Explore Downstairs through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like upstairs or below. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Downstairs in a sentence
Downstairs meaning
Located on a lower floor.
Using Downstairs
- The main meaning on this page is: Located on a lower floor.
- Useful related words include: upstairs, downstair, ground-floor, down the stairs.
- In the example corpus, downstairs often appears in combinations such as: the downstairs, downstairs and, downstairs to.
Context around Downstairs
- Average sentence length in these examples: 24.9 words
- Position in the sentence: 6 start, 6 middle, 8 end
- Sentence types: 20 statements, 0 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Downstairs
- In this selection, "downstairs" usually appears near the end of the sentence. The average example has 24.9 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, study, live, ran, neighbors, despite and too stand out and add context to how "downstairs" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include and ran downstairs and aware the downstairs neighbors might. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "downstairs" sits close to words such as adjoining, beg and cavity, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with downstairs
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
He continued, "I saw your dad go downstairs. (8 words)
But around 10 p.m., I heard faint voices coming from the downstairs living room. (15 words)
I asked Alexander about this scenario: You hear somebody downstairs, and you retrieve your weapon. (15 words)
Customers might prefer to have an open-plan downstairs with the kitchen and living areas all as one – to do the same with an older property, owners would have to knock down walls and that can be messy and costly – up to £2000* per wall. (45 words)
During the day, the downstairs will be a cafe and from Wednesday to Saturday evenings it will become a restaurant and bar with pizzas, burgers and other food, including working with local Lincolnshire food companies such as The Cheese Society. (40 words)
A deep cobalt covers the walls in the shared bathroom as well as the custom blue spiral staircase connects the terrazzo home study downstairs and family room on the first level with a quirky grey-tiled kitchen. (37 words)
Example sentences (20)
A deep cobalt covers the walls in the shared bathroom as well as the custom blue spiral staircase connects the terrazzo home study downstairs and family room on the first level with a quirky grey-tiled kitchen.
Alice then called downstairs and shouted "mummy there is smoke" Leah then ran upstairs and saw the fire, grabbed her children, and ran into the street.
Apartment dwellers, be aware the downstairs neighbors might not be the biggest fan of the HT-S400, though.
A ramp has been fitted to her home but she says it is "not fit for purpose" and has been told to live downstairs – despite her bathroom being upstairs.
Ask about desserts at Abby’s, and you’ll be told that the cakes and crème brûlée served at Harmons can be had downstairs too.
At one point Marshall allegedly snatched the alleged victim's phone out of his hand and ran downstairs.
Bartali was taken downstairs into the coal bunkers that served as prison cells, where an array of torture instruments were on display and the sounds of screaming echoed in the air.
But around 10 p.m., I heard faint voices coming from the downstairs living room.
But at 9.30pm on Tuesday, police were called to the address after he was discovered in a downstairs bedroom.
Cara said: “For many years there was a rotisserie in the front shop; eventually the chickens had to be spit roast in the big kitchen upstairs as demand outstripped the size of the rotisserie available downstairs.
Caritas and Mission Housing hired a “runner” to deliver items to tenants who don’t wish to go downstairs.
Customers might prefer to have an open-plan downstairs with the kitchen and living areas all as one – to do the same with an older property, owners would have to knock down walls and that can be messy and costly – up to £2000* per wall.
Dine on braised beef shank, popcorn chicken and radish cakes over drinks, or order Taiwanese takeout from downstairs to pick up on your way out.
Downstairs the (sweets) side of the business tempts even the fullest of diners with neatly stacked piles of handmade treats to take home.
During the day, the downstairs will be a cafe and from Wednesday to Saturday evenings it will become a restaurant and bar with pizzas, burgers and other food, including working with local Lincolnshire food companies such as The Cheese Society.
Fox then went downstairs to where the choir members were preparing for the show to inform them of the evening’s high-profile attendee.
Ginger wrote: "As I watched the paramedics carry Elvis downstairs and out the front door, the reality of what was happening suddenly hit me.
He continued, "I saw your dad go downstairs.
Hincks said he shut his eyes, opened the office door and felt his way downstairs and out of the building.
I asked Alexander about this scenario: You hear somebody downstairs, and you retrieve your weapon.
Common combinations with downstairs
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- the downstairs 31×
- downstairs and 25×
- downstairs to 20×
- went downstairs 9×
- downstairs in 7×
- go downstairs 6×
- downstairs at 6×
- downstairs with 5×
- came downstairs 5×
- downstairs as 5×