porte cochere

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Recent Examples of porte cochere Led by renowned design firms Rockwell Group and Hart Howerton, the renovation updated the veranda and porte cochere, the grand lobby, guest rooms, ballrooms, and the on-site restaurants. Skye Sherman, Travel + Leisure, 5 Apr. 2023 Landscape architect Janice Parker carefully considered how this area would be viewed from the back of the home, particularly as one passes through the porte cochere. Owen Holmes, House Beautiful, 23 Mar. 2023 The midday Muzak at the stately porte cochere of the Wynn casino was disrupted first by the wheezing of a dying car engine, then the whirl of a siren, then two doors clanking open as a pair of men in retro police costumes stepped out of a 2007 Dodge Charger. Rob Copeland, WSJ, 7 Apr. 2022 There are four bedrooms and three bathrooms (plus a pair of powder rooms)—along with a private elevator, dedicated porte cochere and ceilings that soar upwards of 11 feet from the floor. Dckaufman, Robb Report, 27 July 2022 See all Example Sentences for porte cochere 
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Noun
  • In the clip shared by father-of-four Jack Robertson, from Victoria in Australia, his young son Archie can be seen standing on the porch brandishing a Nerf gun as the driver from Domino's approaches.
    Thomas G. Moukawsher, Newsweek, 5 Nov. 2024
  • Book Now Owl’s Nest in the Catskills Photo: Courtesy of Airbnb Atop Bramley Mountain sits the Owl’s Nest, a quaint home with a wraparound porch, a wood-burning stove, and farmhouse interiors.
    Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 3 Nov. 2024
Noun
  • At the famous Café Florian, right on the piazza, an affogato (vanilla ice cream with a shot of espresso) was 19 euro—an investment for a family of four.
    Jeanne O'Brien Coffey, Forbes, 1 Oct. 2024
  • The 73-room property opens onto a new public piazza, the largest in the city's fashion district, lined with buzzy boutiques and restaurants.
    Kerry Olsen, Condé Nast Traveler, 31 Aug. 2023
Noun
  • The style of the house is called Spanish Colonial, with a big veranda and huge windows.
    Geoffrey Morrison, Forbes, 3 Nov. 2024
  • Between the lodge’s wraparound verandas and plunge pools, birds flit, filling the dawn air with song.
    CNT Editors, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 Dec. 2023
Noun
  • My parents’ house originally had two sleeping porches, both upstairs, one east and one west.
    David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024
  • Residential builders soon caught on, and by the early 1900s, sleeping porches were appearing in homes from Minneapolis to Brooklyn, New York.
    Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024
Noun
  • Will’s teenage son is newly out as trans, now named Evie (Ivy O’Brien), showing up later in the film on the two-flat’s stoop, looking for some support and understanding.
    Michael Phillips, Chicago Tribune, 24 Sep. 2024
  • The essentially inedible, toothless-grin-bearing, orange orb fruit that graces so many front stoops this time of year is a bit of a plant breeding anomaly.
    Paul Cappiello, The Courier-Journal, 18 Oct. 2024
Noun
  • Apple cider is served each afternoon at the lobby lanai.
    Robin Raven, Forbes, 4 Nov. 2024
  • Watch outriggers glide down the Ala Wai from your breezy rooftop lanai while sipping a cup of Kona coffee, then pop down to Redfish for a proper bowl of poke.
    Krista Simmons, Sunset Magazine, 11 Oct. 2024

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