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
Before impending nuclear annihilation, a husband paints the windows white and builds a lean-to shelter while his wife frets about his staining the curtains and marking the wallpaper.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022
At the start of the novel, Bran lives with her common-law stepfather and his family in a lean-to on their farm in indentured servitude.
From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2022
The painters, in less than half an hour, fabricated a moveable lean-to out from a sheet of heavy translucent plastic and lumber from the trailer.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2021
With a tarp we made a lean-to and built a large fire out in front of it.
From "Where the Red Fern Grows" by Wilson Rawls
