How to Use ground floor in a Sentence

ground floor

noun
  • The Mudd Club, a punk-rock venue, was on the ground floor, playing host to bands like X and the B-52s.
    Bill Donahue, Washington Post, 17 Aug. 2022
  • Both The Charles and the hotel are to feature restaurants on the ground floor.
    Tony Semerad, The Salt Lake Tribune, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The survivors were on the ground floor while the four victims were on the second and third floors.
    Emily Shapiro, ABC News, 30 Dec. 2022
  • This time around, Tomlin is coming in on the ground floor.
    Borys Kit, The Hollywood Reporter, 23 Aug. 2022
  • All ground floor apartments would have front porches open to the street.
    Kenneth R. Gosselin, Hartford Courant, 10 Apr. 2022
  • New sports bar on ground floor has 16 TVs and live betting.
    Luann Gibbs, The Enquirer, 28 Mar. 2023
  • The ground floor of Caviar Russe now has a raw bar, Champagne, and cocktail lounge.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 10 Dec. 2021
  • Three floors lost walls and windows, and a store on the ground floor was reduced to rubble.
    Nora Gámez Torres, Anchorage Daily News, 7 May 2022
  • On the ground floor of the former Gramercy Park Hotel last night.
    Curbed, 28 Sep. 2022
  • Long freight trains snake along the ground floor of America.
    Washington Post, 25 Mar. 2022
  • Funke and Mortensen were on the ground floor of the off-campus residence and the killings took place on the second and third floors.
    Corin Cesaric, Peoplemag, 5 Dec. 2022
  • The phone in McGuinness’s office, on the ground floor of the Surfside town hall, rang nonstop.
    Matthew Shaer, New York Times, 28 Jan. 2022
  • But mud filled the basement and ground floor where the family has offices and garages.
    Gaia Pianigiani, New York Times, 3 Dec. 2022
  • The show is in a single large gallery with a very high ceiling on the museum’s ground floor.
    Mark Feeney, BostonGlobe.com, 4 May 2023
  • The home’s primary suite, on the ground floor, opens to a deck with a hot tub and outdoor shower.
    oregonlive, 17 Dec. 2021
  • The ground floor, meanwhile, features a movie room and guest bedrooms.
    Greta Bjornson, PEOPLE.com, 1 Mar. 2022
  • Housed on the ground floor of an apartment building, the bar and dining area are modern and warm.
    Tom Sietsema, Washington Post, 19 Aug. 2022
  • Her son-in-law came to help her board up the windows and clear the smashed glass in her one-bedroom apartment on the ground floor.
    Washington Post, 7 Mar. 2022
  • There will be commercial space on the ground floor with space for a restaurant, too, at 201 NE 2 St.
    Lisa J. Huriash, sun-sentinel.com, 17 Mar. 2022
  • The ground floor portion was last used by Brooks Brothers before that store closed in 2020.
    Tom Daykin, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 15 Feb. 2022
  • Web3 finally allows investors to get in on the ground floor.
    Solo Ceesay, Rolling Stone, 22 Sep. 2022
  • The ground floor would also include three retail spaces, the plans show.
    Catherine Carlock, BostonGlobe.com, 7 Sep. 2022
  • One of the owners of a retail shop on the hotel’s ground floor has 23 people staying with her, Lennon said.
    Emily Heil, Washington Post, 11 Aug. 2023
  • Read Next South Park fire started on ground floor, Charlotte chief says.
    Gordon Rago, Charlotte Observer, 20 Sep. 2023
  • The building’s ground floor had housed his family’s liquor store, said Mustafa Gokhan Demir.
    Safak Timur Emin Ozmen, New York Times, 15 Feb. 2023
  • But on the ground floor, a 12-team model would have benefited a bigger swath of the SEC schools.
    Blake Toppmeyer, USA TODAY, 2 Mar. 2022
  • Starting on the lower ground floor, there is a large family room and a gym with a treatment room.
    Rachel Cormack, Robb Report, 20 June 2023
  • To visit Alibi, enter the ground floor lobby of the Canopy by Hilton.
    Tirion Morris, The Arizona Republic, 4 Feb. 2022
  • If rain from that same storm or hurricane floods and wrecks your ground floor, homeowners insurance will not cover it.
    Jan Ellen Spiegel, Hartford Courant, 25 May 2024
  • The home features a ground floor with 17-foot ceilings, a 30-foot-high atrium with garden, a penthouse suite with oak floors and spa bath, an oversize living-entertaining space, an artist's studio and skylit gallery, a roof deck, and private parking.
    The Week Staff, theweek, 11 June 2024

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