parrot
noun
any of numerous hook-billed, often brilliantly colored birds of the order Psittaciformes, as the cockatoo, lory, macaw, or parakeet, having the ability to mimic speech and often kept as pets.
had parroted
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past perfectof parrot.past perfect
Used to express a completed action that took place before another specific past action occurred.
Example Sentences
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He said the pastor had been preaching about bad churches — not bad women — and that the local media had parroted the government’s mischaracterization.
From New York Times ● Oct. 7, 2019
Without thinking, she had parroted the words that made her cringe inwardly every time she heard them from Muff or Pastor Tom.
From "Out of Darkness" by Ashley Hope Pérez
He had parroted the phraseology of the haut ton, and its arrogant apathy, till the manner was so habitual to him that he was unconscious of his own impudence.
From The Adventures of Hugh Trevor by Thomas Holcroft
