roost
noun
a perch upon which birds or fowls rest at night.
will roost
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future tenseof roost.future tense
Used to express actions, events, or states that have not yet occurred but are expected to happen.
Example Sentences
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“Kinglets will roost together in big groups, all puffed up and crowded together like a cluster of bees.”
From Seattle Times ● Jan. 30, 2022
And baseball made a resurgence in the 1980s with the construction of what’s now called Sahlen Field, the downtown stadium where the Blue Jays will roost for much of the next two months.
From Washington Times ● Jul. 25, 2020
"Tired as can be—you know I had no sleep last night—we are coming to a little thicket where we will roost for the night."
From Jacques Bonneval by Anne Manning
The "Henwife" finds, however, "that if there are nests, there the Cochins will roost, in spite of all attempts to make them do otherwise."
Is it not strange," he said, "how genius will roost on any perch?
From The Second Class Passenger Fifteen Stories by Perceval Gibbon
