Porch Definition & Meaning

Example Sentences

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Three years after building their Memphis house, they admitted they were losing their battle against pollen, which unfailingly settled into the screened-in porch.

From The Wall Street Journal

I could not make out what he was saying, though it was loud, so fearsome that the sled dogs on the porch stopped their singing.

From Literature

“Hurry up,” Grandma said from the porch, where she was already knocking.

From Literature

In L.A., the company said, its technology had been deployed to nab porch pirates and car thieves, not to mention played a role in solving a “high-profile crime involving stolen weapons from a politician’s home.”

From Los Angeles Times

Grandpa was sitting on the porch of the store when Rowdy and I came walking up the road.

From Literature