lean-to

Example Sentences

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Our home was a compact, two-story terraced house with a back garden and a little lean-to greenhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

Sleeping in a lean-to on the property, Bran is made from adolescence onward to earn her keep by helping take care of the plants.

From Seattle Times • Jun. 7, 2022

At night she sleeps in an unheated lean-to.

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

If you're outside and caught in the storm, find shelter and try to stay dry and cover all exposed body parts, exercise or build a lean-to, windbreak or snow cave and fire for heat.

From Fox News • Oct. 26, 2021

In that year two of them—Japan Joe and Charles Jose—lived in a lean-to near Cattle Point.

From "Snow Falling on Cedars: A Novel" by David Guterson