Example Sentences

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The office used to be one of the few perches prominent enough to attract national attention.

From Slate • Apr. 6, 2026

It has low level perches and a cat flap so she can get in and out and means she can remain with her feathered friends.

From BBC • Dec. 9, 2025

Coming to you from the opposite end of the movie musical spectrum from where “Wicked” perches is Maria Friedman’s compact, propulsive film of her acclaimed revival staging of Stephen Sondheim’s “Merrily We Roll Along.”

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 5, 2025

Once inside, the bird perches on a carved head of Pallas before engaging the man in a strange conversation in which it repeats a single dread word.

From The Wall Street Journal • Oct. 9, 2025

Within seconds, he perches awkwardly with his butt in her lap, tongue out and leg thumping.

From "Simon vs. the Homo Sapiens Agenda" by Becky Albertalli