carport

Example Sentences

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Mahon said Bodhi had started to turn up at her house just after Christmas and she had noticed he was sleeping in a carport.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

She had started preparing meals on the stove outside beneath a wooden carport after an earlier fire in the kitchen of the home caused damage, Officer E. Velazquez wrote in the document.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

This week, the livestock was gone, and a black tarpaulin had been erected around the carport and the entrance to her house.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

In Santa Barbara, for instance, there isn’t a law requiring seismic retrofit of apartment buildings with a flimsy ground floor — often held up above a carport or garage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

Ellen and Tim pick me up in the morning so that I won’t have to face the carport because I am officially Patrick Thomas’s public enemy number one.

From "Dumplin'" by Julie Murphy