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
As he perches on his make-shift bed, he tells me why he thinks prisoners make better soldiers than civilians who are mobilised.
From BBC • Sep. 30, 2025
A trio of red, yellow and green parrots and cockatiels sit on wooden perches, oblivious to the piercing stare of a blue-eyed feline a few feet away.
From Los Angeles Times • May 23, 2025
The eyes moved and the lips talked and the ears wiggled as the frantic fly crawled over the little perches.
From "East of Eden" by John Steinbeck
