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• Perched on the edge of the cliff was a hidden outlook.From the entry outlook
• The monastery perched on an exposed cliff.From the entry exposed
• The isabelline (or Daurian) shrike is a greyish-yellow and hunts from prominent perches, impaling the corpses on thorns as a larder.From the entry isabelline
• He had been visiting an area zoo when a monkey swung from its tree perch, swiped his glasses and hurled them into a hippo hole.From the entry monkey
• A feeding strategy of some birds is to sally out from a perch to snatch an insect and then returning to the same or a different perch.From the entry sally
• A scale model of a cargo aircraft was perched on the desk of the air force officer. "As they say, guns start wars, but logistics win them," he said.From the entry scale model
• Maybe he’s perched on the shiny basketball court in the Kerr Hall gym.2020 April 1, Andrea Josic, Nathaniel Crouch, Zachary Roman, “Help deliver a secret message to Rye’s president”, in The Eyeopener, volume…. From the entry never eat shredded wheat
• I eventually got to a smelly bus shelter and perched cautiously on the bench inside.2019, Candice Carty-Williams, Queenie, Trapeze, page 44. From the entry bus shelter
• Perched tailorwise on the bed, I myself stared like an owl into the gloom.2014, Peter De Vries, The Tunnel of Love, page 126. From the entry tailorwise
• “You didn't throw up,” Kavinsky noted, from his perch two seats away.2013, Maggie Stiefvater, The Dream Thieves, →ISBN. From the entry Mitsubishi
• "Right here," said Lizzie, who had a witch's hat perched on her head.2010, Jennifer Weiner, Fly Away Home, Simon and Schuster, →ISBN, page 332. From the entry witch's hat
• In the black-and-white drawing, Lu sports a bird's nest-like hairdo, with a bird perched in it.2006 March 7, Shu-ling Ko, “Cartoonists decry the lack of interest in their talents”, in Taipei Times, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the…. From the entry caricature
• Instead, they batmanned effortlessly hand-over-hand up the rope like kids pulling in perch.2005, Alan Hobson, Jamie Clarke, Above All Else: The Everest Dream, →ISBN, page 53. From the entry batman
• Seiko's cyberlover is perched at the interface watching her every move.2002, Roger Beebe, Denise Fulbrook, Ben Saunders, Rock over the edge. From the entry cyberlover
• Erika cooked over a turf fire and roasted meat in a bastable perched over the flames.2001, Trevor Norton, Reflections on a Summer Sea, page 70. From the entry bastable
• Her new shoes, with their little perched heels, lent a swing to her hips.1998, Sally Brampton, Concerning Lily. From the entry kitten heel
• Many lateral moraines perch high on the walls of glaciated valleys.1997, Robert Phillip Sharp, Allen F. Glazner, “Geology Underfoot in Death Valley and Owens Valley”, in Mountain, Press Publishing, page 241. From the entry moraine
• The creeks gave us lots of food, too—yellow belly and jew, perch and eel.1994, Rita Huggins & Jackie Huggins, Auntie Rita, in Heiss & Minter, Macquarie PEN Anthology of Aboriginal Literature, Allen & Unwin 2008…. From the entry jew
• Perch this over a hole in the ground and voila! you have a thunder box.1992, Gerald Durrell, “Crystal Country and beyond”, in The Aye-aye and I: A Rescue Mission in Madagascar, London: BCA, →ISBN, page 94. From the entry thunderbox
• Perched on its top, huddled together, three owlings were ogling them.1985, Romanian Review, volume 39, numbers 6-12, page 22. From the entry owling
• Withdrawn as a Buddha he sat, watching the alien world from his perch in the absolute.1983, Lawrence Durrell, Sebastian (Avignon Quintet), Faber & Faber, published 2004, page 1039. From the entry absolute
• I assure you from a God's Olympian perch that government is a shared myth.1981, Frank Herbert, God Emperor of Dune (Science Fiction), →ISBN, →OCLC, page 41. From the entry shared
• Some toddlers enjoy their high perch, but safety is a concern with these seats.1981 October 21, Joan Weiss, Your Second Child, Simon & Schuster, →ISBN, page 250. From the entry toddler
• Smiley and Guillam perched disconsolately beneath it, on a bench of salmon velvet.1977, John Le Carré, The Honourable Schoolboy, Folio Society, published 2010, page 155. From the entry salmon
• Before catching, more than half zopes, sandres and perches feed actively.1974, B.S. Kuzin, editor, Biological and Hydrological Factors of Local Movements of Fish in Reservoirs, New Delhi: Amerind Publishing Co.…. From the entry zope
• If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies!1969 December 7, Monty Python, “Full Frontal Nudity, Dead Parrot sketch”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, spoken by Mr Praline (John…. From the entry be
• If you hadn't nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies.1969 December 7, “Full Frontal Nudity”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, season 1, episode 8, spoken by Mr Praline (John Cleese), Dead…. From the entry parrot
• If you hadn’t nailed it to the perch it would be pushing up the daisies!1969 December 7, Monty Python, “Full Frontal Nudity, Dead Parrot sketch”, in Monty Python's Flying Circus, spoken by Mr Praline (John…. From the entry bereft
• Perch: In the head of this fish there are small stones that sorceresses used in concocting love-philtres.1961, Harry E. Wedeck, Dictionary of Aphrodisiacs, New York: The Citadel Press, page 180. From the entry sorceress
• That was Bobbie's lighthouse I saw perched high on the cliffs.1955, John C. Caldwell, chapter 1, in Still the Rice Grows Green, Chicago: Henry Regnery Company, →LCCN, →OCLC, page 9. From the entry Tungting
• The parson, all unaware, dully pursued his calling, perched above the exquisite derision of their glances.1930, Norman Lindsay, Redheap, Sydney, N.S.W.: Ure Smith, →OCLC, page 127. From the entry all
• Spinola," he demanded, tumbling down from his perch and holding out an insistent hand.1923, Ernest Bramah [pseudonym; Ernest Brammah Smith], “(please specify the page)”, in The Eyes of Max Carrados, London: Grant Richards…. From the entry I.O.U.
• Flitting from its perch; the huge bird circled again and flew down to a higher branch - still watching her.2019 January 10, Margaret Wiese, Margene Wiese-Baier, Wymans Creek, WestBow Press, →ISBN. From the entry surveiler
• They sang awake the Songhai women who grilled spongy rice pancakes and the Bozo riverwomen who smoked catfish and perch.2016, Anna Badkhen, Walking with Abel: Journeys with the Nomads of the African Savannah. From the entry riverwoman
• For the technical rehearsal, Beckett reduced the size of Willie's handkerchief, ridiculously dainty when it perched unprotectively on Willie's bald head.2014, Ruby Cohn, Just Play: Beckett's Theater, page 255. From the entry unprotectively
• This newborn is half asleep, half awake, perched, docked really, atop the carriage in a comfy baby seat at table height.2013, Joe Wise, The Truth in Twenty ... and Then Some. From the entry youngsome

Meaning of perch

1. noun Any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.
2. noun Acanthopagrus berda.
3. noun Distichodus engycephalus, Distichodus rostratus.

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How do you use perch in a sentence?

Perch is used as a noun and verb. For example: “The macaw perched on Jim's shoulder.”

What is a short sentence with perch?

“The macaw perched on Jim's shoulder.”

What does perch mean?

Perch means any of the three species of spiny-finned freshwater fish in the genus Perca.