roost

Example Sentences

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

From BBC

But all along it, aging chickens are coming home to roost.

From The Wall Street Journal

The falconer says the hawk is trained not to attack pigeons or gulls but will instead scare them into roosting and nesting elsewhere.

From BBC

“This is all coming to roost in the form of higher-for-longer metal prices,” he said.

From MarketWatch

The birds perched in the trees were not vultures but gentle cooing doves, with a few comically roosting chickens mixed among them.

From Literature