Meaning of stairwell in English
Examples of stairwell
stairwell
The lights were a problem in the stairwell, but they knew their way around.
From New York Daily News
The lights were out in the stairwell on the 7th floor the night of the tragedy -- a longstanding complaint among residents.
From New York Daily News
The three freshmen who died never made it to the stairwells.
The three-story townhouses will not have winding stairwells or hallways, which attracted criminal activity in the high-rises, officials said.
This one in the stairwell features a warship.
From New York Daily News
Of the three potential stairwells he could have used, two were too badly damaged to use.
From ABC News
The fast-paced techno music played in a second-floor room, up a dim stairwell and down a long corridor.
From Los Angeles Times
He later dangled her over a stairwell thirty feet above the floor.
From ThinkProgress
We find them in the bathrooms, hallways, stairwells and pretty much every other place almost out of sight.
From Business Insider
The firefighters then exited the building to the ground floor using the interior stairwell.
From NJ.com
Her body was discovered in a stairwell at around 10:40 p.m., the sources said.
From New York Post
There is an open central stairwell that rises up through the center of the house from the first floor to the third.
From Chicago Tribune
But there's bound to be an unoccupied stairwell somewhere in the building.
From Huffington Post
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