porter

Example Sentences

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Scrawled in chalk in the list of draft beers was the Edmund Fitzgerald porter, a longtime brew from the Great Lakes Brewing Co.

From Slate • Nov. 10, 2025

She returned the key to Caius' senior shift porter, John Turton, at the Trinity Street Porters' Lodge during her recent visit.

From BBC • Sep. 22, 2025

Mueller’s chamber-like porter chairs are designed as a place where the viewer can be alone and meditate.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

Sitting inside the porter chair, which references the constellations and specifically the brightest star, Sirius, has a meditative quality and is a different experience for everyone.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 19, 2025

He got a few issues of the Chicago Defender every month or so from his cousin Lewis, who sometimes worked as a porter on trains from Chicago to Dallas and was something of a radical.

From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez