lean-to

Example Sentences

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Her likeness, hauled down in the war’s first year, is now boxed up in a black lean-to outside the damaged art museum.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 21, 2024

Officials had also said there was a lean-to — a type of crude shelter — near the campsite, indicating they tried to escape the elements.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023

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

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

But the only thing back there was the lean-to where we kept the wood for the fireplace.

From "Worth" by A. LaFaye