How to Use porch in a Sentence

porch

noun
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  • The house has a large front porch.
  • In the backyard, the pool is lit up and jack-o-lanterns hang from the porch.
    — Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • Except there’s a large bronze plaque on the front porch, next to the door.
    — Jerry Carino, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
  • The man was standing on the front porch and smoke was coming from the home.
    — Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2024
  • The woman and three others were on the home’s porch when the shots were fired.
    — cleveland, 29 July 2022
  • There’s a short porch in straightaway right and left. ...
    — Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
  • There’s a large room joined by a porch, along with a lofted area.
    — Mark David, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2024
  • The crumbling floor of the second-floor porch is a big project, and there are small ones.
    — Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022
  • Three columns support the roof of the front porch, which is reached by a set of stairs.
    — Lauren Beale, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
  • So, just place it in the yard, on the porch, or even take it tailgating.
    — Aly Walansky, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
  • The student crushed a pill and snorted it on the home’s front porch, the complaint said.
    — Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2023
  • Sam Taggart rapped on the door of a house in the Salt Lake City suburbs, then stepped off the porch.
    — Tad Friend, The New Yorker, 1 Aug. 2022
  • Wooden steps once attached to the porch lay in the front yard, leading to nowhere.
    — Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
  • Over coffee on his porch, Mr. Martínez González, who is in his mid-60s, takes the long view.
    — Charlie Cordero, New York Times, 7 Jan. 2025
  • The white paint on the left is from the porch of a beach house with a very small driveway that was packed with cars at the time.
    — Heather Havrilesky, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The woman placed his belongings on the porch for the man to retrieve.
    — cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Amanda and Clay find a man in a tuxedo and a young woman on the porch.
    — David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Can't wait to put him out on our porch for the holidays!
    — Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Henadii Sydorenko sat on the porch of his apartment building for a break.
    — Hanna Arhirova, The Christian Science Monitor, 6 Sep. 2022
  • Steps lead up from the front yard to a wide covered porch with a ceiling fan.
    — Angela Serratore, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • The house—six rooms and a porch—dates from 1937, Stuart Vevers tells me.
    — Lynn Yaeger, Vogue, 23 Sep. 2024
  • Grow them only in pots and keep the pots on a porch, deck or patio.
    — Jessica Damiano, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
  • Mitchell's father heard the crash and rushed from his porch to find his son lying in the middle of the road.
    — Jeremy B. Merrill, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • The thief shuffles to the front porch, moves over a small package, then pulls the parcel inside of the bag, the video shows.
    — Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Groups of up to 10 can spread out across the three floors and breathe in the ocean air from the balcony, sun deck, or spacious porch.
    — Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Also on the porch was Liz Copeland, who lives in the neighborhood.
    — Eliza McGraw, Washington Post, 20 Dec. 2022
  • Maui estate in 2014, the host placed copies of Queen Sugar in Ava’s room, at the kitchen table, on the porch.
    — Tanisha C. Ford, Time, 28 Nov. 2022
  • There’s an enclosed porch, a stone fireplace, and a kitchen with a mint-green fridge.
    — Clio Chang, Curbed, 13 Dec. 2024
  • In South Carolina, unused blue paint was used by enslaved people on their doors and porches.
    — Ira Porter, The Christian Science Monitor, 28 Jan. 2025
  • The home also has a rebuilt rear porch and stairs, a tear-off tile roof, new copper gutters and downspouts and a Kichler outdoor lighting system.
    — Bob Goldsborough, Chicago Tribune, 25 Jan. 2025

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