perches

Example Sentences

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The office used to be one of the few perches prominent enough to attract national attention.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

Once inside, the bird perches on a carved head of Pallas before engaging the man in a strange conversation in which it repeats a single dread word.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Questions remain whether this is The Bench, for the three interchangeable perches were treated equally as they were carted about.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 26, 2025

Three dead trees that my not-always-reliable phone app identified as an Indian almond, bagpod and common fig, served as his perches.

From Salon • Feb. 18, 2025

Razi rowed under the arch of the rock, the birds getting louder and flapping into the air from their rocky perches as the boat went by.

From "The Boy Who Met a Whale" by Nizrana Farook