How to Use perch in a Sentence

perch

1 of 2 verb

• The buildings are perched above the Port of Alaska, with views of the Chugach Mountains.
  — Alex Demarban, Anchorage Daily News, 19 June 2023
• The spiky animal perched on some plants and fell asleep.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Feb. 2024
• In the video, the animal can be seen perched amongst the branches in the middle of the tree as the woman films it.
  — Kirsty Hatcher, Peoplemag, 4 Dec. 2023
• Two birds perch on the letter C, which is flanked by Charles and Camilla's coats of arms.
  — Janine Henni, Peoplemag, 4 Apr. 2023
• Then there’s the very final scene, where the camera is perched high up as the Queen walks across the nave of the cathedral toward the door.
  — K.j. Yossman, Variety, 15 Dec. 2023
• There’s also a rooftop pool and ski concierge perched right at the base of Ajax Mountain to help guests pop in and out of their boots.
  — Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2024
• On the second, the puck was perched on his leg pad and Jake DeBrusk managed to poke it into the net.
  — Mike Brehm, USA TODAY, 19 Apr. 2023
• By then, dozens of people, barely able to see through the smoke along Front Street, were perched on the edge of the sea wall, struggling to breathe.
  — Riley Mellen, New York Times, 15 Aug. 2023
• Dave White, a zookeeper at Chester Zoo, in England, points up to the mother perched on a branch and beams with pride.
  — Nell Lewis; Video By Sandy Thin, CNN, 9 Mar. 2023
• At the very top perched something that looked strangely like a bullet.
  — Richard Lederer, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Dec. 2023
• At one home, chickens inside a backyard coop perched on a bar near the roof to avoid the water.
  — CBS News, 10 Mar. 2023
• In the April 16 video, two small cubs were seen perched on branches of a tree near an Asheville apartment complex.
  — Aliza Chasan, CBS News, 1 May 2024
• Since it’s perched on the second floor, lunch or a drink here will offer the property’s best open-air views of the ocean.
  — John Vorwald, Robb Report, 30 Nov. 2023
• His purple gown cloaked around his shoulders and a tassel swung from the cap perched atop his red-curly hair.
  — Haeven Gibbons, Dallas News, 5 July 2023
• Put a small pebble or stone in your birdbath to give insects a spot to safely perch and sip.
  — Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 8 Feb. 2023
• Shacks are perched on cliffs with little vegetation to hold the land in place.
  — NBC News, 18 Aug. 2023
• Other birds, in bronze, will be perched on the church’s exterior and grounds.
  — Brian MacQuarrie, BostonGlobe.com, 18 June 2023
• There are also two different deck areas, one on the ground level and one perched on top of the bus.
  — Abigail Bailey, Good Housekeeping, 13 June 2023
• Many stood on the muddy, rocky earth that the floods carried through the city center, while others perched on the roof of a mosque that was still standing.
  — Raja Abdulrahim, New York Times, 23 Sep. 2023
• In the sweet shots, the birthday boy sits on big sister Weslie's lap while Zaia, 3, is perched on her mom's lap.
  — Angela Andaloro, Peoplemag, 27 Mar. 2023
• The 101-key hotel, which also offers a number of villas, is perched on the right bank of the Chao Phraya River.
  — Hannah Walhout, Travel + Leisure, 11 July 2023
• At a quick glance from a distance this large bird could have been a turkey vulture or dark morph hawk perched in a tree next to my route.
  — Ernie Cowan, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2024
• In recent months, air defense systems such as the Pantsir-S1 and S-400 were lifted with heavy cranes and perched on rooftops or placed in city parks.
  — Mary Ilyushina, Washington Post, 20 Mar. 2023
• Still, she was comforted to find a stone perched atop the marker, a Jewish practice to honor the dead.
  — Katrina Miller, New York Times, 2 Oct. 2023
• Ice sits at the poles A planet perched right at the sun’s maw shouldn’t harbor any water, let alone ice—or so researchers thought.
  — Shi En Kim, Smithsonian Magazine, 16 Apr. 2024
• The actress got busy posing in a thong bikini while perched on a tree branch, and showed off her epic butt and a peek of underboob.
  — Korin Miller, Women's Health, 17 July 2023
• Parents can perch the Peeps Chick in various spots around their home to 'watch over' kids during the Lent season.
  — Kelly O'Sullivan, Country Living, 23 Feb. 2023
• The lodging has evolved since its early days and is now made up of 36 suites and rooms that feel perfectly perched among the estate’s trees.
  — Nicole Kliest, Vogue, 5 Sep. 2023
• During the nighttime surveys, researchers went inside a restaurant and found six small lizards perched on the wall, the study said.
  — Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 19 Apr. 2024
• An electric fan was perched on an ironing board, blowing air toward the bed.
  — Matthew Ormseth, Los Angeles Times, 18 Apr. 2024

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perch

2 of 2 noun

• One peers down from a perch near the top of the Eiffel Tower.
  — Catherine Porter, New York Times, 12 Feb. 2023
• Last night, Adams, 51, came down from the perch and stood on the pitcher’s mound, his drum lying to the side.
  — Tom Breckenridge, cleveland, 3 Feb. 2023
• With his new perch, Sanders seems inclined to stay in the Senate.
  — Mary Clare Jalonick, Fortune, 8 Feb. 2023
• There is no seating in the shop, but a bench just outside the door makes a handy pie perch.
  — Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 18 Feb. 2024
• Players pull carrots from the base and wait for Jack to launch from his perch.
  — Amanda Garrity, Good Housekeeping, 9 Feb. 2023
• McCarthy smiled and looked straight at the speaker’s perch.
  — Daniel Wu, Washington Post, 4 Oct. 2023
• With a privileged perch on the banks of Lake Annecy, why wouldn’t that be the case?
  — Lindsay Cohn, Travel + Leisure, 3 June 2023
• Such is the case with many popular fish like trout, bass, perch.
  — Joe Cermele, Outdoor Life, 20 July 2023
• Based on its current perch, a surge of this magnitude would put the IT name back near the $54 mark.
  — Schaeffer's Investment Research, Forbes, 22 Feb. 2024
• From his perch in the dugout, Red Sox manager Alex Cora was sure the game was over.
  — Peter Abraham, BostonGlobe.com, 1 July 2023
• Alalaô Kiosk, a sleek beach hut, offers stiff drinks and a perfect perch for the sunset.
  — Jack Nicas, New York Times, 2 Mar. 2023
• Stay in a cozy suite or splurge on a penthouse with wraparound views of the city from your central perch.
  — Harper's Bazaar Staff, Harper's BAZAAR, 1 Feb. 2023
• The pond, two or three acres in extent, teemed with pike, pickerel, and perch.
  — Don Holm, Outdoor Life, 3 Apr. 2023
• Somebody sends a camera up on a drone, for a laugh, to capture Sol on her perch.
  — Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 19 Jan. 2024
• This ottoman provides a spot to perch and room for storage.
  — Sunset Staff, Sunset Magazine, 10 Oct. 2023
• From its perch on the edge of a cliff, guests had an unobstructed view of the over-400-foot-high Tequendama Falls.
  — Steven Casale, Travel + Leisure, 9 Aug. 2023
• Still, don’t expect the august perch to change (La)Horde’s approach.
  — Ben Croll, Variety, 4 Apr. 2024
• Soon, fellow sky-gazers near our perch atop the town of Qaqortoq joined, too.
  — Stephanie Vermillion, Vogue, 11 Dec. 2023
• Important to note: If your cat likes to climb or perch, this post doesn’t have that option.
  — Jessie Quinn, Peoplemag, 14 Apr. 2023
• Her dog River ogled some baba ganoush from his perch near her feet.
  — Mattie Kahn, New York Times, 28 Nov. 2023
• The plunge in Tesla shares was enough to knock Musk off his perch as the world’s richest person for the first time in almost nine months.
  — Lionel Lim, Fortune Asia, 5 Mar. 2024
• Above our bluff perch, two cedar waxwings flew across the slowly brightening sky.
  — Sharon Grigsby, Dallas News, 7 Apr. 2023
• Both include sisal scratching posts and spacious perches for cats to sleep, hide and play in.
  — Yolanda Wikiel, wsj.com, 17 Oct. 2023
• The shift opens up the Sunday-evening perch, which can serve as a springboard to more visible duties.
  — Brian Steinberg, Variety, 18 Feb. 2024
• Your seat for this aural bliss is a comfy perch with softer padding than the BMW norm.
  — Joe Lorio, Car and Driver, 28 Mar. 2023
• Best to gird our loins in the new year and work to shove them from their powerful perches and media spotlights.
  — Brian T. Allen, National Review, 23 Dec. 2023
• Pants ride lower and shirts cling tighter for want of a perch, but there’s something to be said for a loose shirt free to snatch a breeze on your behalf.
  — Melvin Backman, Los Angeles Times, 12 Oct. 2023
• Five to seven bats at a time were free to fly about the room, which was lined with sound-dampening foam and equipped with perches and fruit to eat.
  — Jake Buehler, Quanta Magazine, 31 Oct. 2023
• There is a circular perch for the birds surrounding the feeder's base.
  — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2024
• If the shallows in your local water feature some rocks and vegetation, odds increase that the perch are piled in.
  — Joe Cermele, Field & Stream, 14 Mar. 2024

Last Updated: 5 Sep 2024