How to Use carport in a Sentence

carport

noun
  • Ben got rid of the carport attached to the front of the house.
    — Isabel Garcia, House Beautiful, 21 Oct. 2020
  • That beats using a garage or carport.
    — Glae Thien, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 Jan. 2026
  • The home can host many, as there is room for 15 cars in the carport.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 22 July 2022
  • Crews arrived to find two cars engulfed in flames in the carport.
    — Teri Figueroa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 May 2023
  • He was supposed to be hiding in the carport.
    — Erin Moriarty, CBS News, 17 May 2026
  • The home also comes equipped with a garage that includes a two car carport.
    — Kelly Corbett, House Beautiful, 26 Feb. 2020
  • Wei leads me into her tiny kitchen, roughly the size of a small carport.
    — Eddie Lin, Los Angeles Times, 31 Aug. 2023
  • This home’s carport faces the street, with the main entrance around the corner.
    — Angela Serratore, New York Times, 24 Mar. 2025
  • The second bedroom faces the front of the house, with a view of the carport and grounds.
    — Michael Kaminer, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
  • There’s also a basement and a three-car carport, as well as a three-car garage.
    — Emma Reynolds, Robb Report, 25 Sep. 2024
  • The west end is mostly brick and a carport composes the east side.
    — Bill Bowden, Arkansas Online, 10 Oct. 2022
  • There was a car in the driveway under a carport throughout the fire.
    — Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 7 Mar. 2018
  • The fridge was moved to the top of a nearby driveway, inside a carport.
    — Kolbie Peterson, The Salt Lake Tribune, 3 Dec. 2021
  • The brother said the victim would often hang out in the carport.
    — Rosana Hughes, ajc, 2 Oct. 2022
  • Parking is in a two-car garage on the basement level, and in a carport on the side.
    — Julie Lasky, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2020
  • The main house is adjacent to a three-car carport and a guest house with a kitchenette.
    — Dallas News, 13 Sep. 2020
  • The property includes a three-car garage, a golf cart garage and a carport for a boat.
    — Dallas News, 18 July 2021
  • The storm damaged two barns, a carport and brought down multiple trees.
    — Leigh Morgan, AL.com, 10 Feb. 2018
  • Alice went out back, to the small patch of green buttressed on the other end by their carport.
    — Ew Staff, EW.com, 4 May 2021
  • Ivory’s mother added an extension to the home and a carport.
    — Charlotte Observer, 11 May 2026
  • In addition, the home is equipped with a double carport.
    — Bay Area Home Report, Mercury News, 30 Aug. 2025
  • In these soft-story buildings, the ground floor has room for a carport, garage or retail shop.
    — Shelby Grad, Los Angeles Times, 25 Nov. 2024
  • One of the victims was found dead in the carport; another was found in a bedroom.
    — Chris Harris, PEOPLE.com, 9 July 2018
  • The force of the blast also damaged the carport of an adjacent home.
    — Carol Robinson | [email protected], al, 11 Nov. 2019
  • Strong winds tossed a carport onto a home in Belle Vernon.
    — Madeline Bartos, CBS News, 8 June 2026
  • All of the units will have balconies facing the river and some will have indoor carports.
    — Jan Hefler, Philly.com, 13 June 2018
  • No room is left untouched by Nat’s art, which spills out onto the carport, the fence and the yard.
    — Michelle Matthews | [email protected], al, 22 Sep. 2022
  • Earlier this year, a new slate metal roof was installed on the carport and the two-car garage.
    — Karen A. Avitabile, Hartford Courant, 30 July 2022
  • The owner and guests will still have plenty of room to park, with an oversized carport and driveway.
    — Ashley Hays-Weaver, Dallas News, 21 July 2023
  • The three-bedroom, 3½-bathroom home has two living areas and a two-car garage with a carport.
    — Dallas News, 2 Aug. 2020

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