Perched

The eagle perched atop the cliff, scanning the valley spread out beneath it.

A parrot was perched on the captain's shoulder.

Anne, who was perched on the edge of the veranda, enjoying the charm of a mild west wind blowing across a newly ploughed field on a gray November twilight and piping a quaint little melody among the twisted firs below the garden, turned her dreamy face over her shoulder.

An owl is perched on the green tree.

I have a dream where I have to climb to the sixth level of a flimsy, multi-story tent which is perched on the top of a skyscraper.

One perched, Celaeno, on a rock, and lo, / thus croaked the dismal seer her prophecy of woe. / "War, too, Laomedon's twice-perjured race! / War do ye bring, our cattle stol'n and slain? / And unoffending Harpies would ye chase / forth from their old, hereditary reign?"

Civita, which dates back to Etruscan times and is perched on a small plateau of progressively eroding volcanic stone, will likely be visited this year by 800,000 tourists — a large number of them Chinese.

A bird was perched on the road sign.

As they arose to leave the fountain which had been witness of their mutual engagement, an arrow whistled through the air, and struck a raven perched on the sere branch of an old oak, near to where they had been seated.

An elaborate temple-like structure perched on an apartment block in southeastern China is an illegal hazard that should be torn down, residents say.