porter

Example Sentences

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Scrawled in chalk in the list of draft beers was the Edmund Fitzgerald porter, a longtime brew from the Great Lakes Brewing Co.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025

Kanchha Sherpa worked as an high-altitude porter in the Himalayan mountains for two more decades after the expedition, until his wife asked him to stop making the dangerous journeys.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

He joined the 35-member expedition as a porter despite no prior mountaineering experience.

From BBC • Oct. 16, 2025

The unchanged names in the series, which premieres Thursday on Netflix, belong to the four children of Benjamin Lee Guinness, whose grandfather created the signature porter in 1778.

From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 25, 2025

The porter turned to his telephone, and Lyra watched pityingly as he pressed the buttons and spoke into it.

From "The Subtle Knife" by Philip Pullman