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 Holcroft, Thomas