roost
noun
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
is roosting
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present progressiveof roost (3rd person singular).present progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or state that is currently taking place in the immediate present.
Example Sentences
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Over their roof-trees there murmur elms and chestnuts; the sun has sunk to his rest; a stork is roosting on the gable; and all is beautifully poetic and touching.
From The Gambler by C. J. Hogarth
So he toils and sweats and stinks—imagines that he is roosting on the top rung of the journalistic ladder when he hasn't even learned his trade.
From Brann the Iconoclast — Volume 10 by William Cowper Brann
He went back to his clerk's stool and is roosting there today.
From Certain Success by Norval A. Hawkins
