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
Makeshift lean-to structures dot the overgrown courtyards of their apartment complex where residents gather to cook over fires.
From Seattle Times • Oct. 17, 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
He came to rest on a large maple near Sam’s lean-to and flattened his feathers to his body.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
