How to Use porch in a Sentence

porch

noun
  • The house has a large front porch.
  • Can't wait to put him out on our porch for the holidays!
    Daniel S. Levine, People.com, 3 Oct. 2024
  • Instead, Downing gave birth on her front porch, with the delivery captured on her doorbell camera.
    Noah Goldberg, Los Angeles Times, 1 Oct. 2024
  • In the backyard, the pool is lit up and jack-o-lanterns hang from the porch.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The man was standing on the front porch and smoke was coming from the home.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2024
  • 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
  • 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
  • Wooden steps once attached to the porch lay in the front yard, leading to nowhere.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
  • 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
  • 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
  • The snow was piling up on his porch, burying my rental.
    Jim Ruland, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2023
  • Heavy fire knocked down, the rear porches have collapsed.
    Gia Orsino, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2023
  • The pavilion was added to the Pabst Mansion's east end as an open porch.
    Tom Daykin, Journal Sentinel, 24 Mar. 2023
  • Two other people were contacted at the scene, on the front porch of the house.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 20 June 2023
  • Once on the front porch, the man kissed a woman, believed to be his mother, the neighbor said.
    Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Midgette saw a man sitting on his porch with a rifle in his lap.
    Ames Alexander and, Charlotte Observer, 3 May 2024
  • Enjoy the gourmet kitchen or relax on the screened porch overlooking the pool and yard.
    Dallas News, 25 Dec. 2022
  • Grab a beverage and head to the wrap-around porch to watch the sunset over Lake Winnipesaukee.
    Karen Ruffini, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
  • Does that mean a peaceful life on a porch with kids in a family?
    Katie Campione, Deadline, 11 Aug. 2024
  • The smoke drew across the center of Florida like a sheet, and the Jones family could no longer sit on the porch.
    Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
  • While sitting on the house's front porch steps, Russell got down on one knee to propose to Kramer.
    Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023

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