How to use parrot in a sentence

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• Our parrot flew into the air duct and got stuck in the shaft.From the entry shaft
• I'd like to introduce Mumbo the Magnificent and his dancing parrot, Tiddles. Take it away, Mumbo!From the entry take it away
• He's like a human parrot: he resays whatever he's told - without any comprehension of its meaning.From the entry resay
• The parrot was sitting on Jim's shoulder.From the entry on
• Jim's pet parrot sat on his left shoulder.From the entry sit
• The parrot was sitting on Steve's shoulder.From the entry shoulder
• Scientists have discovered the bones of a three-foot-tall, 15-pound parrot that lived some 16 million years ago.2019 August 9, Oliver Roeder, “Significant Digits For Friday, Aug. 9, 2019”, in FiveThirtyEight, New York, N.Y.: ABC News, →OCLC, archived…. From the entry which
• In parrots, the tarsometatarsus has a distinct shape resulting from the particular arrangement of parrot toes.2016 November 16, Hanneke Meijer, “Sunny steppes? A tiny parrot fossil suggests Siberia was once subtropical”, in The Guardian. From the entry zygodactyl
• It was impossible to overlook the clamorous parrots on the new missionary’s Hawaiian shirt.2015, John Irving, chapter 9, in Avenue of the Mysteries, New York: Simon and Schuster, page 99. From the entry clamorous
• She’s a parrot, children, a special kind – an Alexandrine parakeet.2013, Rohini Singh, Free Fall: The Journey Home, Hay House, →ISBN. From the entry Alexandrine parakeet
• Team manager Tony Jackson said: “I’m as sick as a parrot as I’ve ever been.2011 July 29, “Ingalls awesome but Workington Comets edged out”, in News & Star, John Walsh. From the entry sick as a parrot
• A handfed baby parrot represents days, weeks, years of feeding, cleaning, and care cycles.2007, Mattie Sue Athan, Guide to a Well-Behaved Parrot, page 2. From the entry handfed
• I have heard that they were formed by crossbreeding blood-red parrot cichlids to trimacs.2006, Tropical Fish Hobbyist, volume 54, numbers 9-12, page 19. From the entry flowerhorn
• O It's Vour Choice: Many people lose their parrots' hand tameness because they take it for granted.1999, Sally Blanchard, Sally Blanchard's companion parrot handbook. From the entry hand-tameness
• I bought the king parrot from an old bushie in a pub in Exhibition Street.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 184. From the entry bushie
• 'You blackmailing hound,' the parrot said distinctly, in what Hodges recognized as General Derby's voice.1973, Elizabeth Walter, Come and Get Me and Other Uncanny Invitations. From the entry hound
• It was on the tip of her tongue to call her a poll parrot (Mrs.1902, Country Life, volume 11, page 636. From the entry poll parrot
• Seen a wild pandemonium of parrots lately?2024 March 22, DWeisman, “Tracking the wild parrots of San Diego County”, in The Escondido Grapevine. From the entry pandemonium
• A pandemonium of parrots in a Pasadena tree.2023 November 6, Jacob Margolis, “Who’s Capturing Parrots With Nets In Temple City?”, in LAist, archived from the original on 28 Jul 2026. From the entry pandemonium
• This same narrative is parroted by the government.2022 March 4, Eddie Lloyd, “The PM calls this a natural disaster – it’s not natural, it’s climate change smashing down our doors”, in The…. From the entry climate catastrophe
• Old Marster had a poll parrot, and this poll parrot would watch Jim and tell his Marster what Jim would do.2015, Richard M. Dorson, American Negro Folktales, page 121. From the entry poll parrot
• Giant parrots nibbled seed from the children's fingertips and my sister peeled a couple of satsumas for the lemurs.2014 November 2, Alex James, “The day I came face-to-face with a tiger”, in The Daily Telegraph, London: Telegraph Media Group, →ISSN…. From the entry nibble
• In Australia the swift parrots (Psittacidae) and in Hawaii the 'I'iwi honeycreepers (Drepanididae) have convergently evolved nectarivory, and coexist with honeyeaters.2011, George R. McGhee, Convergent Evolution: Limited Forms Most Beautiful, page 147. From the entry swift parrot
• Bridge was over the moon and Terry sick as a parrot as the game ended 4-2 following a late Chelsea penalty.2010 February 25, Chris Boffey, “John Terry left empty-handed as Wayne Bridge gives him cold shoulder”, in The Guardian. From the entry sick as a parrot
• When the parrot is raising its foot consistently when given the cue, grasp its foot and shake it.2001, Bonnie Munro Doane, Parrot Training. From the entry footshake
• The swift parrot (Lathamus discolor) is a case in point.1996, Hugh Dingle, Migration: The Biology of Life on the Move, page 43. From the entry swift parrot
• “We strangle the parrot in five minutes.” Kincaid grinned.1990, Kevin D. Randle, chapter 6, in Carrier War (Wings over Nam; 4), Naples, Fla.: Speaking Volumes, published 2014, →ISBN. From the entry strangle the parrot
• Dio Chrysostomos has a praise of mosquitoes, parrots, and hair.1989, Friedrich [Wilhelm] Nietzsche with Sander L. Gilman, Carole Blair, David J. Parent, editors & translators, Friedrich Nietzsche on…. From the entry adoxograph
• The king parrot is a magnificent bird, and the clear blue of a Melbourne spring day sets them off perfectly.1985, Peter Carey, Illywhacker, Faber and Faber, published 2003, page 184. From the entry king parrot
• One Christmas Eve, above the pre-dusk cacophony which will be heard in any collection of parrots, I detected an unfamiliar voice.1980, Rosemary Low, Parrots: Their Care and Breeding, Blandford Press, →ISBN, page 222. From the entry alexandrine
• Sorry squire, I've had a look 'round the back of the shop, and uh, we're right out of parrots.1969, Dead Parrot sketch, Monty Python's Flying Circus. From the entry squire
• Culp and his pet macaw parrot, Capt.1965 January 24, “Bird costs cabbie $10”, in The Hartford Courant, daily edition, number CXXVIII, Hartford, Conn.: The Hartford Courant…. From the entry hacker
• But he will prefer the parrot outside the parrothouse.1964, G. K. Chesterton, The Spice of Life and Other Essays: The Soul in Every Legend. From the entry parrothouse
• This old maid, she had a parrot that cursed a blue streak and knew more vulgar expressions than Mr.1951, Tennessee Williams, Oscar Saul, A Streetcar Named Desire, spoken by Blanche (Vivien Leigh). From the entry blue streak
• THEY are to be found in a region of multi-colored parrots, scarlet banksias, white-blossomed red-gums, and blue boundlessness of ocean.1940 November 30, “This Bally Ally Rally”, in Smith’s Weekly, Sydney, N.S.W., page 7. From the entry prime ministress

Meaning of parrot

1. noun A kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.
2. noun A parroter; a person who repeats the words or ideas of others.
3. noun A puffin.

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How do you use parrot in a sentence?

Parrot is used as a noun and verb. For example: “I bought a wonderful parrot at the pet store.”

What is a short sentence with parrot?

“This parrot is no more.”

What does parrot mean?

Parrot means a kind of bird, many species of which are colorful and able to mimic human speech, of the order Psittaciformes or (narrowly) of the family Psittacidae.