carport

Example Sentences

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The home has an attached two-car garage, a garage for a golf cart, and a detached four-car garage with a carport.

From MarketWatch • Apr. 14, 2026

Mahon said Bodhi had started to turn up at her house just after Christmas and she had noticed he was sleeping in a carport.

From BBC • Apr. 7, 2026

Authorities say the fire started in the carport after Hales, 46, failed to turn off a propane tank to a stove she was using to make tortilla chips and left it on overnight.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 23, 2026

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

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