John led the way up the winding, uncarpeted stairs. From Wordnik.com. [A Son of the City A Story of Boy Life] Reference
He could hear heavy footsteps on the uncarpeted floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Crooked House] Reference
My attic is uncarpeted, and its general aspect is sordid. From Wordnik.com. [The Romance Of Giovanni Calvotti From Coals Of Fire And Other Stories, Volume II. (of III.)] Reference
The lofty walls of his uncarpeted room were free from pictures. From Wordnik.com. [Dubliners] Reference
The floor was uncarpeted and a long narrow table stood against the further wall. From Wordnik.com. [More Work for the Undertaker]
He ushered them into an uncarpeted hall with dark brown walls and a high ceiling. From Wordnik.com. [Frost at Christmas]
Just inside the door, the body of a woman lay spread-eagled on the uncarpeted floor. From Wordnik.com. [Alfred Hitchcock's Mystery Magazine]
The room was small, and there were few articles of furniture on the uncarpeted floor. From Wordnik.com. [Dyke Darrel the Railroad Detective Or, The Crime of the Midnight Express] Reference
We slammed to the uncarpeted floor together, and I was sure we made quite a loud thud. From Wordnik.com. [Renegade's Magic]
"Follow, follow!" she called out merrily, and flitted up the narrow, uncarpeted stairway. From Wordnik.com. [Sara, a Princess] Reference
Her footfall on the uncarpeted landings and iron treads sounded hollow and strangely loud. From Wordnik.com. [O. Henry Memorial Award Prize Stories of 1921] Reference
They heard him go headlong across the passage and up the uncarpeted stairs to his bedroom. From Wordnik.com. [The Invisible Man] Reference
He disappeared out on to the veranda, leaving a trail of blood across the uncarpeted floor. From Wordnik.com. [Queensland Cousins] Reference
If a thermometer breaks on a counter top or uncarpeted floor, remove children from the area. From Wordnik.com. [Public Health Statement for Mercury] Reference
"Yes; I think we know one another, Miss Lawton," he said, meeting them on the uncarpeted floor. From Wordnik.com. [The Workingman's Paradise An Australian Labour Novel] Reference
She mounted the uncarpeted stairs to the drawing-room, and found it likewise wrapped in shrouds. From Wordnik.com. [Presumption of Death]
It was uncarpeted, and the only piece of furniture was a large deal table in the centre of the room. From Wordnik.com. [My Family and Other Animals]
It is singularly favorable for music, for it contains no heavy furniture, and the floor is uncarpeted. From Wordnik.com. [The Story of a Summer Or, Journal Leaves from Chappaqua] Reference
Renee followed her with a second armful, and their footsteps clattered away on uncarpeted inner stairs. From Wordnik.com. [More Work for the Undertaker]
This den extension really should have been an uncarpeted dining room, I wish my mother were still alive. From Wordnik.com. [Go Tell it on the Mountain] Reference
The steps were uncarpeted and would no doubt have been polished had Mrs. Love been thirty years younger. From Wordnik.com. [More Work for the Undertaker]
Servants, even incapable ones, do not leave ‘great lumps of floor-polish’ on uncarpeted wooden stairs. From Wordnik.com. [Death of a Delft Blue]
The door behind the screen led them into an uncarpeted serving room with several long tables and a tub of ice. From Wordnik.com. [The Glass Books of the Dream Eaters]
The bungalow had another reception room and two bedrooms, the smaller of which was unfurnished and uncarpeted. From Wordnik.com. [A Guilty Thing Surprised]
Sound echoed off the unadorned walls and uncarpeted floors, and after a while I heard Aguilar dialing a number. From Wordnik.com. [The Dangerous Hour]
He turned east and passed the half-completed dining room, his footsteps a brittle echo on the uncarpeted stone. From Wordnik.com. [Tai-Pan]
Dirt and debris were mounded in the corners, and there were stains on the uncarpeted stone floor of the bedchamber. From Wordnik.com. [Kushiel's Avatar]
Tights hung beside it, like pink skins, gold spangles strewed the uncarpeted floor and scent hovered over everything. From Wordnik.com. [The Bill-Toppers] Reference
At last she heard the clatter of feet descending an uncarpeted staircase, and the door was opened by a very beautiful girl. From Wordnik.com. [A Murder of Quality]
Here the uproar of their voices, and their noisy tread as they rushed up and down the uncarpeted staircases, could not be heard. From Wordnik.com. [Dr. Jolliffe's Boys] Reference
Paul's hob-nailed boots went lingeringly up the uncarpeted stairs to the attic room, and there he spent the long, long afternoon. From Wordnik.com. [Despair's Last Journey] Reference
Presently Green made a movement, and a vivid shaft of light from a pocket electric lamp played along the narrow uncarpeted passage. From Wordnik.com. [The Grell Mystery] Reference
A wainscoted, dark, and generally uncarpeted staircase gives access to landings on which abut the outer doors of the "sets," or chambers. From Wordnik.com. [Lippincott's Magazine Of Popular Literature And Science Old Series, Vol. 36—New Series, Vol. 10, July 1885] Reference
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