roost
noun
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
roosted
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past participleof roost.past participle
A verb form used in perfect and passive verb constructions and that can also function as a modifier.
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past tense formof roost.past tense
Used to describe completed actions or previous habitual actions.
roostnouna perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
Example Sentences
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To test the method, the team examined hundreds of tiny fossil bones left behind by owls that once roosted inside the cave.
From Science Daily ● Jun. 24, 2026
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
His ode to his diet, “The Tea Song,” convinced Young that a peculiar talent roosted upstairs.
From New York Times ● Dec. 8, 2021
I pushed the issue, saying I was working on a novel about this relative, and would just enjoy seeing where he'd roosted all these years, but she was shaking her head no, no, no.
From Salon ● Jun. 12, 2021
A blackbird with a yellow beak flew into the open area and roosted on a tree branch.
From "Escape from Mr. Lemoncello's Library" by Chris Grabenstein
