How to Use roost in a Sentence
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In 2022, the left even has a shot in Colombia, where the right has long ruled the roost.
—Washington Post, 22 Dec. 2021
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None of this changes the fact that the NFL still rules the roost of American sports.
—Sally Bronston, NBC News, 4 Feb. 2018
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To be sure, the NFL still rules the roost of American sports.
—NBC News, 4 Feb. 2018
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For a long time, Fox News has ruled the cable-news roost.
—Washington Post, 30 Nov. 2020
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The toms were gobbling from the roost at first light, and pitched down into the field.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 18 Feb. 2021
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Sides: The sports bar sides ruled the roost with crispy tater tots ($3.99 for a half order).
—Chuck Blount, San Antonio Express-News, 22 June 2018
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Lots of great art gets cut if gender or race rule the roost.
—Brian T. Allen, National Review, 16 Sep. 2020
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That’s a sobering turn of events for a sports franchise that ruled the Bay Area’s roost for most of the ’60s and ’70s.
—Gary Peterson, The Mercury News, 25 July 2019
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Hazy IPA has ruled the craft beer roost in recent years (much to the chagrin of some of us).
—Adam Lukach, chicagotribune.com, 26 Feb. 2021
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In 2018, the show’s storyline changed from a king and princess ruling the roost to a queen in charge.
—Samantha Masunagastaff Writer, Los Angeles Times, 10 Nov. 2022
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So, at the climax of 2021, does McDormand rule the wicked roost?
—Anthony Lane, The New Yorker, 23 Dec. 2021
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La Porte and North Shore figure to rule the roost Thursday morning for two of the team berths.
—Robert Avery, Houston Chronicle, 15 Oct. 2019
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At ground level, crews waited to see which trees the birds would choose for their roost.
—Stefano Pitrelli, Washington Post, 26 Jan. 2023
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Roberto Surace rules the roost with his quirky disco groove.
—Kat Bein, Billboard, 3 Sep. 2019
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Once upon a time, these bats would have made their homes in forests, but none of these roosts were in such an area.
—WIRED, 22 Sep. 2023
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Early geese come into a field low and hot off their roost or day loaf.
—Alex Robinson, Outdoor Life, 21 Aug. 2020
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The gobbler thunders a response, flies down from the roost and gobbles again.
—Shannon Tompkins, Houston Chronicle, 11 Apr. 2018
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But Kaczmarek’s Lois, the mother of five boys, ruled the roost and was just as important.
—Matthew Gilbert, BostonGlobe.com, 10 May 2018
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Stealthily, from its roost on the ceiling, one bat reached out and purloined his sun hat.
—Natasha Frost, New York Times, 4 Apr. 2023
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Excess is the privilege of those who rule the pop-culture roost.
—A.a. Dowd, Chron, 14 Mar. 2023
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Smaller, rugged specimens of the plant roost on the rocky hillsides like ravens.
—Miles W. Griffis, Vogue, 18 Dec. 2020
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But first impressions leave little room for doubt: This is a home where art rules the roost.
—Natalia Rachlin, ELLE Decor, 17 Feb. 2021
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Levin’s tiramisu, buzzy with espresso, would be at home at an Italian roost.
—Washington Post, 12 Mar. 2021
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In Vivaldi’s day, when castrati ruled the roost, the entire cast would have been male.
—Los Angeles Times, 11 Jan. 2023
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This year Spotify has set out to rule the roost in this medium, which Apple first streamed via iTunes in the mid-2000s.
—The Economist, 18 Dec. 2019
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Or toms will gobble hard on the roost, but clam up after flying down.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 8 Mar. 2021
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In more open spaces, flocks will crowd together for warmth and roost in groups overnight.
—Caroline Picard, Good Housekeeping, 1 Feb. 2019
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Art critics—certain art critics, the happy few, the band of brothers—ruled the roost.
—Roger Kimball, WSJ, 15 May 2018
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That said, there’s always been power to the Globes’ early January roost.
—Mikey O'Connell, The Hollywood Reporter, 11 Dec. 2023
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Today, pigeons have taken roost in the council’s domed entrance.
—Taylor Luck, The Christian Science Monitor, 17 Aug. 2023
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When the young are strong enough, the robins may roost in big groups.
—oregonlive, 8 Mar. 2021
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Leave the gate open and your chickens will come home to roost.
—Magi Helena, oregonlive, 23 Dec. 2019
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All ducks and geese have to have open water of some kind to roost and loaf on.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 26 June 2020
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The birds have been roosting on the tower for more than 6 years.
—Leah Asmelash and Hollie Silverman, CNN, 10 Jan. 2020
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To do that, the US will need to bring enrichment home to roost.
—Gregory Barber, Wired, 17 Mar. 2022
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Two ravens flew in a noisy pair, headed to roost — who knows where?
—John Schandelmeier, Anchorage Daily News, 25 Dec. 2022
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Brannick knows his wife may be among the corpses coming home to roost.
—John Anderson, WSJ, 11 Mar. 2021
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In April, Goldman put the odds of a recession coming to roost in the U.S. at 38%.
—Tristan Bove, Fortune, 17 May 2022
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The Jayhawks roost in the streaming realm at 9 p.m. Tickets via watch.mandolin.com.
—Gary Graff, cleveland, 25 Nov. 2020
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The Chicken roosted in the stands during the first three or four years of his career.
—San Diego Union-Tribune, 27 July 2019
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Ravens can fly 5 or 10 miles or more to roost — and commute, Sinnott said.
—Zaz Hollander, Anchorage Daily News, 7 Jan. 2022
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Across the street, people roost on the curb, several hang out on their own porch.
—Jon Bream, Star Tribune, 24 Aug. 2020
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The chickens are coming home to roost, this is real here.
—Madeline Holcombe, CNN, 12 Oct. 2019
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High above, macaws -- one of over 460 bird species residing in the region -- roost in fissures in the rock.
—Steph Dyson, CNN, 28 Sep. 2021
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The chickens have come home to roost for the former president.
—Aanu Adeoye, Quartz, 30 June 2021
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McKechnie tells the New York Times that the next step will be to study where the hummingbirds roost each night.
—Theresa MacHemer, Smithsonian Magazine, 11 Sep. 2020
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The financial system is where those costs come to roost.
—Robinson Meyer, The Atlantic, 30 Mar. 2021
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Bats had been roosting in the trees where locals set up spigots to collect the tasty sap.
—Katie Hunt, CNN, 29 Jan. 2020
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Condors might be seen soaring on the morning thermals along the ridge and roosting in trees in the evenings.
—Sharon Boorstin, Los Angeles Times, 6 Sep. 2019
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Moths, on the other hand, don’t build burrows or nests and instead roost in trees and shrubs during the day.
—WIRED, 12 June 2023
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The thoughts that come to roost in my head in those moments are always the gloomiest, also the most precise.
—Jhumpa Lahiri, The New Yorker, 8 Feb. 2021
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In short, all of Europe’s green chickens are coming home to roost.
—Allysia Finley, WSJ, 27 Sep. 2021
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Investors seem to think Tesla will rule the auto roost a decade from now and leave the legacy giants in the dust.
—David Meyer, Fortune, 31 Jan. 2022
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For humans, it’s later in life that high cholesterol comes home to roost, so to speak, in the form of heart disease.
—Liz Langley, National Geographic, 26 Aug. 2019
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Ruling the horror roost for nearly three decades is no mean feat.
—Simon Hill, Wired, 21 Oct. 2021
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All these price hikes are now coming home to roost — in consumers' wallets.
—Nathaniel Meyersohn, CNN, 23 Apr. 2021
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Hens and drakes pair up and spread out, looking to feed, roost, and loaf in places where they won’t be disturbed by unpaired males.
—Joe Genzel, Outdoor Life, 28 Aug. 2020
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The Euro-elites lost touch with their nationals, and their chickens came home to roost.
—Sahil Handa, National Review, 10 June 2019
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The birds roost on the braided river’s sandbars at night, then take to the skies at sunup and head toward neighboring corn fields.
—Sarah Kuta, Smithsonian Magazine, 22 Feb. 2024
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Spring Courtship Display Any turkey hunter out to roost birds in the spring has probably heard a woodcock.
—Matthew Every, Field & Stream, 18 Oct. 2023
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