sleeping porch

Definition of sleeping porchnext

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Recent Examples of sleeping porch Highlights include a media room and a sleeping porch, along with a spacious fireside living room topped with a statement chandelier. — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 5 May 2025 This home has three bedrooms and a sleeping porch, two and a half bathrooms, a fireplace, a lawn, and deck. — Kristine Hansen, Architectural Digest, 1 Apr. 2025 My parents’ house originally had two sleeping porches, both upstairs, one east and one west. — David Owen, The New Yorker, 27 July 2024 Residential builders soon caught on, and by the early 1900s, sleeping porches were appearing in homes from Minneapolis to Brooklyn, New York. — Laura Kiniry, Smithsonian Magazine, 26 July 2024 See All Example Sentences for sleeping porch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleeping porch
Noun
  • Fireplaces anchor the parlor, library, and dining room, while the sunroom is wrapped in six-over-six sash windows.
    — Abby Montanez, Robb Report, 21 Oct. 2026
  • Even with the rain, the sunroom-like den remained my favorite corner of the house to read, sip on coffee, or take a moment to myself before breakfast.
    — Jessica Chapel, Condé Nast Traveler, 17 Oct. 2026
Noun
  • Among the amenities at the hotel today, according to its website, are conference facilities, indoor pool, sauna, solarium, fitness center, spa, massage room, hot tub, library and bicycle rental.
    — Kelly McGreal, FOXNews.com, 11 Oct. 2026
  • Perhaps the most special suite is the Romeo e Giulietta, an intimate two-story villa perched high on the cliff above the sea with a terrace equipped with a heated infinity pool and solarium.
    — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 26 Sep. 2026
Noun
  • After Alex’s death, a youth who was placed in the Bailey home a few months before the crash said that Bailey allegedly often drank and slept on the sunporch.
    — Ginny Monk, courant.com, 9 Mar. 2022
  • In the early 1800s, the family created a common roof and sided the two cabins and built a sunporch.
    — Taylor M. Riley, The Courier-Journal, 29 Mar. 2018
Noun
  • There’s also a porte cochere and parking garage for seamless coming and going without any risk of paparazzi or rabid Beliebers.
    — Matthew Sedacca, Curbed, 7 July 2026
  • Patients access the complex — created by merging a former law office, funeral home, car dealership and Dunkin’ Donuts — by driving around back where a porte cochere leads into a soaring atrium.
    — T. Christian Miller, ProPublica, 30 Dec. 2025
Noun
  • Construction crews stripped the president's name from the exterior in June, but the front portico of the building has since been covered by a tarp, concealing most of its name.
    — Melissa Quinn, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026
  • Upon passing through a deep portico entryway abutting an attached two-car garage, a vaulted reception gallery sits beneath a prominent glass atrium.
    — Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 12 Oct. 2026

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“Sleeping porch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleeping%20porch. Accessed 25 Oct. 2026.

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