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
The telegraph wire hummed faintly and hawks were perching on it here and there.
From The Chorus Girl and Other Stories by Constance Garnett
With the fowls came the pigeons, which were perching about them in all directions.
From Willis the Pilot by Paul Adrien
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
