Sentence examples for carports from inspiring English sources

Typically, the buildings had carports or a large open parking space occupying the whole of the ground floor, with the upper-floors supported on narrow columns.

Instead of garages, many had "carports"—shelters attached to the house that are open at the front, the better to display gleaming cars.

All this happens in the garage — the customary place to fry turkey, although carports are also popular.

But there were plenty of cars: Porsche Cayennes, Audis, and BMWs, all tucked neatly into identical carports adjacent to identical houses.

The neighborhoods of the Santa Clara Valley were dotted with cheap, modern, one-story houses — called Eichlers, after the builder Joseph Eichler — with glass walls, open floor plans, and flat-roofed carports.

They saw that in other Midwestern cities houses were being built without basements, and with carports instead of garages.

A jazz band played in his carport.

The next day, followed by a dozen or so bodyguards, he led me to the carport in his living compound, where two late-model S.U.V.s were parked.

As I admired Steve's new carport, many happy-looking same-sex couples walked by, some of them holding hands.

The father turned and followed Eykelboom through the carport and into the house.

Its long neck is arced in an S-shaped curve; its lizard body is the size of Granana's carport.