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
Officials had also said there was a lean-to — a type of crude shelter — near the campsite, indicating they tried to escape the elements.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 1, 2023
Before impending nuclear annihilation, a husband paints the windows white and builds a lean-to shelter while his wife frets about his staining the curtains and marking the wallpaper.
From New York Times • Aug. 10, 2022
The lean-to allowed them to get the job done a day earlier than anticipated.
From Seattle Times • Dec. 16, 2021
Sam was at his lean-to, his elbows propped on his knees, his binocs pinned on the green pickup.
From "Frightful's Mountain" by Jean Craighead George
