carport

Example Sentences

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According to the Murrieta Police Department, officers responded to a residential structure fire at 41690 Knight Drive and found a mobile home, carport, three vehicles, two outbuildings and a large pine tree engulfed in flames.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 14, 2026

This week, the livestock was gone, and a black tarpaulin had been erected around the carport and the entrance to her house.

From BBC • Jul. 7, 2025

In Santa Barbara, for instance, there isn’t a law requiring seismic retrofit of apartment buildings with a flimsy ground floor — often held up above a carport or garage.

From Los Angeles Times • Jun. 29, 2025

Her white Mercedes sat covered beneath the front carport.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 27, 2025

There was not a single porch light on, not a TV glowing behind a window, not a Town Car in a carport.

From "Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children" by Ransom Riggs