perched

Example Sentences

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Featuring a decorative eagle perched on top, the bell stands on two legs and can fit on a tabletop.

From Los Angeles Times

He looks up over his glasses, perched on the very tip of his nose.

From Literature

While only one piece of a much larger urban transformation, this uproarious structure, perched at the edge of the Basque city’s industrial waterfront, utterly transformed its image, giving birth to the overused phrase “Bilbao Effect.”

From Los Angeles Times

Still, the institution endured, its grassy campus and low-slung wings perched proudly on the east end of town.

From Los Angeles Times

Meanwhile, the audience has perched between seasons, with little indication of whether the show will sufficiently account for its young stars’ off-camera maturation within the story once it returns.

From Salon