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

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

This was the opportunity to see, firsthand, through a 21-inch porthole, the world’s most famous shipwreck at the bottom of the sea.

From New York Times • Jul. 2, 2023

He placed his hands more securely on the sill of the porthole, and lowered his chin onto the backs of his fingers.

From "Nine Stories" by J. D. Salinger