6 examples of porte-cochere in sentences

As I entered the porte-cochere two poor wrecks of war were being led out by their nursesmore men burned in the powder explosion at Waelhem, their seared faces and hands covered with oil and cotton just as they had been lifted from bed.

I went to see Mr. Ionesco one evening in Bucaresta porte-cochere opening into a big stone city house, an anteroom with a political secretary and several lieutenants, and presently a quiet, richly furnished library, and Mr. Ionesco himself, a polished gentleman of continental type, full of animation and sophisticated charm, bowing from behind a heavy library table.

If the friend who invites you to visit him has a machine, then accept, for he is a brother crank; but if he has none, do not fill his generous soul with dismay by running up his drive-way, sprinkling its spotless white with oil, leaving an ineradicable stain under the porte-cochere, and frightening his favorite horses into fits as you run into the stable.

The next morning, dressed in a shabby blouse, alpaca cap, and trousers frayed out round the ankles, IHector Ratichon, the confidant of kingswas lounging under the porte-cochere of No. 65

I'll follow as quickly as may be and meet you under the porte-cochere.

Then before the concierge at 96 Rue Daunou had closed the porte-cochere for the night, I slipped into the house unobserved, ran up the stairs to my office and entered the apartment.

6 examples of  porte-cochere  in sentences