Example sentences for: perched

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

  • At the center of the palace, the Marmorsaal (Marble Hall) contains exquisite columns made from Carrara marble and stucco figures perched high up on the cornice.

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

  • By 1868 and the enactment of the Fourteenth Amendment, we were perched on the threshold of a constitutional revolution.

  • The Mexica Aztecs traveled south under the guidance of the god Huitzilopochtli, who advised them to look for an eagle perched on a prickly pear cactus, devouring a serpent.

  • Perched on a ridge at the junction of the River Guadiana and the smaller Oeiras, the town is protected by Moorish walls and topped by a rather dilapidated castle with a profusion of storks’ nests.


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