Example Sentences

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For as long as he ducks the questions in public, they will perch upon his shoulder.

From BBC • Jan. 22, 2023

“Instead, they will perch and fluff their feathers and hold out their wings to allow air to flow through and cool off.”

From Washington Post • Aug. 12, 2022

The male will perch on a log or stump and perform a series of increasingly fast wingbeats, creating a deep thumping sound that starts off slowly and accelerates over the course of the 10-second display.

From Scientific American • Sep. 15, 2021

You will perch on his desk at work and poke him in the ribs so he yelps and his co-worker looks over from a solitaire game.

From The New Yorker • Aug. 16, 2018

By so doing victory will perch on our banners, and there can't be no claim of underhand work or fraud from the other side.

From Sundry Accounts by Cobb, Irvin S. (Irvin Shrewsbury)