How to Use elevator in a Sentence

elevator

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  • We took the elevator to the 10th floor.
  • The artwork is well worth a trip up the steps or a quick ride on the elevator to the third floor.
    — Mary Jane Brewer, cleveland, 7 Aug. 2023
  • And lastly, what’s the elevator pitch for Arthur the King?
    — Brian Davids, The Hollywood Reporter, 18 Dec. 2023
  • And then, the elevator doors appear to open, and the woman tells someone to go to the stairs.
    — Emily Brindley, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 23 Jan. 2024
  • Phillips went into the hallway, sat down on the floor by the elevators, and cried.
    — TIME, 12 Oct. 2023
  • This movie may be the root of my fear of getting stuck in an elevator.
    — Emma Specter, Vogue, 1 Nov. 2023
  • In the carousel post, the singer was first seen posing for a photo in an elevator.
    — Escher Walcott, Peoplemag, 23 Dec. 2023
  • An elevator takes you up to Unit 26, which is on the second floor.
    — Megan Johnson, BostonGlobe.com, 30 Aug. 2023
  • Vaughn takes the elevator down to a small lobby crowded with chairs and a TV.
    — Justin Wm. Moyer, Washington Post, 21 Jan. 2024
  • But before the ride begins, an elevator system lifts the boat cars up 197 feet to the top of a hill.
    — Cailey Rizzo, Travel + Leisure, 29 Apr. 2023
  • The elevator stopped, and a woman who appeared to be about 30 got on.
    — James Barron, New York Times, 15 May 2023
  • As the elevator doors open, Sheila takes a swing at Warner.
    — Erin Jensen, USA TODAY, 28 July 2023
  • The mom of three then struck a few poses and walked out of the elevator, glancing at the camera as the beat from the track could be heard in the background.
    — Jenny Haward, Peoplemag, 10 Feb. 2024
  • Later in the video Dion appears to sing a bit in what looks like an elevator.
    — Elizabeth Logan, Glamour, 7 Feb. 2024
  • Videos of rotten fruit mauled by maggots played in the elevators whisking guests to the 18th floor.
    — Vogue, 28 Oct. 2023
  • But only the board has the power to make claims for problems with the issues like the lobby, the elevator or roof.
    — Ronda Kaysen, New York Times, 10 June 2023
  • There is a glass elevator in the lobby with access to all decks.
    — Julia Zaltzman, Robb Report, 9 June 2023
  • If the stairs ever prove to be too much, an elevator will whisk you between the first and second floors.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 16 Aug. 2023
  • The elevator hasn’t worked in years, so the men carry the casket down several flights of stairs.
    — Lovia Gyarkye, The Hollywood Reporter, 8 Sep. 2023
  • At the back of the ground floor at the elevator bank hangs an original Basquiat painting with a Tiffany blue background.
    — Paige Reddinger, Robb Report, 27 Apr. 2023
  • When the elevator breaks down yet again and Isaac can’t get to an exam on the upper floor, the whole school stages a sit-down strike in his support.
    — Claire Beermann, Los Angeles Times, 21 Sep. 2023
  • There was an accessible elevator, but the staff couldn’t find the keys to use it.
    — Lina Abascal, Los Angeles Times, 28 Dec. 2023
  • When the doors to the elevator for her door opened, Abdul ran out of the elevator and to her hotel room.
    — Nancy Dillon, Rolling Stone, 5 Mar. 2024
  • When the doors to the elevator for her floor opened, Abdul ran out of the elevator and to her hotel room.
    — Rick Porter, The Hollywood Reporter, 26 Jan. 2024
  • Guests enter the hotel on the street level, and take an express elevator to the lobby on the 17th floor.
    — Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • The home has a wine cellar, its own elevator, a billiards room, a pub-style wet bar and a theater room.
    — Mitchell Parton, Dallas News, 5 June 2023
  • No, Ontiveros’s elevator pitch was enough to make the locals get it.
    — Gabe Lacques, USA TODAY, 12 Aug. 2023
  • In the pictures, Aguilera and her daughter make kissy faces at the camera and share a side-arm hug in an elevator.
    — Starr Bowenbank, Billboard, 4 Jan. 2024
  • One to one and a half miles of walking; stairs (elevators are sometimes out of order).
    — The Courier-Journal, 2 Sep. 2023
  • For those in need of a laugh First a pair of nose-snorting satires that need only elevator pitches.
    — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 13 Sep. 2023

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