roost
noun
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
had roosted
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past perfectof roost.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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Many of these were condors that had roosted in Arizona’s Vermilion Cliffs, the same place where captive-bred birds were first released in 1996.
From Scientific American ● Aug. 29, 2023
She wanted to put off work a little longer to hunt for a northern saw-whet owl that had roosted nearby for a few weeks earlier in the season.
From Slate ● Feb. 11, 2019
Once, May injured a bat by mistake, crushing it when she opened a window it had roosted on.
From "Missing May" by Cynthia Rylant
Q who had roosted on Si's rail all night.
From Si Klegg, Book 2 (of 6) Thru The Stone River Campaign And In Winter Quarters At Murfreesboro by John McElroy
The old tree rubbed their leafless branches against the window panes, and the fowls which had roosted there for the night, were fain to clap their wings, and make prodigious efforts to preserve their equilibrium.
From Words of Cheer for the Tempted, the Toiling, and the Sorrowing by T. S. (Timothy Shay) Arthur
