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Recent Examples of sleeping porch
What was to be our living quarters was one minuscule bedroom with a bathroom, a single closet, and a small sleeping porch for me.
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Fannie Flagg, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 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
The second floor includes a sleeping porch and the home’s large primary bedroom, which includes a fireplace, steam shower, and whirlpool tub.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2024
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Fannie Flagg, Southern Living, 16 Mar. 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
The second floor includes a sleeping porch and the home’s large primary bedroom, which includes a fireplace, steam shower, and whirlpool tub.
—Matthew Glowicki, The Courier-Journal, 14 Mar. 2024
See All Example Sentences for sleeping porch
Recent Examples of Synonyms for sleeping porch
Noun
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Indoors, choose a sunny, cool spot away from dry indoor heat, such as a sunroom or a garage, for a few days until the plant adjusts to its new environment.—
Karen Brewer Grossman,
Southern Living,
7 Nov. 2025
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Insulated door curtains are perfect for sunroom doors and entryways that let in drafts every time someone opens the door.—
Christopher Murray
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FOXNews.com,
24 Oct. 2025
Noun
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The grand 43-foot-wide mansion at 323 West 80th Street was once a single-family home — 21 rooms spread across 11,000 square feet with a gymnasium and a solarium, a fountain and a loggia.—
Will Ellis,
Curbed,
6 Jan. 2026
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While the guest rooms are fairly simple (but comfortable), the sun terrace outside the L' Ambiance restaurant, views of the turquoise River Aare, and the spa—complete with a solarium, sauna, and steam bath—make this a property worth experiencing for a night or two.—
Lydia Mansel,
Travel + Leisure,
7 Dec. 2025
Noun
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The setting can change: A sunporch, a park, a lawn, a beach all work.—
New York Times,
New York Times,
7 Apr. 2022
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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
Noun
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In addition to the Blumhouse Space, the venue will feature a 1,000-seat theater for film premieres, screenings, events, and concerts, 64 new luxury rooms for the hotel, a new lobby, a new porte cochere and more.—
Andrew McGowan,
Variety,
26 Sep. 2025
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The porte cochere leads to an underground garage — a bonus for wealthy residents worried about their security for the same reasons that the characters in both films are.—
Adriane Quinlan,
Curbed,
4 Sep. 2025
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Photographs of Hardy and Darc under the portico and inside the main entrance hall are still admired today.—
Kaleigh Werner,
Footwear News,
23 Dec. 2025
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Guests will enter through a cantilevered teakwood portico framed by a vertical garden of wisteria and climbing roses.—
Regan Stephens,
Travel + Leisure,
10 Nov. 2025
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“Sleeping porch.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/sleeping%20porch. Accessed 11 Jan. 2026.
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