lean-to

Example Sentences

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Our home was a compact, two-story terraced house with a back garden and a little lean-to greenhouse.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 21, 2026

At night she sleeps in an unheated lean-to.

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

The lean-to allowed them to get the job done a day earlier than anticipated.

From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2021

If you're outside and caught in the storm, find shelter and try to stay dry and cover all exposed body parts, exercise or build a lean-to, windbreak or snow cave and fire for heat.

From Fox News • Oct. 26, 2021

“So I went to her house when she was gone,” said LaPautre, “to remove a trap from the lean-to where she keeps them. That’s when it happened.”

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich