How to Use awning in a Sentence

awning

noun
  • With its cute petal awning, this model also offers some protection against rain.
    Amy Wilkinson, SELF, 14 June 2024
  • Until the old awnings came down last year, the area looked a bit like a 1980s shopping mall.
    Christopher Muther, BostonGlobe.com, 21 Aug. 2019
  • There is a two-car garage with front and side access, a workshop behind sliding barn doors, and retractable awnings.
    Monica Lander, The Mercury News, 22 July 2019
  • Red awning, white tablecloths, people for whom time seems to have stopped on this humid Friday afternoon.
    Kara Baskin, BostonGlobe.com, 13 Aug. 2019
  • My suite had a view of the courtyard, the hotel’s signature red awnings slanting from the opposite winders like the brims of hats worn just for show.
    Alan Behr, chicagotribune.com, 20 Aug. 2019
  • There were moms and dads and children in their little chairs with a little awning, hanging out roasting marshmallows, doing their thing.
    Bobby Olivier, Billboard, 15 Aug. 2019
  • Drinks are served at two different bars: one at the expansive back patio, which is outfitted with a larger awning to provide shade for patrons.
    Darla Guillen Gilthorpe, Houston Chronicle, 24 July 2019
  • Painted a lovely pale yellow, the villa is known for its white and yellow-striped awnings and a terrace lined with classical sculptures perched atop a balustrade rail.
    Lilah Ramzi, Vogue, 9 July 2024
  • The Rockville spa looked like other strip mall salons: plate glass windows, a tiny red awning, posters of smiling women receiving massages.
    Hannah Natanson, Washington Post, 13 Aug. 2019
  • Up top, the crew chief, car chief, head engineer, and competition director sit under an awning in the front row with seats for sponsor guests behind them.
    Nick Kelly, BostonGlobe.com, 26 July 2019
  • From under the yellow awning of an elegant restaurant, diners can gaze at the drab headquarters of the Salvation Army.
    Danny McDonald, BostonGlobe.com, 8 Aug. 2019
  • Departures are from the town of Nidra, and the company’s fleet of ribs accommodates seven to 12 people, with an awning for shade and a cool box of drinks.
    Jenny Southan, Condé Nast Traveler, 27 July 2024
  • Nearby, in the shade of an awning hanging outside a Panama Hats shop, a 41-year-old woman stood with a sign partially covering her face.
    Los Angeles Times, 20 July 2019
  • To find Handel’s, look for the red, white and blue awning.
    cleveland, 2 Aug. 2022
  • On warm days, the staff roll down the awning, keeping things cool.
    Rooksana Hossenally, Forbes, 12 Aug. 2022
  • The video first shows an awning shake as the 3-year-old hits it on his way down.
    Elisha Fieldstadt, NBC News, 5 May 2021
  • Grab a seat on one of the benches and wait for you bus under the shade of the awning.
    Kellie Hwang, Indianapolis Star, 25 Aug. 2019
  • The center put tarps up around the awning next to its day room with heaters and was open 6 a.m. to 6 p.m.
    Grant Lancaster, Arkansas Online, 24 Dec. 2022
  • The shape of the awning gives you far more wind, rain, and sun protection.
    Field & Stream Commerce Team, Field & Stream, 14 Feb. 2023
  • The shop with the can't-miss blue awning and signs on Woodward has been around for more than 70 years.
    Susan Selasky, Detroit Free Press, 10 May 2024
  • The coolest feature on the Studio is the large rear hatch, which opens and forms an awning.
    Graham Averill, Outside Online, 30 Jan. 2023
  • Some embraced the sun and laid out while a few women snagged the shade under the sole awning.
    Madison Smalstig, The Indianapolis Star, 11 July 2022
  • Then one strong gust bent the awning’s steel frame into a pretzel.
    Scott Flickinger, Popular Mechanics, 27 Feb. 2021
  • Enjoy it on the front patio with the new retractable awning.
    Cheryl V. Jackson, The Indianapolis Star, 23 May 2022
  • In the alleys of the Old City, stone insulated the air and awnings blocked the sun, so the streets were cold and dark and the mood was somber.
    Dan Baum, Harper's magazine, 22 Aug. 2019
  • Her bar's green awning just says Walker's Pint, its name.
    Jordyn Noennig, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, 10 June 2021
  • Much of the façade and awning lay on the ground, exposing the wooden framework beneath the roof.
    Doug MacCash, NOLA.com, 29 Oct. 2020
  • Andytown plans to add an awning to extend over the sidewalk and keep out rain.
    John King, San Francisco Chronicle, 15 Nov. 2020
  • Cut half to two-thirds off of a wood round; attach to pumpkin, above the door, to create an awning.
    Charlyne Mattox, Country Living, 7 Sep. 2022
  • Don’t put it anywhere near a covered awning, a porch, a garage, chain it to a tree if there’s one left out in the yard.
    Paul Best, Fox News, 29 Aug. 2020

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