perched
Example Sentences
Examples are provided to illustrate real-world usage of words in context. Any opinions expressed do not reflect the views of Dictionary.com.
As a construction worker, Jerry Barton of North Park often found himself perched precariously in high places . . . and he couldn’t stand it.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
And if you detour to the second-floor library, you’ll get the best view of a banana-yellow starfighter from “The Phantom Menace” that dangles over the lobby with R2-D2 perched in the tandem seat.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 8, 2026
One person sits in concentrated silence at each window, another perched in the back of the pick-up truck, ducking for the occasional limb branching from trees which rise around us.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
During a stop at the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, an owl perched on her gloved arm made her squeal like the girl she had been during her first visit there on a grade-school field trip.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 2, 2026
She perched on the delicate chair and helped herself to a sheet of stationery and a matching lilac-scented envelope.
From "The Interrupted Tale" by Maryrose Wood
