as in roof
a raised covering over something for decoration or protection
stayed under the awning outside the shop during the rainstorm
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Recent Examples of awning
As winds suddenly increased, an awning on the yacht ripped apart.
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Jillian Frankel, People.com, 15 May 2025
Grammy sourced the fabric, made the awning and created the curtains.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The area was decorated with a Palestinian flag hanging by the counter and string lights and crescent moons hanging from the awnings.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
Photo : David Fitzgerald Part of the roof terrace is shaded by a striped awning.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2025
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Jillian Frankel, People.com, 15 May 2025
Grammy sourced the fabric, made the awning and created the curtains.
—Jordan Greene, People.com, 8 Apr. 2025
The area was decorated with a Palestinian flag hanging by the counter and string lights and crescent moons hanging from the awnings.
—Nollyanne Delacruz, Mercury News, 29 Mar. 2025
Photo : David Fitzgerald Part of the roof terrace is shaded by a striped awning.
—Wendy Bowman, Robb Report, 25 Mar. 2025
See All Example Sentences for awning
Recent Examples of Synonyms for awning
Noun
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Additionally, there will be communal areas, roof terraces, floating gardens, and lots of greenery throughout.—
Adam Williams
May 28,
New Atlas,
28 May 2025
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At the stable after the practice run, under fans suspended from its gabled roof, soldiers washed down the horses.—
Tom Vanden Brook,
USA Today,
27 May 2025
Noun
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The 7 x 7-foot canopy can fit two to four adults and offers UPF 50 protection.—
Brandi Fuller,
Better Homes & Gardens,
27 May 2025
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This option is 20 inches long when closed, but the canopy spans a whopping 50 inches.—
Louryn Strampe,
Wired News,
26 May 2025
Noun
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Thousands of children are starving as Netanyahu refuses to allow food into the area where refugees are housed in tents because most of the infrastructure has been destroyed.—
Tom Zirpoli,
Baltimore Sun,
27 May 2025
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Two people with tents facing one another, and a clothesline stretched between two trees, needed new prescriptions for medication as well as treatment for a wound.—
Ginny Monk,
Hartford Courant,
26 May 2025
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“Awning.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/awning. Accessed 4 Jun. 2025.
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