How to Use porch in a Sentence
porch
noun- The house has a large front porch.
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Then Chris brings me, a book and his phone on the porch with him.
—Jonah Bayer, SPIN, 14 Apr. 2022
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At the home, a man was found on the front porch shot to death, Miles said.
—Caroline Silva, ajc, 9 Jan. 2022
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In the backyard, the pool is lit up and jack-o-lanterns hang from the porch.
—Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
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Many people in the town would leave things on the porch and cry.
—Stephanie Nolasco, Fox News, 12 Feb. 2022
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Clark stayed on his porch, about 5 feet away from the man.
—oregonlive, 2 Apr. 2022
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Except there’s a large bronze plaque on the front porch, next to the door.
—Jerry Carino, USA TODAY, 13 Sep. 2022
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Sit on the porch for a spell and swing your worries away.
—Tara Massouleh McCay, Southern Living, 27 July 2025
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It’s the scene between him and Henry on the porch that speaks to me.
—Devon Ivie, Vulture, 19 Nov. 2021
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The man was standing on the front porch and smoke was coming from the home.
—Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2024
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But the highlight of this space is the large windows that open the room to a view of the front porch.
—Emily Vanschmus, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 June 2022
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The woman and three others were on the home’s porch when the shots were fired.
—cleveland, 29 July 2022
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The porch where the parents talked to their neighbors: gone.
—James Burling, Oc Register, 28 July 2025
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The machine sat on a dark wooden desk in a hall off the porch.
—Kyle Chayka, The New Yorker, 14 Jan. 2022
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There’s a short porch in straightaway right and left. ...
—Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
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Little chance of checking in to find that the screened porch smells of mildew.
—Christian L. Wright, WSJ, 17 Mar. 2022
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Calming Blues In the South, a touch of blue paint on the porch is nothing new.
—Cameron Beall, Southern Living, 1 May 2025
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There’s a large room joined by a porch, along with a lofted area.
—Mark David, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2024
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The crumbling floor of the second-floor porch is a big project, and there are small ones.
—Cate McQuaid, BostonGlobe.com, 28 July 2022
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Three columns support the roof of the front porch, which is reached by a set of stairs.
—Lauren Beale, Forbes, 9 Oct. 2022
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So, just place it in the yard, on the porch, or even take it tailgating.
—Aly Walansky, Forbes, 24 Jan. 2023
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The voice comes from behind me, on the other side of the street, where a boy and a girl race down the porch steps.
—Seija Rankin, EW.com, 2 Feb. 2022
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Some columns were blown off the porch and the windows of her Jeep were blown out.
—Gerald Herbert and Rebecca Santana, chicagotribune.com, 23 Mar. 2022
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Some columns were blown off the porch and the windows of her Jeep were blown out.
—Gerald Herbert and Rebecca Santana, Anchorage Daily News, 23 Mar. 2022
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Three of them were upstairs, but the fourth, the best, was at the far end of the screened porch overlooking the lake.
—Kathryn Davis, Harper’s Magazine , 16 Feb. 2022
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The student crushed a pill and snorted it on the home’s front porch, the complaint said.
—Alfredo Corchado, Dallas News, 8 Apr. 2023
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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
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Wooden steps once attached to the porch lay in the front yard, leading to nowhere.
—Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
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Pascal, for his part, filibusters and doesn’t answer the question, apart from muttering about the porch scene, Bella and Kaitlyn.
—The Deadline Team, Deadline, 21 Aug. 2025
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One of the easiest ways to welcome fall is by decorating our homes, porches, and patios with a little seasonal flair.
—Melanie Fincher, Southern Living, 15 Aug. 2025
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