Example Sentences

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The dinosaur — Psittacosaurus lujiatunensis — was about as big as a medium-sized dog with a parrotlike beak.

From Seattle Times • Jul. 18, 2023

Rebuffed by the girls, Lloyd returned to his companions, stopping in front of Sasha’s sleeping form to shout an abrupt, parrotlike “Hey!”

From "The 57 Bus" by Dashka Slater

While she chattered, parrotlike, to the judge, who was obviously impressed by her appearance, Algernon listened to her ejaculatory conversation with a mixture of admiration and awe.

From Life and Gabriella The Story of a Woman's Courage by Glasgow, Ellen Anderson Gholson

They were not evolved out of other ideas, nor gathered up from obvious sources and repeated by her brain, parrotlike, as with so many of us.

From Clark's Field by Herrick, Robert

"In this place?" asked Ersten, with parrotlike perfection.

From Five Thousand an Hour : how Johnny Gamble won the heiress by Chester, George Randolph