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

It has low level perches and a cat flap so she can get in and out and means she can remain with her feathered friends.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Pulling up his laptop, Dallas shows off the art for a single: On a majestic winding Italian road, ian perches pensively on a white moped, in an all-white yacht outfit, barefoot.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 26, 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

A huge, black bird springs out; it perches on her bureau, looking just like the etching of the raven in Yo's first English poetry book.

From "How the García Girls Lost Their Accents" by Julia Alvarez