perch
noun
a pole or rod, usually horizontal, serving as a roost for birds.
were perching
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past progressiveof perch.past progressive
Used to describe an ongoing action or continuous state that was happening at a specific time in the past.
Example Sentences
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Coats & hats were piled on the twin beds, and people were perching cheerfully on top of the coats & hats.
From Time Magazine Archive
She felt despair sit on her shoulders, as heavy as if the harpy herself were perching there.
From "The Amber Spyglass" by Philip Pullman
At this time the birds lacked their usual restlessness and were perching quietly, neither preening nor attempting to find prey.
From Observations on the Mississippi Kite in Southwestern Kansas by Henry S. Fitch
And on every mountain summit Up there sprang three beauteous birch-trees, In the crown of every birch-tree, Golden cuckoos three were perching.
From Kalevala, Volume I (of 2) The Land of the Heroes by W. F. (William Forsell) Kirby
After the train got into motion, motor-cars raced beside the track, school-children were found lined up at wayside crossings, stumps and telegraph poles were perching places for daring climbers.
From Down Under With the Prince by Sara Jeannette Duncan
