Storey
['stɔːrɪ] or ['stɔri]
Definition
(n.) See Story.
Editor: Margaret
Definition
n. Same as Story.
Inputed by Cole
Examples
- Storey, who subsequently founded the Chicago Times, and became celebrated in the newspaper world. Frank Lewis Dyer. Edison, His Life and Inventions.
- He glided up the gallery and up the stairs, and stopped in the dark, low corridor of the fateful third storey: I had followed and stood at his side. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- All these relics gave to the third storey of Thornfield Hall the aspect of a home of the past: a shrine of memory. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- It came out of the third storey; for it passed overhead. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- And the door at the end of the gallery opened, and Mr. Rochester advanced with a candle: he had just descended from the upper storey. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- I must pay a visit to the second storey. Charlotte Bronte. Jane Eyre.
- In France, Scotland, and many other parts of Europe, it frequently means no more than a single storey. Adam Smith. An Inquiry into the Nature and Causes of the Wealth of Nations.
- We proceeded to the top-storey of the house. Charles Dickens. David Copperfield.
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