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

"Once the night porter went to drain the swimming pool but he left the drain open all night and when he came back in the morning the pool was empty," laughed John Paul.

From BBC • Mar. 15, 2025

Her high-backed porter chair, a chamberlike structure, features a mirrored kaleidoscope roof that offers the viewer Kusama-esque infinity patterns when seated inside.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

Mueller’s next porter chair will have a crown of gnarled bamboo roots she found on the beach in Oxnard.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

The porter reached into the opening, where he found a torch in the shadows and set fire to it, illuminating a tunnel of dry stone.

From "The Reader" by Traci Chee