roost

Example Sentences

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There is a chance the crisis widens, its unknowables blooming into view, the crows coming home to roost.

From Slate • Mar. 6, 2026

"That means American films frequently rule the roost," noted Variety Magazine, making the ceremony a better predictor for the Oscars, but reducing chances for local productions to shine outside the outstanding British film category.

From Barron's • Feb. 22, 2026

But even in California, dairy milk still rules the roost, and every year for nearly 70 years, the California Milk Advisory Board has crowned its California Dairy Princess as its dairy ambassador.

From Los Angeles Times • Feb. 14, 2026

The turkeys would roost at night in trees before being encouraged down in the morning with food and then walking on again.

From BBC • Dec. 24, 2025

The bobolinks are singing in the fields, two herons are flying toward their roost, and grasshoppers are stridu- lating at our feet.

From "On the Far Side of the Mountain" by Jean Craighead George