veranda

Example Sentences

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The men sit on rugs beneath the wide boughs of a tree, while two women sit on mats in the shade of a nearby veranda, as goats and chickens roam the compound.

From BBC • Oct. 22, 2025

Outside, residents can enjoy the warm New Orleans weather while lounging on the covered veranda or soaking in the saltwater pool.

From MarketWatch • Oct. 10, 2025

Here, you’ll come across the ruins of the White Point Hot Springs Hotel, where guests once lounged in hot sulfur spring-fed swimming pools and shimmied the Charleston on the veranda.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 16, 2024

The agency published a video in which it showed security officials detaining a man in jeans and a black shirt who was sitting at a veranda outside a restaurant in central Moscow.

From New York Times • Jun. 6, 2024

A streak of coconut pomade melting in Princesse’s hair fell onto the white sheet stretched out on the veranda floor beneath her.

From "Krik? Krak!" by Edwidge Danticat