as in verandah
a covered structure adjoining an entrance to a building
vacationers relaxing on the inn's spacious front porch
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Recent Examples of porch
If college athletics are the front porch of a university, Sanders is the famous man in the rocking chair, attracting cash and eyeballs.
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
The cascade of water roared like a train, Kathy Papasan, a longtime resident on the river’s edge, told me, and dark waves battered her porch.
—Austyn Gaffney, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
From the porch, Emil watches as the familiar silver-blue car pulls to a stop in the road.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Investigators said Malanda was on the porch of an apartment when two armed people came from around the corner and confronted him.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025
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Kyle Newman, Denver Post, 31 Aug. 2025
The cascade of water roared like a train, Kathy Papasan, a longtime resident on the river’s edge, told me, and dark waves battered her porch.
—Austyn Gaffney, The Atlantic, 28 Aug. 2025
From the porch, Emil watches as the familiar silver-blue car pulls to a stop in the road.
—Literary Hub, 28 Aug. 2025
Investigators said Malanda was on the porch of an apartment when two armed people came from around the corner and confronted him.
—Kirsten Fiscus, Nashville Tennessean, 28 Aug. 2025
See All Example Sentences for porch
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“Porch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/porch. Accessed 10 Sep. 2025.
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