Examples of Porte in a Sentence
Cara Lynn Shultz, Peoplemag, 18 Mar. 2024
Simon Porte Jacquemus, 34, last night became the youngest fashion designer ever to be named Chevalier de l’Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, the highest French ministerial award for cultural achievement.
—Luke Leitch, Vogue, 3 Mar. 2024
Detectives learned Hiner was on probation out of La Porte County, Indiana.
—Jake Allen, The Indianapolis Star, 9 Feb. 2024
The La Porte Sheriff's Office reported deputies responded to the family's home on Oct. 11, 2021, for a report of an unconscious child.
—USA TODAY, 9 Jan. 2024
Finney and his family were navigating Interstate 94 through Michigan City to La Porte, Indiana.
—Adrian Sainz, Fortune, 20 Jan. 2024
Simon Porte Jacquemus is the one designer on the list, tied with the independent critic Jeremy Lewis of @lewissmag.
—José Criales-Unzueta, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2023
Other Minnesota towns including Brainerd and La Porte have been hit hard by Amazon in the past, carriers said.
—Jacob Bogage, Washington Post, 28 Nov. 2023
There are others worth exploring too, though, like the Porte de Vanves flea, in the residential 14th arrondissement, and the brocantes that pop-up in various neighborhoods in summertime.
—Rachel Felder, Condé Nast Traveler, 23 Oct. 2023
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Word History
French, short for Sublime Porte, literally, sublime gate; from the gate of the sultan's palace where justice was administered
15th century, in the meaning defined above
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“Porte.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/Porte. Accessed 16 Apr. 2024.
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