lean-to

Example Sentences

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There’s the stray red dog who’s a steady companion when he’s out living in a lean-to during the summer working months.

From Los Angeles Times • Nov. 5, 2025

There were personal belongings and tarps at the scene, and a lean-to built from local logs over a firepit.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 12, 2023

At the start of the novel, Bran lives with her common-law stepfather and his family in a lean-to on their farm in indentured servitude.

From Los Angeles Times • May 24, 2022

At night she sleeps in an unheated lean-to.

From New York Times • May 17, 2022

At the winter cabin, Deydey had built a rough lean-to and attached it alongside the northern wall.

From "The Birchbark House" by Louise Erdrich