How to Use porch in a Sentence

porch

noun
  • The house has a large front porch.
  • In the backyard, the pool is lit up and jack-o-lanterns hang from the porch.
    Erin Clack, Peoplemag, 21 Oct. 2023
  • The man was standing on the front porch and smoke was coming from the home.
    Mara H. Gottfried, Twin Cities, 8 Feb. 2024
  • There’s a short porch in straightaway right and left. ...
    Nick Alvarez | Nalvarez@al.com, al, 9 June 2023
  • There’s a large room joined by a porch, along with a lofted area.
    Mark David, Robb Report, 9 Mar. 2024
  • Wooden steps once attached to the porch lay in the front yard, leading to nowhere.
    Tracey Harrington McCoy, Peoplemag, 24 July 2023
  • The white paint on the left is from the porch of a beach house with a very small driveway that was packed with cars at the time.
    Heather Havrilesky, New York Times, 18 Nov. 2023
  • The woman placed his belongings on the porch for the man to retrieve.
    cleveland, 18 Aug. 2023
  • Amanda and Clay find a man in a tuxedo and a young woman on the porch.
    David Fear, Rolling Stone, 6 Dec. 2023
  • Steps lead up from the front yard to a wide covered porch with a ceiling fan.
    Angela Serratore, New York Times, 10 Jan. 2024
  • Mitchell's father heard the crash and rushed from his porch to find his son lying in the middle of the road.
    Jeremy B. Merrill, BostonGlobe.com, 10 June 2023
  • The thief shuffles to the front porch, moves over a small package, then pulls the parcel inside of the bag, the video shows.
    Sacramento Bee, 5 Apr. 2024
  • Groups of up to 10 can spread out across the three floors and breathe in the ocean air from the balcony, sun deck, or spacious porch.
    Lydia Mansel, Travel + Leisure, 28 Jan. 2024
  • Heavy fire knocked down, the rear porches have collapsed.
    Gia Orsino, BostonGlobe.com, 12 June 2023
  • Two other people were contacted at the scene, on the front porch of the house.
    William Thornton | Wthornton@al.com, al, 20 June 2023
  • Once on the front porch, the man kissed a woman, believed to be his mother, the neighbor said.
    Omar Rodríguez Ortiz, Miami Herald, 8 Mar. 2024
  • Grab a beverage and head to the wrap-around porch to watch the sunset over Lake Winnipesaukee.
    Karen Ruffini, Travel + Leisure, 26 July 2023
  • The smoke drew across the center of Florida like a sheet, and the Jones family could no longer sit on the porch.
    Michael Adno, Rolling Stone, 7 Jan. 2024
  • While sitting on the house's front porch steps, Russell got down on one knee to propose to Kramer.
    Morgan Hines, USA TODAY, 8 June 2023
  • Nothing pairs as well with a hot summer day swinging on the porch as a cool glass of iced tea.
    Carrie Honaker, Southern Living, 8 June 2023
  • Norton pointed to a ponderosa pine that stood next to my porch.
    Samantha Falewée, Travel + Leisure, 16 July 2023
  • Her back porch is filled with potted plants, and her front lawn is filled with flowers.
    Angela Roberts, Baltimore Sun, 31 Aug. 2023
  • These are the best pruning shears to harvest blooms off your front porch or garden.
    Nor'adila Hepburn, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 May 2023
  • Assailants have jumped in cars or grabbed dogs from porches and yards.
    Jasmine Hilton, Washington Post, 10 Dec. 2023
  • McKinney’s two-out homer — a drive to the short porch in right field — lifted the Yankees to a 4-3 lead in the fourth inning.
    Larry Fleisher, BostonGlobe.com, 21 July 2023
  • The man begins to head back to the porch, then appears to change his mind and returns to close his bursting SUV and take off.
    Sarah Rumpf-Whitten, Fox News, 15 Nov. 2023
  • Those that need full shade have taken up residence on the front porch.
    Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 15 Apr. 2023
  • Around the same time, a resident in the area reported that a pair of work boots had been stolen from the porch outside their home.
    Stephen Smith, CBS News, 13 Sep. 2023
  • Ask Michael Humphries for a tour of this home, which features a long front porch and matching balcony.
    Allie Beth Allman & Associates, Dallas News, 18 May 2023
  • Police later found Walker, 66, dead on the porch from a single gunshot to the head.
    Drew Dawson, Journal Sentinel, 9 May 2023

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