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How to use the word Parrot in a Sentence?

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I heard a bang and Eric my parrot he started to yell so I woke up and I smelled a bit of smoke, i grabbed Eric, opened the door and looked to the back of the house and saw some flames, he added.

– Anton Nguyen

Found on FOX News
3 years ago

The dialogue would not open by itself though the United States repeatedly talks about resumption of dialogue like a parrot without considering any realistic proposal that would fully conform with the interests of both sides, if the United States is to move towards producing a result, time will not be enough.

– Kwon Jong Gun

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

For instance the endangered Puerto Rican parrot, which likes old, tall growth, can't nest because much of the forest is disturbed.

– Maria Uriarte

Found on CNN
5 years ago

Bud was mine and Marty’s parrot when we were married, he ended up keeping Bud for the 15 years we have not been married.

– Christina Keller

Found on FOX News
6 years ago

They were generally bringing Sultan, Love and Paradise parrots. Here in Turkey a Paradise parrot goes for 1,000 lira, but they were bringing them over for 500, it's the same for lovebirds. We were selling them at 25 lira retail, but they came from Syria at 12.5 to 15.

– Mehmet Turan

Found on Reuters
8 years ago

If I'm going to be hanging up signs and putting things out I'll wear my hat I'll take my parrot with me, a cockatoo who likes people, so that gets a lot of people's attention.

– Christopher Mazerall

Found on CNN
8 years ago

Any time there is an accident like this, the President is clear, he doesn't like for Americans to have guns, and so he uses every opportunity, this being another one, to basically go parrot that message.

– Rick Perry

Found on CNN
8 years ago

A real Christian is a person who can give his pet parrot to the town gossip.

– Billy Graham

added by anonymous
9 years ago

Shall He to thee His aid refuse Who clothes the swan in dazzling white, Who robes in green the parrot bright, The peacocks decks in rainbow hues?*

– The Hitopadesa

added by anonymous
12 years ago

Speak of things public to the public, but of things lofty and secret only to the loftiest and most private of your friends. Hay to the ox and sugar to the parrot.

– Johannes Trithemius, 1488

added by anonymous
13 years ago

To live so that you would not be ashamed to sell the family parrot to the town gossip, is to have lived well

– Author Unknown

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Words learned by rote a parrot may rehearse; but talking is not always to converse, not more distinct from harmony divine, the constant creaking of a country sign.

– William Cowper

added by anonymous
13 years ago

Live in such a way that you would not be ashamed to sell your parrot to the town gossip.

– Will Rogers

added by anonymous
14 years ago

Much talking is the cause of danger. Silence is the means of avoiding misfortune. The talkative parrot is shut up in a cage. Other birds, without speech, fly freely about.

– Saskya Pandita

added by anonymous
14 years ago

I know of only one bird - the parrot - that talks and it can't fly very high.

– Wilbur Wright

added by anonymous
14 years ago

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