T00:00:00Z We passed through, my fellow trainees quickly disappearing up the next staircase. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing 2000-01-01T00:00:00Z A few of the girls had come down their staircase, pulling on dressing gowns and yawning. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z Near high tide, we walked down the wooden staircase to the rocky shoreline. The Line Tender 2019-04-16T00:00:00Z The staircase to the second floor had been long, but the one leading to ground level was longer still. The City Beautiful 2021-10-05T00:00:00Z Instead of going straight home, I took a detour to the beach and sat on the rickety staircase to watch the tide go out. We Are the Ants 2016-01-19T00:00:00Z There were still spiral staircases of glass leading to thin bridges in the air. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z I finally crested the staircase mostly blind and nauseated, the muscles in my arms and legs screaming for oxygen. The Fault in Our Stars 2012-01-10T00:00:00Z A rickety metal staircase was bolted to the side of the stack, but it shook and knocked against the scaffolding, so I couldn’t use it without announcing my presence. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Up another staircase, then another — even one of Harry’s shortcuts didn’t make the work much easier. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z I followed my father and my brothers up the minaret’s spiral staircase. Tasting the Sky 2007-02-20T00:00:00Z They reached the top of the staircase and rushed down a long hallway. Throne of Glass 2012-08-07T00:00:00Z Ophie clomped over to the wide staircase that led to the second floor and plopped down on the bottom step. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z “It’s terrible,” growled Hagrid into his beard, as the three of them walked back along the corridor to the marble staircase. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z With Archer’s help, she heaved open the trapdoor, revealing a narrow stone staircase illuminated from below. The Reader 2016-01-12T00:00:00Z He yelled down the staircase for the terrible racket to stop or he would call the police. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z But hiding on the staircase, Luke suddenly felt like the radio was as loud as an entire orchestra, like the smell of baking bread could fill three counties. Among the Hidden 1998-03-01T00:00:00Z DNA is a double helix, the two intertwined strands resembling a “spiral” staircase. Cosmos 1980-01-01T00:00:00Z Sometimes it makes a tiny waterfall cascading next to a dirt staircase leading down to a new terrace of houses. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z Peering past her, I saw that the hallway, narrow as it was, divided further: to the left was a staircase going upstairs; to the right, an even narrower passage leading deeper into the house. Never Let Me Go 2005-01-01T00:00:00Z Then Volkheimer urges him back and climbs halfway up the ruined staircase and begins whaling away at the edges of the hole with a piece of rebar. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z I skid to a stop at the bottom of the staircase, at the same moment the front door opens. I Can Make This Promise 2019-10-01T00:00:00Z Directly ahead, a steep cobblestone staircase at the edge of the runway led up to a grand, floodlit mansion constructed on a plateau near the base of the mountain range. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z We walked down a hall lined with four doors on each side and at the end, a staircase. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z The oil lamp beside his bed had been extinguished, and when I saw my father glance disapprovingly at the lamp I had brought to guide me up the rickety staircase, I quickly lowered the wick. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z When we were about halfway down the staircase to the second floor, Danny stopped and looked carefully around. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z I hurried back down the grand staircase and made my way through the dark passage to the kitchen. Salt to the Sea 2016-02-02T00:00:00Z An announcement came on from a speaker in the comer of the pod, suggesting that we all group together facing northeastwards towards the spiral staircase to pose for the souvenir photo. The London Eye Mystery 2007-01-01T00:00:00Z But the plates were nothing compared to the heavy tea services Ophie was used to carrying up and down the main staircase for Mrs. Caruthers. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z How could this staircase experience be anything but a huge, strange coincidence? Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z Then, suddenly, he was there again, standing at the top of the stone staircase, above Kingshaw’s head. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z They steal kisses in the shadows of her father’s vaulted staircase. Everything Sad Is Untrue 2020-08-25T00:00:00Z I make my way back toward the staircase, passing the double doors to the master bedroom, and notice that one is slightly ajar. Dry 2018-10-02T00:00:00Z They went swiftly back the way they had come and were standing in welcome at the head of the great staircase as the company entered. The Door in the Wall 1949-01-03T00:00:00Z After we investigated six corridors without finding the secret passage, and after all of Char’s buttons were gone, we climbed the back staircase. Ella Enchanted 1998-09-01T00:00:00Z A velvet staircase sliced sunlight across the hall. Black Swan Green 2006-04-10T00:00:00Z At such a time of night, one's footsteps descending the back staircase are bound to be conspicuous and no doubt they were responsible for arousing Miss Kenton. The Remains of the Day 1989-05-01T00:00:00Z The lumber had probably once been a staircase, long ago collapsed. The Mark of Athena 2012-10-02T00:00:00Z I joined Ruth and Becky at the foot of the staircase, the three of us listening with big cars as Lockton and Madam shouted at each other. Chains 2008-01-01T00:00:00Z Near them three red ghosts were busily unloading demijohns from a moving staircase. Brave New World 1932-01-01T00:00:00Z SD-03 then rolled out of the bunker and began to climb a series of ramps and staircases the Sixers had built onto the castle’s outer walls to provide access to the upper levels. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I hop over a pile of clothes, bolt to the staircase, and spiral down as fast as I can. The House That Lou Built 2018-06-12T00:00:00Z “What is it with her?” said Ron, exasperated, as Hermione ran away up the marble staircase. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z Petra, resting her hand on the railing as they walked slowly down the sweeping staircase, stopped with a jolt. Chasing Vermeer 2004-06-01T00:00:00Z He led Harry and Luna to a corner, where a small cupboard opened onto a steep staircase. Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows 2007-07-21T00:00:00Z I climbed the dark staircase and pushed open the unlocked door. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z She had become good enough at lifting tea and meal trays that she was able to make it up and down the main staircase much quicker than her first day. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z And then he turned away and went up the staircase, leaving Mia standing on the platform, holding the card in her fingertips. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z I race out of the room and back through the servant entrance to the staircase. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z Will blew out his cheeks and set off to climb the staircase. The Subtle Knife 1997-01-01T00:00:00Z Edward asked, but no one answered, as they had just appeared at the top of the wide staircase. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z At the foot of the dark wooden staircase, Joseph noticed another black door open just a crack, nearly hidden in the shadows. The Marvels 2015-09-15T00:00:00Z He played with relish, sleeves rolled up, smiling at his work, tinkling from the low ranges to the high with the tricky syncopation of a tap dancer going up a Ziegfeld staircase. The Secret History 1992-10-16T00:00:00Z Hugo had to climb up a long dark staircase and slither through an opening in the ceiling at the top of a ladder to get inside them. The Invention of Hugo Cabret 2007-01-30T00:00:00Z I went slowly up the wide stone staircase of Danny’s house and through the wooden double door of the entrance. The Chosen 1967-04-28T00:00:00Z The first time the Clutter murderers ascended the staircase was late one rainy April afternoon. In Cold Blood 1966-01-01T00:00:00Z I opened it, revealing a staircase that led down into a darkened cellar. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z Mark grabbed the railing with both hands and heaved himself over, landing cleanly on a step almost at the very top of the staircase. The Kill Order (Maze Runner, Book Four; Origin) 2012-08-14T00:00:00Z He stepped outside onto the top of the staircase and raised a candle. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z She stopped to sniff the wilting flowers in a vase on the side table near the staircase, even though she knew their scent would be gone, before walking upstairs. Half of a Yellow Sun 2006-09-12T00:00:00Z The hall in which they stood was overfull of dark wood and weighty carving, dim under the heaviness of the staircase, which lay back from the farther end. The Haunting of Hill House 1959-10-01T00:00:00Z I decide to stay in here tonight, bunking with Sausun, rather than be in a room by myself, with Farooq merely two staircases away. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z As I descended the staircase, my sword began to glow. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z I see Abnegation bodies and Erudite bodies sprawled over streets and staircases. Allegiant 2013-10-22T00:00:00Z We walk toward the emergency stairwell, and I crawl beneath the first flight so that we are hidden by the staircase. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z He ushered us into this big foyer, where a red carpet staircase swept down to a black and white floor. Anthem of a Reluctant Prophet 2007-04-30T00:00:00Z We both heard an entrance alert chime as Art3mis materialized at the top of the staircase. Ready Player One: A Novel 2011-08-16T00:00:00Z When they got close to the collapsed staircase at the end of the hall, Cas asked, “Do you think there’s another way down?” Time Bomb 2018-03-13T00:00:00Z Then I could take the staircase down to the helipad—our emergency rendezvous point. The Last Olympian 2009-05-05T00:00:00Z Cats prowled around the hallway and upon the staircase, and a sleek black one sprang up into Belet's arms. City of the Plague God 2021-01-12T00:00:00Z She was used to carrying weight up and down stairs by this point, but the attic stairs were much steeper than those of the grand staircase. Ophie's Ghosts 2021-05-18T00:00:00Z Sweeping staircases lead to the upper level, which has a balcony and white wicker chairs. Hurricane Child 2018-03-27T00:00:00Z Quinton leads me up another staircase at the end of the ship. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z Anya followed the staircase up with her eyes and noticed a wooden flap covering an opening above her. Anya and the Nightingale 2020-11-10T00:00:00Z Behind him, the wood of the staircase settled back upon itself, after he had trodden it. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The building consisted mainly of one narrow and profoundly vertical room—a giant stairwell, essentially—dominated by a skeletal staircase that corkscrewed from the floor to a stone landing, more than a hundred feet up. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z It takes Daddy some time to get up the staircase, so I’m able to stand and take in the space by myself for a bit. Fast Pitch 2021-08-31T00:00:00Z A private staircase stretched up and out of view to Ms. Lee’s floor. Book Scavenger 2015-06-02T00:00:00Z I was taken past the chapel and into another courtyard, then up a spiral staircase. Educated 2018-02-20T00:00:00Z The chief usher escorted them through the lobby, up the winding staircase, and across the first balcony to their theater box. Chasing Lincoln's Killer 2009-01-01T00:00:00Z I could get into the lift and go down the other staircase, and out into the street, I would be lost. I'm the King of the Castle 1970-09-03T00:00:00Z The circular staircase we’d come down was gone, too, replaced by an escalator. Hollow City 2014-01-14T00:00:00Z We head up the metal staircase—the reporter, Michael, my father, and me. Linked 2021-07-20T00:00:00Z Where the stone steps ended, a rickety set of stairs made from two-by-fours— more like a ladder than a staircase—took you up to the front porch. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z The staircase swayed terribly and was so narrow that we could only proceed in single-file, crouching so our heads wouldn’t hit the steps above. Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children 2011-06-07T00:00:00Z Then the big beach, accessed by another wooden staircase. We Were Liars 2014-05-13T00:00:00Z We walked up the massive staircase, my hand trailing along the satin-smooth rail. Twilight 2005-10-05T00:00:00Z We enter through a door on the ground and then climb a spiral staircase to the center of a room with four beds and two windows that have heavy curtains—the blackout shades, I assume. Boy21 2012-01-01T00:00:00Z I pointed to the miniature zigzag staircase she was building. Crenshaw 2015-09-22T00:00:00Z They came up in a small dining room meant for crew members, and then George led everyone down a long second class corridor, up the grand staircase, and finally out onto the crowded boat deck. I Survived the Sinking of the Titanic, 1912 2010-06-01T00:00:00Z He flicked a nickel down the staircase, where it bounced off some steps and landed in Isa’s violin case, then he scooped up Laney and placed her on top of his shoulders. The Vanderbeekers of 141st Street 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z There was someone using the bathroom nearest the ballroom, so Jule climbed the stone staircase to the third floor. Genuine Fraud 2017-09-05T00:00:00Z He carries a lantern up a winding staircase to a starlit observatory and looks through the eyepiece of a great telescope, its mouth pointed into the black. All the Light We Cannot See 2014-05-06T00:00:00Z Tobias turns me around and, keeping one hand on my arm and one on my waist, to avoid my shoulder wound, presses me toward the staircase. Insurgent 2012-05-01T00:00:00Z The real entrance was by a giant tree, where a root lifted and revealed a staircase and down you went until you arrived at the fifth level. The Princess Bride 1973-11-01T00:00:00Z They crept down a spiral staircase to the main deck and the bridge. Beauty Queens 2011-05-24T00:00:00Z In some parts, the staircase was open to the Buddha’s cavity. A Thousand Splendid Suns 2007-05-22T00:00:00Z At the top of the staircase, a drab corridor stretched out ahead, with rough coconut matting on the floor. The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage 2017-10-19T00:00:00Z Soldiers had been stationed on each step of the broad stone staircase; they seemed to have lost their senses. The House of the Spirits: A Novel 1982-01-01T00:00:00Z We’d get a piece of cardboard and go tobogganing down the depot’s narrow staircase. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z Professor Moody was limping down the marble staircase. Harry Potter And The Goblet Of Fire 2000-07-08T00:00:00Z We passed a staircase and went into a dining room lined with cabinets. Made You Up 2015-05-19T00:00:00Z A black staircase wraps around it, leading up to the viewing end of a telescope that stretches up to the ceiling. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z I followed still, up a very narrow staircase to the attics, and thence by a ladder and through a trap-door to the roof of the hall. Jane Eyre 1847-10-16T00:00:00Z It sounded up and down the dead staircases that looped through the dark. The Assassination of Brangwain Spurge 2018-09-25T00:00:00Z Harry followed Tom up a handsome wooden staircase to a door with a brass number eleven on it, which Tom unlocked and opened for him. Harry Potter And The Prisoner Of Azkaban 1999-07-08T00:00:00Z He started toward the staircase with a jaunty and exhilarated air. Catch-22 1961-11-10T00:00:00Z It was the main restroom, positioned right where the main hallway met the main staircase, and even on a normal day it was crowded. Little Fires Everywhere 2017-09-12T00:00:00Z A woman leads us up the front staircase. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z I get up, balancing my plate carefully as I negotiate the winding staircase. Saints and Misfits 2017-06-13T00:00:00Z The steep spiral staircase up to the top of the tower seemed the easiest thing in the world after that. Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone 1997-06-26T00:00:00Z “Okay, the same with Birdie. That wall of pictures on the staircase? She has that, too. And I don’t have that. I have nothing like that. It’s like...” Far from the Tree 2017-10-03T00:00:00Z He tugs on a lever and a section of the ship falls open, becoming a short staircase. Amari and the Night Brothers 2021-01-19T00:00:00Z It would have a glass ceiling and thick glass walls and even a glass staircase. The Glass Castle 2005-03-01T00:00:00Z “Up here,” said Harry, and he crossed the common room and led the way through the door to the boys’ staircase. Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince 2005-07-16T00:00:00Z I hesitated, then turned left, coming upon a broad landing and another staircase. Rebecca 1938-08-01T00:00:00Z I lift my skirts and trail the group up a massive staircase, losing count after one hundred steps. The Belles 2018-02-06T00:00:00Z |
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