perching
- present participle of perch.
Example Sentences
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What would after-school dates with his girlfriend be like if, instead of awkwardly perching on a sidewalk bench, they could relax at a cheap and cheerful diner or a first-run movie house?
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 30, 2025
“Atlanta” built a Lynchian house for its “Teddy Perkins” episode, perching a namesake character buried under prosthetics within its dim innards.
From Salon ● Jan. 18, 2025
The series began with a goat "perching" on a building in Kew, followed by two elephants reaching their trunks towards each other in Chelsea.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2024
They also discovered that the feet are acutely sensitive to touch and this touch had a large representation in the brain, presumably to help with perching.
From Science Daily ● May 29, 2024
This Sarai knew from years of perching on sleeping faces, and not from Feral who, though he had begun to shave, could go days between with no one the wiser.
From "Strange the Dreamer" by Laini Taylor
