perch

Example Sentences

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She sat perched on a stool at her workbench, using a smooth stone to grind soil clumps into fine dust as she talked.

From Los Angeles Times

Cathy befriends young Heathcliff after her rich, alcoholic father brings him to live and work as a servant on their estate perched atop the windy English moors.

From Salon

From her perch in New Orleans, she has also reported on natural disasters, the big business of Mardi Gras and her neighborhood peacock, Mr. P.

From The Wall Street Journal

There are only two chairs, so Dad and Camille perch awkwardly on them while Andre and I hover in the doorway.

From Literature

There was a small sparrow perched on the very top, where the giant’s ear might have been.

From Literature