roosting

present participle of roost

Example Sentences

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Recent Examples of roosting Exclusion is the most effective means of keeping bats from roosting in your house. Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 21 Oct. 2025 Though no condors were roosting near the Grand Canyon area wildfires, the Peregrine Fund evacuated three captive condors in their facilities to a safe location. John Leos, AZCentral.com, 1 Oct. 2025 Here, the wide, shallow channels are perfect for roosting birds, while the surrounding cornfields provide a post-harvest buffet, allowing the cranes to fatten up for the long journey to their breeding grounds in the northern stretches of the United States, Canada, and even Siberia. Nicholas Derenzo, AFAR Media, 16 Sep. 2025 If the permit is granted, the gulls' eggs can only be exterminated during roosting season between mid-May and mid-June. Everett Eaton, jsonline.com, 15 Sep. 2025
Recent Examples of Synonyms for roosting
Verb
  • Other photos show it while perching on the plant.
    Aspen Pflughoeft, Miami Herald, 2 Oct. 2025
  • TikTok users were able to see two cats perching over a bathroom sink, which had been filled with tap water.
    Melissa Fleur Afshar, MSNBC Newsweek, 25 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • Spread in one layer, nestling the chicken, skin-side up, between the tomatoes and chickpeas.
    Lynda Balslev, Mercury News, 17 Oct. 2025
  • Cottagecore cozy wouldn’t be complete without a quilt, and this one from Brooklinen is on par to nestling into a cotton candy cloud.
    Yelena Moroz Alpert, Architectural Digest, 20 Sep. 2025
Verb
  • This month, the team began landing equipment to start building the 3-mile road from the coast to the first well.
    Jordan Blum, Fortune, 22 Oct. 2025
  • External whispers were ignored, leaving Scheyer thrilled in landing the late-bloomer from Milwaukee’s Wisconsin Lutheran High School.
    Roderick Boone, Charlotte Observer, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The city's Department of Finance manages those revenue streams, which include the city’s sales, use and lodging taxes.
    Elise Schmelzer, Denver Post, 14 Oct. 2025
  • The visitors bureau receives most of its revenue from taxes on lodging places and restaurants, which totaled close to $19 million in 2024.
    Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 9 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • The initiative extends beyond pure production, positioning itself as networking infrastructure for emerging filmmakers.
    Naman Ramachandran, Variety, 23 Oct. 2025
  • Chakrabarti has long been an antagonist to Pelosi, and recently announced his candidacy, positioning himself as a disrupter.
    Anita Chabria, Mercury News, 22 Oct. 2025
Verb
  • Try to keep parking clear in front of your home so that workers are less likely to park elsewhere.
    Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 15 Oct. 2025

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“Roosting.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/roosting. Accessed 29 Oct. 2025.

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