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Example sentences for "parroquets"

Lexicographically close words:
parried; parries; parrit; parritch; parroquet; parrot; parrots; parry; parrying; pars
  1. Cockatoos, lories, and parroquets were really the only common birds.

  2. Others soon follow his example; lories and parroquets cry shrilly, cockatoos scream, king-hunters croak and bark, and the various smaller birds chirp and whistle their morning song.

  3. This species followed the line of migration, and made sad havoc among the parroquets and smaller birds.

  4. At first the parrots and parroquets vastly outnumbered all the others, and appeared to have formed a settlement in the tree above our tent.

  5. The sun was gilding the tops of the pomegranate trees, where the parroquets were joyously performing their gymnastic exercises; and the breeze which caressed the plants in the garden, wafted into the saloon the perfumes of a thousand flowers.

  6. Mr. Mackaw looked at the volume, and turned it over, and sideways, and upside downwards: the brain of a man who has written three folios on parroquets is soon puzzled.

  7. Tom levelled his piece and the next instant would have fired, when the parroquets began chattering, screaming, and fighting together, fluttering down towards the bushes which concealed our watcher.

  8. Gem-like humming-birds darted here and there, while hardly less bright parroquets of many a hue shrieked, whistled, and climbed in restless fashion around.

  9. Large flocks of parroquets still infested the wheat, and made great havock in one acre; but as it ripened very fast, I did not apprehend much farther damage from them or the caterpillars, which were again become very numerous.

  10. The parroquets are entirely green, except a red tuft on their head.

  11. Lories and parroquets soon afterwards flew off from their perches, uttering shrill cries.

  12. It was not very large; but we saw a number of parrots and parroquets up in the trees, and many other birds, but we had not much chance of getting them.

  13. A number of parroquets went flying by in a southwesterly direction, and, thinking that they were doubtless winging their way towards their homes, the Admiral was requested to steer more towards the south.

  14. Gray and yellow parroquets chattered and screamed from the trees, and brilliant tropic birds fluttered before them, as the Spaniards explored the interior.

  15. There were white egrets, or herons, parroquets with green and yellow plumage, pink curlews, and flamingos with scarlet feathers and long curved bills.

  16. The natives of the Friendly and Society Isles sometimes catch and tame certain sorts of parroquets and pigeons, but never have any breeds of them, so that they can scarcely be reckoned as domestic birds.

  17. We found the same kind of pigeons, parrots, and parroquets as in New Zealand, rails, and some small birds.

  18. Very gently he spoke the words, and after them there fell a silence broken only by the scolding of a couple of parroquets in a mimosa-tree near the verandah.

  19. Parroquets in innumerable flocks were flying amongst the thick trees, and great lizards, doubtless iguanas, glided with rapid movements in the high grass.

  20. The fauna of the island offered little variety; parroquets of radiant plumage abounded amongst the trees, but they appeared to be the only species of birds upon the island.

  21. The parroquets dropped the subject abruptly as soon as they found themselves alone.

  22. The little parroquets didn't wait for their proprietor and this new gentleman to come into their palace.


  23. The above list will hopefully give you a few useful examples demonstrating the appropriate usage of "parroquets" in a variety of sentences. We hope that you will now be able to make sentences using this word.