lean-tos
- plural of lean-to.
Example Sentences
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But hundreds more stayed — and without homes, people have been camping out year after year amid a fire-denuded landscape in mobile homes and lean-tos.
From Los Angeles Times • Sep. 30, 2025
By Tuesday, more bamboo and tarpaulins had been brought into the camp, to build new shelters for people crowding under poles and lean-tos.
From New York Times • Mar. 7, 2023
Her attention was fixed on a highway underpass nearby, where a handful of people were living in tents and cardboard lean-tos.
From Seattle Times • Jun. 14, 2022
Now there are at least 70 - lean-tos, makeshift shelters and tents of different sizes - spreading out from a restroom building at what was once a popular picnic pavilion.
From Washington Times • Feb. 16, 2020
I move back so I’m standing behind one of the lean-tos, then put my gun around the edge of the structure and say, “Hey!”
From "Allegiant" by Veronica Roth
