But he hears some voices up in the stairwell, so he climbs up the stairwell.

The sound echoed throughout the entire stairwell.

He was held hostage overnight in the stairwell.

Can we please just... ...hang out by this stairwell?

Sometimes there are frightening goings on in the stairwell.

But he hears some voices up in the stairwell, so he climbs up the stairwell, comes around the corner, and finds a group of young African American men playing dice.

You know, the first thing I do, for instance when I get into, like a a stairwell with some fantastic natural reever.

During all that time his entire family had remained huddled underneath a stairwell, terrified that a shell shot by a howitzer might wipe them out at any minute.

Between the alley and the stairwell a strong draught came up, the curtains on the window flew around, the newspapers on the table swished, and individual sheets fluttered down over the floor.

In what turned out to be an entirely groundless mistrust, Mr. Samsa stepped with the two women out onto the landing, leaned against the railing, and looked over as the three lodgers slowly but steadily made their way down the long staircase, disappeared on each floor in a certain turn of the stairwell, and in a few seconds came out again.