porthole

Example Sentences

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He was a 25-year-old tinkering with self-tanners, but all the intrigue and action seemed to be around the lab next door, with its strange music, flashing lights and tinfoil covering the porthole.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 18, 2026

He’s even built a concrete fire shelter against a hillside with two steel escape doors and porthole windows.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 24, 2025

The scan shows new close-up details, including a porthole that was most likely smashed by the iceberg.

From BBC • Apr. 8, 2025

Here’s the pitch: We zoom in on an AI-generated deepfake of Iron Eyes Cody inside the International Space Station, staring through a porthole window at the Earth and its swirling trash-belt.

From Salon • Oct. 24, 2023

“What a beautiful view,” Shepherd told the command center as he looked out the tiny porthole of his capsule, flying high enough to see the Earth’s curve.

From "Reaching for the Moon" by Katherine Johnson