perched
Example Sentences
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By summer 1895, students were lobbing small balls into waste paper baskets perched upon poles on the lawn of a new Dartford talent factory: Madame Bergman Osterberg's Physical Training College.
From BBC ● Jul. 23, 2026
Near the base of a column atop which Saint Simeon Stylites once perched, scattered stones lay bare the damage inflicted on the surrounding Byzantine monastery in northern Syria by war, looting and rampant illegal excavations.
From Barron's ● Jul. 20, 2026
A quick stroll upstream, a group of DJs unaffiliated with the family-friendly festival hosted a day party aimed at Gen Z and millennial attendees, perched on one of the channel’s outcrops.
From Los Angeles Times ● Jul. 13, 2026
Rescuers perched atop the structure cut holes in the roof and sprayed a special solution onto the hot spots, as regular water could have frozen and quickly weighed down the entire structure.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 22, 2026
Dawn found Jeremy still at his desk, the dragon perched on his shoulder, nibbling contentedly, but ineffectively, at his ear.
From "Jeremy Thatcher, Dragon Hatcher" by Bruce Coville
