Example Sentences

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Inside the door, a small blue hawk was perching on a bracket.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

Will didn’t move, because out of the corner of his eye, he could see the Lady Salmakia moving delicately along the branch where the harpy was perching.

From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman

But he kept hold of the paddle, and then found a heavy branch nudging at the hoop where Asta was perching, and he seized that and held the canoe still against it.

From "The Book of Dust: La Belle Sauvage" by Philip Pullman

My mother was perching herself before the harpsichord.

From "The Astonishing Life of Octavian Nothing, Traitor to the Nation, Volume I: The Pox Party" by M.T. Anderson

To generate profits, Bear Stearns, like every other Wall Street firm, was perching more and more speculative bets on top of each dollar of its capital.

From "The Big Short" by Michael Lewis