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Example sentences for: porch
How can you use “porch” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:
A large north porch balances that of the southern Porch of the Caryatids.
It is a mixture of Romanesque and Gothic, with a clock tower dating from about the year 1000 and a 17th-century porch sheltering 12th-century doorposts.
The OED does not include swivel hips but many school teachers were once called, out of earshot, “Miss Swiviel Hips” and the thought expressed, “I'd like to have that swing on my porch.”
Every summer there is an afternoon when the wind has scrubbed the sky over Manhattan to a blue translucency, and the whole city looks as though it has just finished an extremely satisfying game of tennis (winning 7-5 in the third), taken a long shower, and is now sitting on a shady porch with a tall glass of mint iced tea in its hand and absolutely nothing on its mind.
The "Back Page" of the recent New Yorker "Cartoon" issue features a wacky contest: Write a caption for a Jack Ziegler drawing of a girl on her front porch shouting something about the man in the suit struggling up the path with a huge globe on his shoulders.
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