Example sentences for: perched

How can you use “perched” in a sentence? Here are some example sentences to help you improve your vocabulary:

  • Perched so often on scaffolding as he painted, Tiepolo rather naturally developed a fascination for things that hover and fly, or flutter and fall.

  • In the lobby, children waiting for music lessons bend over their homework, mom perched at their shoulder.

  • Perched on a tiny rocky isle in Xihai Lake, it is a wonderful spot for a lake view and a picnic.

  • It was in the fall, and a sign painter was perched high on the side of a newly completed grain elevator where he was to paint the name of the grain company.

  • Half the pleasure of this lovely town dramatically perched on a rocky precipice is a first glimpse of it from afar (not so very different today from Turner’s 1828 painting in London’s Tate Gallery).


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