Here is a not so good example
but it works nonetheless

"He stands transfixed on the middle plateau between the top and bottom of a bipartisan staircase. Above him are his dreams in a loft bedroom without walls. Below is reality, and work, and life set at different levels from a living space and workroom to a cargo elevator into the city. "

"Bipartisan" is comfortably used
to describe a political system
rather than a staircase.
All peer critiques have had difficulties with it
and suggest other words;
however, bipartisan also represents a choice
as does the staircase in the story.
Not just of up or down
but of dreams or life, memories or work,
past or present, republican or democrat.

i will see if i can find another example.